Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/March 2016

= March 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 2


 * 1) Definition of "have" in "I would have done it"
 * 2) The word "brouhaha" has three syllables and any syllable can be the accented one.  Is there a term to describe such a word?

= March 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 3


 * 1) Pronunciation of  +  in Korean

= March 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 4


 * 1) Is there a noun...
 * 2) When a sentence itself ends with a period, do you use a second period for closing punctuation?
 * 3) Don't Leave it out in the Rain

= March 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 5


 * 1) Pronunciation of WWII
 * 2) Solitary work
 * 3) Too much of a too-muchness
 * 4) Latin "omnia"

= March 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 6


 * 1) Ecevit

= March 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 7


 * 1) What do the letters Dx - of diagnosis- stand for?
 * 2) Award ceremony or awards ceremony?
 * 3) De Ruyt way to capitalize the admiral's name?
 * 4) Liens

= March 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 8


 * 1) IMO
 * 2) German to English Translation
 * 3) farewell ceremony + introducing ceremony

= March 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 9


 * 1) Chinese verb term for jet lag in English
 * 2) Ratio, rational number

= March 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 10


 * 1) Etymology of the shogi dragon horse piece. Did it use to be an agate dragon?
 * 2) Waiting game

= March 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 11


 * 1) Is Worcestershire sauce ever called Catsup in English?

= March 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 12


 * 1) Chinese restaurant signage
 * 2) Moonmilk

= March 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 14


 * 1) Полвечности
 * 2) Neatest thing
 * 3) Esperanto and English
 * 4) Parameters vs. arguments

= March 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 15


 * 1) Translation from Arabic:
 * 2) Ypsychwipsy?
 * 3) Glad-eyed

= March 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 16


 * 1) Can't Find Definition
 * 2) I'm looking for a series of four words, which means "to surprise", and which consists of the word "to" - followed by a verb - followed by the words "a surprise".
 * 3) How do I correctly punctuate a date range involving years?

= March 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 18


 * 1) Who is "the latter" when  several are mentioned?

= March 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 19


 * 1) Errr Eeerr Errr Errrrrrrrrrrr errrrrr

= March 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 20


 * 1) When can't you verb a noun in English?
 * 2) I'm looking for three consonants: C1, C2, C3, with two meaningful English words: C1eC2eC3, and C1eC2C2eC3.
 * 3) "Selects for ..." or "selects against ..."

= March 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 21


 * 1) British English/Usage question

= March 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 22


 * 1) Origin of Trudgett
 * 2) "Nadzieja umiera ostatnia"
 * 3) Russian texts with accents

= March 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 23


 * 1) From, of, out of
 * 2) What is the correct way to place a number in an alphabetical list?
 * 3) What is this grammar error?

= March 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 24


 * 1) a spin on Singapore Sling
 * 2) Did you know the word "wrapper" can mean a paint job?

= March 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 25


 * 1) Etymology of California

= March 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 26


 * 1) ALP spelling
 * 2) Botanical notation
 * 3) What is the correct alphabetical order when a title contains a blank space between words?
 * 4) What does it refer to here?
 * 5) Another question about alphabetical order: when the title of a film or book is a person's first name and last name
 * 6) dateline should show place?
 * 7) Why did the ancient Romans abbreviate everything?

= March 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 27


 * 1) by volume
 * 2) What is the spinal cord called in medical Greek term?
 * 3) World youngest natural language?

= March 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 28


 * 1) For alphabetical order, are abbreviated words considered to be completely spelled out or not?

= March 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 29


 * 1) "She insists me to mow the lawn" vs "She insists on me mowing the lawn" or "She insists on my mowing the lawn"
 * 2) Ein kühles Helles

= March 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 30


 * 1) Help understanding a Scottish joke
 * 2) Polite/formal term for people who are considerably older than you
 * 3) infusions
 * 4) Is the word I'm looking for "obfuscate"?

= March 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 March 31


 * 1) be down for something new
 * 2) Cuneiform
 * 3) Good source of poetry analyzed line by line
 * 4) Proper wording in a sentence: can you use "both" and "each" together?