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'Et viola' misspelling or inside joke?

explain the word play (a viola is a type of violin). … I have not been able to find another occurrence of et viola as a joke, or used in another way. I have also looked at Google Ngrams and found that et viola was used in English in the 1800s. …
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For someone having taught themself [closed]

1) "I play viola well for someone having taught themselves" and 2) "I play viola well for someone having taught themself" And 3) "I play viola well for someone having taught myself" Thank you. …
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Etymology of the word "Pansy"

: a garden plant (Viola wittrockiana) derived chiefly from the hybridization of the European Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor) with other wild violets; also : its flower 2. …
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Cite authors or inform the reader that these guys made it?

I writing a research paper in which I want to say that Paul Viola and Michael Jones (authors behind a framework) made this framework. What is the more formal way of saying this? …
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When should I use 'sounds like, and when 'sounds as if'? [duplicate]

'It sounds like a violin, but I think its a viola'. Are these the correct forms? …
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"As I am wo/man" in Twelfth Night, II, 2 (Shakespeare): a case of indefinite article omissio...

Viola, of course, is a young woman dressed as and pretending to be a young man (called Cesario); she has fallen in love with her master (Orsino); who is already in love with Olivia, and he sends Viola … (as Cesario) to court her on his behalf; naturally, Olivia falls in love with Viola (as Cesario), who describes herself as "poor monster" because she is, sort of, both (a) man and (a) woman. …
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prepositional phrase beginning with of between commas

sentence the same as the sentence 'I felt I was living through those moments with every word I spoke,” the Oscar-winning actor says of her new memoir,' https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/books/review/viola-davis-memoir-finding-me.html …
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For someone having taught themself

"I play viola well for someone self-taught." or "I play viola well for someone who is self-taught." …
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What's the meaning of 'mean for sport' in a line from the movie, "The Help"?

I watched a great movie, The Help, released in 2011 and starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, and Octavia Spencer. …
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'Et viola' misspelling or inside joke?

references, I think it safe to conclude that the peaks (for me, the main reason to think it wasn't a misspelling on vocabulary.com) are caused by the following (unlikely) reasons: An author with et viola … in the name: (Alberti et Viola). …
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Question for an aggressive humor : You can't unload a truckload of bowling balls with a pitc...

Or: What is the difference between a violin and a viola? The viola burns longer. …
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What's the noun for "off-key" or "out of tune"?

The Italian noun form is stonatura, below is an example of how it is used and my translation: Quel gilet viola è una stonatura intollerabile B) That purple waistcoat (AmEng vest) is an unbearable …
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which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

But I have seen other instruments used, as in "I play the viola." …
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How Many Diphthongs Are There In English?

Pittman's Shorthand also talks about triphones, a three vowel sound i.e. diphthong + any vowel, as used in: Diary, dialogue; Viola, towel; Power, boyish; Duet, strenuous, etc. …
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For someone having taught themself

I think the best option is "I play viola well for someone having taught himself" (or "herself" if the speaker is female). You can also use "themselves" to be gender-neutral. …
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