2011年2月23日 · Is connexion synonymous with connection? Can I use it, for example, in an ethernet connexion?

The instances of connexion (84) are listed here, and the instances of connection (9) are listed here. I think what I am reading is the author's 500-page condensation of the work linked. My …

2012年10月24日 · When did connexion supersede connection in British English? Answer: Around 1820. But it only did so for around 30 years, up through around 1850. Ngram colored vs …

2011年9月9日 · The Wi-Fi Alliance is just a trade association. They won't come knocking on your door in the middle of the night if you use their terminology. They're only interested in shutting …

2018年6月3日 · Since, perhaps forever, I had always ‘known’ that the English word salary was derived from the Latin salarium, to the time when Roman soldiers were paid in salt for their …

I found that diaeresis is used on the word reelection in the following sentence of the article titled “Rational Irrationality” in the New Yorker magazine (April 27). This morning’s news that econo...

2015年4月9日 · What does the word "hooky" mean in the phrase "play hooky" (skipping class/truancy) and where did it come from?

2016年8月12日 · Spelling shifted from connexion to connection (especially in American English) mid-18c. under influence of connect, abetted by affection, direction, etc. See -xion.

2011年10月10日 · The grammatical rule, if you want to be strict, is that in subjunctive clauses you always use were, therefore all of the following examples are correct: If I were you, I'd definitely …

2016年3月29日 · la connexion française The verb, 'to shellac', in all its senses, derives from the noun 'shellac', which itself translates French laque en écailles, "lac in thin plates".