Origin of height - English Language Usage Stack Exchange According to Etymonline, Height, has many different possible origins height (n ) Old English hiehþu, Anglian hehþo "highest part or point, summit; the heavens, heaven," from root of heah "hi
punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In the United States, most style guides that I have encountered recommend including the second hyphen in situations such as "8-foot-long bridge " Here is how some guides frame their advice From The Associated Press Stylebook (2002): dimensions Use figures and spell out inches, feet, yards, etc , to indicate depth, height, length, and width Hyphenate adjectival forms before nouns [Relevant
american english - How to express someones height in metric - English . . . 12 If someone is 169cm tall, what is the most common way of saying their height in metres and centimetres in American Australian British English? I'm not interested in converting metres (meters) and centimetres (centimeters) into feet and inches, which would be “five foot six” (5'6"), I know how to say and write that
terminology - Word for the distance from the waterline to the main deck . . . In other words, the height of the main deck (or gunwale if that has a name) above the water when the ship is at sea To understand my motivation, broadly speaking I am interested in the furthest you would fall if you were standing on the main deck and went overboard The distance from the waterline to the bottom of the boat is called the draught
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