word choice - Difference between "commentor" and "commentator ...
What is the difference between commentor and commentator? Is commentor or commenter a legitimate English word?
Origin of the idiom "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts"?
The aphorism was coined by the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Don Meredith, who later became a sports commentator for the TV show Monday Night Football in 1970. 17 December 1970, Ada (OK) Evening …
Why do we say 'commentator' instead of 'commenter'?
Commentator in a sports context reeks of bogus linguistic artifice, as if the person using the word is trying to lend a Latinate academic sheen to describe some guy sitting in a booth calling a game …
What do you call who writes comments? Commenter or commentator?
A commentator is one who gives on-the-scene reports of news events (whether recorded video or live tv). A person who writes comments (here, I believe we're talking about periodicals) is usually referred …
'Comes in' instead of 'is coming in' or 'came in' [duplicate]
There was a substitution, and a commentator said “Vince Carter comes in”. I've always thought that in this situation it is better to say “Vince Carter is coming in”, because the action is happening at this …
Should Units of Measure be capitalized inside a title?
There is a similar question regarding capitalizing units of measure, but mine is for titles, specifically. For general applications (ie; not inside titles), the consensus seemed to be no for most u...
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May 13, 2019 · In watching a recent soccer match, the commentator stated that the goalkeeper should 'throw his cap on that'. This was immediately preceded by a relatively comfortable save by the …
What's the correct usage of "hopefully"?
I said, "Hopefully, I will get better" to a friend and he said that I was using it incorrectly, stating that hopefully is an adverb meaning "full of hope" that modifies a verb. It sounds right, but...
Why do we say "your letters" and not "the letters"?
The same expression is used for different kind of knowledge, for example: Do you know your history? Do you know your Byron? This refers to the persons knowledge in the area, not the knowledge …
Is there a phrase for - "making hard work of easy stuff"
Jan 24, 2015 · I am looking for a phrase or a flowery way to say that he made hard work of what should have been a cakewalk. To give more context - sometimes the commentator says that the team …