Breathe vs. breath, why so much misuse? - English Language
2015年2月1日 · Breath is a noun and breathe is a verb. It was taught to me that way and I've never mixed them up in any way because their different pronunciation reflects their difference in spelling. This is reflected in this NGram chart which shows extremely few documented cases of incorrectly using "to breath" as a verb.
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2011年7月8日 · Depends on if 'breath' is considered an indivisible noun in context. 'They carried sand' vs 'They carried sands.' Both are correct, both say something different. 'They combed their hair' vs. 'They combed their hairs'. Both fine, emphasis is different. 'They received money' vs. 'They received monies'. Each correct, each different. 'They saw the ...
What is the difference between "wealth of knowledge" and …
2013年3月1日 · I don't see them as interchangeable. What about depth of knowledge. You could exhibit great breath of knowledge knowing one or two minor facts about each product. A wealth of knowledge seems to imply both breadth and depth of knowledge.
"Catch one's breath" vs "One's breath caught" [closed]
2022年1月3日 · As aparente001 points out in a comment above, the expressions tend to mean two very different things: "to catch one's breath" is a well-established idiom whose primary meaning is "to recover from exertion" (the implication being that one was "out of breath" and is now in the process of regaining one's normal breathing pattern), while "one's breath caught" …
When does "e" at the end of a noun change it to a verb?
I was wondering about adding an e at the end of a word to change it from a noun to a verb. For example, cloth to clothe, and breath to breathe. Is this some special rule, or a quirk to the English
word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年12月21日 · Scot M gave an exhaustive answer. Here is the simple version: You are correct, they mean basically the same. However, you also guessed correctly that "bate" is nowadays (at least in America) used almost exclusively in "with bated breath", which means "in intense anticipation" figuratively or literally so excited as to refrain even from breathing.
What is the difference between "breathe" and "blow"?
2019年5月27日 · There is no verb form of "wind" (as a natural phenomenon) in the English language. It is therefore up to the translator to substitute any word that fits the meaning. Both "breathe" and "blow" are good, although technically "blow" is better, because "breathe" may be needlessly poetic.
Why are "bath" and "bathe" pronounced differently?
2020年8月21日 · The voicing of the verb's consonant goes hand in glove with this, as it does in other contrasting pairs where the noun in unvoiced and the verb voiced: breath/breathe, wreath/wreathe, sheath/sheathe, tooth/teethe, grief/grieve, belief/believe, house/house, serf/serve, safe/save, life/live, shelf/shelve, half/halve, calf/calve, wolf/wolve, cloth ...
What's the word for a specific kind of inhalation after crying?
Breath-holding spells. A breath holding spell (BHS) is a reflexive response that occurs in some healthy young children, usually between the ages of about eight months and two years. A typical breath holding spell lasts between two and 20 seconds.
Is there another way to write Gasping and Panting sounds?
2015年5月24日 · Apart from huff and puff suggested in the comments:. You could also use: huh and phoo (even thought dictionaries don't list this meaning for the first one, and don't list the second one at all, they sound pretty short-of-breathy):