Sep 24, 2022 · A common nursery rhyme goes like this: Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man Bake me a cake as fast as you can Pat it and prick it and mark it with B And put it in the oven for baby and me. …

Using "yourself" and "ourselves" in these contexts is incorrect. "Yourself," "ourselves," and "myself" are reflexive pronouns, correctly used when the subject/actor of the sentence and the object/recipient are …

The difference between "I and my friends" and "my friends and I" is purely a matter of courtesy - they are both grammatically correct. I would tend to stick to the latter though, as it a) is more commonplace, …

Q&A for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts

Q&A for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts

Q&A for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts

Q&A for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts

Dec 25, 2015 · I was reading following text from a blog post and I experienced difficulty understanding the phrase - "Pat came the reply". I've searched enough (limited to internet search engine) but I …

OED says Toots is probably from the earlier "meaningless alliteration" Tootsy-wootsy used as a term of endearment (or just to refer to a woman or sweetheart in general).

Possible Duplicate: My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" be...