2016年4月27日 · The long s disappeared from new typefaces rapidly in the mid-1790s, and most printers who could afford to do so had discarded older typefaces by the early 19th century. Pioneer of type design John Bell (1746–1831), who started the British Letter Foundry in 1788, commissioned the William Caslon Company to produce a new modern typeface for him ...

The answer to your first question is no, so long as is neither particularly colloquial nor casual. If anything, so long as has a more formal feel to it, not a less formal one, for reasons I shall presently make clear. The answer to your second is no, so long as is not something that “should be avoided altogether”.

How long? suggests you are interested in the time the journey will take. A native speaker concerned about the latter might combine the two and say something like Is it far to the hotel? Can you give me any idea of how long it will take? (To which the less than helpful answer in London might well be ‘Cor blimey, guv, ’ow long’s a piece of ...

The original phrase is. The King is dead. Long live the King! According to wikipedia:. The original phrase was translated from the French Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!, which was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father Charles VI in 1422.

2014年5月31日 · Thomas Jefferson: Long Tom, (April 13 [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) Edward I: Edward Longshanks (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307) 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) Long John Silver (mid-1800s) A fictional character, his actual height is not mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island.

2012年1月17日 · Also, so long as. during the time that; through the period that: As long as we were neighbors, they never invited us inside their house. I'm assuming definition c for the two examples, but definition a also fits the second example. If that is the definition intended, then the for should be removed: As long as we have a future...

2021年1月20日 · @Peter: I'm afraid we probably do have to consider it "ungrammatical" (c'mon - it's a singular article with a plural noun!), but I think it's mostly seen as quaint and rustic. Like when a Yorkshireman says nowt instead of nothing, naught. More dialectal than uneducated, but ungrammatical nonetheless. –

2017年7月6日 · From there, we can get a word that's long, not commonly used (outside D&D), and might be a name for a climbing route if someone is trying to be clever: Prestidigitation. prestidigitation (plural prestidigitations) 1.A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand.

2019年9月7日 · But there are a lot of possiblities This thesaurus suggests 169 synonyms including ample experience, long-standing experience, significant expertise. The list goes on! The list goes on! Share

2015年3月27日 · long drink of water. Unhappy-looking man: late C. 19–20. The eighth edition of Partridge's dictionary (1984) substantially alters that definition to read "Tall, very thin man." That dictionary also notes a possibly related term from more-recent years: "long streak of misery," meaning "A (very) tall, thin person, even if not miserable looking."