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An example, in English, of boustrophedon as used in inscriptions in ancient Greece (Lines 2 and 4 read right-to-left.) Boustrophedon (/ ˌ b uː s t r ə ˈ f iː d ən / [1]) is a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style.
These expressions are normally hyphenated. Note that the hyphenation of an expression is subject to its context (see hyphen and MOS:HYPHEN). above-mentioned; all-inclusive; anti-inflammatory; award-winning; back-to-back; case-insensitive; case-sensitive; clear-headed; co-op (to distinguish from coop) cross-reference; day-to-day; de-emphasize ...
It is also an acrostic where the first letters of each word form the first word, the second letters form the second word, and so forth. Hence, it can be arranged into a word square that reads in four different ways: horizontally or vertically from either top left to bottom right or bottom right to top left.
Back and Forth or Back and Fourth may refer to: Film and TV. Blackadder: Back & Forth, the last installment in the Blackadder series; Back and Forth, a 1969 film ...
The Fat Man is scouring a featured article candidate with a fined tooth fine-tooth(ed) comb looking for errant punctuation, grammar and word choice. I keep seeing commas used as in the following example: "She joined the female social club known as the Valentine Club, and helped to inaugurate the first sorority on the UT campus.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and CNN anchor Dana Bash got into a heated back-and-forth Sunday over an untrue claim about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. In the interview on CNN’s “State ...
Terms of orientation, terms of location, or spatial words are common linguistic descriptors used to indicate the spatial positioning of objects in three-dimensional space, including notions of top, bottom, front, back, left side, and right side as used in everyday language and interactions.
To move from one place to another; going back and forth; here and there. [77] [78] to steal someone's thunder: To preempt someone and rob them of gravitas or attention. To take credit for something someone else did. trip the light fantastic: To dance [p] [80] two a penny: Cheap or common: under my thumb: Under my control [81] under the weather ...