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Aug 6, 2015 · The " XXI " in capitals mean 21 in Roman numerals, but I don't think the lower-case letters " xxi " here also refer to 21. It seems that the sentence is well understood if the "xxi" is removed. What does...
May 18, 2019 · I suspect it was a term coined sometime during the 20th century to mean the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. As someone born mid-twentieth, it seems always to have been around. However now we are we...
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What does "xxi" mean? The belief that violence has increased suggests that the world we made has contaminated us, perhaps irretrievably. The belief that it has xxi decreased suggests that we started off nasty and that...
Apr 20, 2016 · 3 "What does this means" is wrong. The verb "mean" should remain in the infinitive because the auxiliary verb "do" is already conjugated. That happens with all verbs that are used together with an auxil...
Nov 26, 2010 · Does within mean before or after? Or does it mean both? For example, Do not drink or eat within an hour of taking these pills.
What does “There’s a few trees in here that it’s just kind of a ‘Where’s Waldo?’ if something happens.” mean? Washington Post (August 2.) introduces a 390-year-old bonsai tree displayed in the Arboretum’s National Bon...
In my office, "by Monday" usually means the thing being completed will be available for use at some point on the Monday in question. I think, however, that it is extremely common that "by Monday" is used as a shortcut...
Jun 24, 2015 · As Josh61 says, and/or is another not uncommon reading. I use the slash where I'm not altogether sure whether and, or, or and/or is preferable, and think the reader can profitably explore the possibilit...
What does “fall for a bluff” mean? [closed] New York Times (August 6) reported under the title, “25 years after Gardner Museum heist, video raises questions” that Federal officials released a video tape recording a gu...
