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Apr 14 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Apr 14 |
accepted | What does “to whip the burn with a cardinal” mean? |
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Apr 14 |
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What does “to whip the burn with a cardinal” mean? Nice. :-) I'll go ahead and accept... |
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Apr 14 |
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What does “to whip the burn with a cardinal” mean? added 4 characters in body |
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Apr 14 |
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What does “to whip the burn with a cardinal” mean? Whoever voted to close as "general reference", please supply a link to the "standard internet reference source designed specifically to find that type of information" that "definitively" answers this question. I couldn't find one. |
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Apr 14 |
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What does “to whip the burn with a cardinal” mean? Another answer in the same thread references a different "Cardinal" fly described in Bergman's Trout. The 1st edition of Trout came out in 1938, and Five Red Herrings was published in 1931. In any case, I wouldn't doubt that there was one or more fly patterns known as "cardinal" that would be recognized by trout fishermen of the time. |
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Apr 14 |
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What does “to whip the burn with a cardinal” mean? Interesting find. Seems plausible. I wonder whether this fly pattern was publicly known at all. |
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Apr 14 |
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What does “to whip the burn with a cardinal” mean? added 210 characters in body |
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Apr 14 |
awarded | Student |
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Apr 14 |
asked | What does “to whip the burn with a cardinal” mean? |
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Feb 27 |
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“When I am 18, I will…” or “When I will be 18, I will…” I think this is the best explanation of why we don't use will in the OP's sentence. |
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Feb 27 |
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“When I am 18, I will…” or “When I will be 18, I will…” Does the criterion of making a prediction or expressing a decision fully explain why we don't use will in the OP's sentence? We do use it in sentences like "I don't know when he'll be 18" or "The sign doesn't say when the store will be open." Do those fit the "prediction" criterion better than the OP's sentence? |
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Feb 27 |
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Does English have words to describe the lowest rank member of society? Never heard of mudsill. (I'm a native English speaker.) Agree with Mitch that heel means something negative about character / behavior, and doesn't carry information about social status to me. |
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Feb 27 |
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Does English have words to describe the lowest rank member of society? I agree that churl and villain now have negative connotations that don't fit the meaning sought by the OP. "Serf" and "pleb", on the other hand, while they had more specific meanings at one time, that may not fit the desired meaning, now are often used simply to mean "very low-status person." |
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Feb 13 |
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Why does “corn” mean “maize” in American English? Not sure how this answers the question "why". Are you saying that maize is the predominant grain in the US? |
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Feb 13 |
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Is the construction “It allows to …” proper English? @Peter: agreed, and I think this is an illustration of the point I make about the direct object in my answer. I'd be interested in your thoughts on that. |
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Feb 13 |
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Is the construction “It allows to …” proper English? made example query easier to see, so others can try their own queries |
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Feb 13 |
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Is the construction “It allows to …” proper English? added results of tagged query search |
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Feb 13 |
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Is the construction “It allows to …” proper English? @Jim: possibly the question would be specific enough if the pattern were described as "allow to verb". |
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Feb 13 |
answered | Is the construction “It allows to …” proper English? |
