In English Vocabulary ‘Martial Law’ or ‘Marshall Law’? A listener question about a spate of misspellings led us to investigate the meaning and history of “martial law” and George C. Marshall. One of our listeners wrote in to say that he’d been seeing this phrase misspelled quite a lot, as M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L law. It should be spelled M-A-R-T-I Written by Nadia 2020-04-14 (Tue)2020-04-14 (Tue) Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
In English Английский язык What Is a ‘Skeleton Crew’? A lot of companies that are still operating are operating with a skeleton crew these days. When you’re working with the bare minimum of people necessary to keep a project going, you’re on a skeleton crew. The idea of a ‘skeleton’ crew started in the military According to the Written by Nadia 2020-03-31 (Tue)2020-04-09 (Thu) Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
In English Английский язык The History of the Word ‘Woman’ Both “woman” and “queen” have interesting origins. International Women’s Day is March 8. On this day, people around the world celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The first celebration was held in 1911, and the event was recognized Written by Nadia 2020-03-08 (Sun)2020-04-02 (Thu) Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked