"Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings?
Apr 24, 2011 · Lunch is almost the midday equivalent of supper — it's also a lighter and less formal meal than Dinner, but is used specifically when referring to a midday meal. So whether …
Is there a version of brunch for a meal between dinner and lunch?
There is no single mixed word along the lines of brunch for this. Sometimes people joke by coining a mixture of lunch and dinner/supper, giving lupper, dunch, etc. (As Kosmonaut …
Confused by the British having “dinner” in the afternoon” and …
Sep 3, 2013 · The discussion at "Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings? already adequately covers that subject. Tea on the other hand can mean several difference things: It …
Can supper and dinner be used interchangeably? [duplicate]
“Lunch” vs. “dinner” vs. “supper” — times and meanings? Wikipedia states that the words supper and dinner can be used interchangeably. But I am not thoroughly convinced as, well, they are …
What does "Pudding for supper.." mean in this context?
Apr 16, 2016 · The sentence that begins by "Pudding for supper, you know;—merry’s the word" sounds ambiguous to me. While the setting is an ocean, it seems that "pudding" was not …
What is the single-word category name for such things as …
Apr 21, 2016 · If Sunday, Monday, Tuesday are considered “days”, and spring, summer, autumn/fall, winter are considered “seasons”, then what category name corresponds to things …
Semicolon as Super-comma [duplicate] - English Language
Apr 21, 2020 · I hear I can use a semicolon as a "super-comma", where I'm listing three or more elements that have commas within them. I'm wondering, then, if this is correct: Our objective …
When is afternoon? When is evening? When is night? Is there …
Apr 26, 2020 · Those who eat their dinner earlier, say at 6-8pm might eat a light supper later on. Colloquially, some in the UK refer to their mid-day meal as "dinner" and the evening meal as …
single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English ...
Also, the word supper is a bit of a regionalism (to me it's most familiar as a word used in parts of the Midwestern United States, although I think it's used in other parts of the US and other …
"While" followed by simple past/past continuous
Use of the simple past does not preclude an extended action / state, or there wouldn't be a simple past tense of say 'wait'. He waited while I combed my hair. He stayed there for several …