word choice - Difference between "commentor" and …
A commentator commentates events (like sport games on radio and TV) according to attributed time slot. That's why he has to fill with words the pauses in games, events, etc. A commenter, …
Why do we say 'commentator' instead of 'commenter'?
A commentator is more than a commenter. Traditionally, a commentator is someone who reports the affairs of the day - a pundit. A "commenter" would be a person making an observation, …
The term "color man" for sports announcers [closed]
2016年7月22日 — Tara Lipinski, the former ice skating star, is a well-regarded color commentator in her sport. From Wikipedia--The term color refers to levity and insight provided by a …
What do you call who writes comments? Commenter or …
I'm not keen on the choices offered. 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 …
Is there an idiom/phrase similar to "commentator's curse", but …
2016年2月27日 — a Cricket player hitting a six immediately after the commentator says that he has the highest number of sixes for his team. Or . a Football (Soccer) player scoring from way …
How did the term "to favor" come to signify a limp?
2013年5月16日 — The OED has this use of the verb favour dating back to the 16th century:. 7. To deal gently with; to avoid overtasking (a limb); to ease, save, spare.
grammaticality - Is "a whole nother" grammatical? - English …
2015年5月21日 — Actually, this is an example of what's called "tmesis". It is the insertion of a word into another word. In "a whole nother" the "a" and the "-nother" go together and the "whole" is …
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 …
What's the difference between "requester" and "requestor"?
Both are in dictionaries. I've heard people insist "requester" is correct for a person who requests something, and that "requestor" is wrong there, leaving me to wonder how it i...
Which is the proper spelling: "Adapter" or "adaptor"?
2011年4月25日 — Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …