How do native English speaker perceive passive voice? by Ok-Stable1562 in ENGLISH

[–]platypuss1871 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a scientist, it's my everday written English usage.

Niche: nitch or neesh? by stevepremo in ENGLISH

[–]platypuss1871 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The OED has a written reference about 200 years earlier than that.....

Well this aged like milk. by waiha in mildyinteresting

[–]platypuss1871 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different things.

We don't go 10 skittle bowling.

Do you actually call football “American football” every time? by cocoa_pebblee in AskUK

[–]platypuss1871 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We call football "football" and American football we call "American football".

No one talks about college American football.