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1 lis 2015 · Genius is a Latin derivative. Words that are stolen from other languages, as far as I know, almost always retain their plural form in that language. For example, radius - radii. So is the plural for genius genii or geniuses? Genii is also, I believe, the plural for genie (djinn from middle east mythology).
16 gru 2010 · On the surface, one might think that ingenious is somehow based on the word genius. Interestingly, this is not true. The word ingenious does not actually have the in-prefix for negation. Instead, it comes originally from the Latin ingeniōsus, which means "intellectual, talented, ingenious". At times in history it was also spelled "engenious".
29 kwi 2019 · I'm sure I have heard a quote in the past from someone famous (maybe Einstein? maybe not) about how it is easy to make something complicated but extremely difficult to make something simple.
I've noticed that there is a slight difference between typical British and American usage of these words. In the U.S., clever usually implies a certain amount of ingenuity, while smart implies general intelligence or knowledge.
23 mar 2015 · A genius's intellect; A genius' intellect; Pronouncing participants's is obviously "participantses". However, how to pronounce the abridged and normally written version participants', is subject to differences in preferences. You could pronounce it as. participants; participants's (i.e. "participantses")
26 wrz 2019 · 天才吧是直营店才有的~ 官网搜一下就有了，何必在知乎等人回答。 这是截止去年8月的门店。
25 kwi 2011 · Actually, the saying is originally attributed to Elbert Hubbard: "A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade stand with them." (Reader's Digest, October 1927) ref. However, the saying is usually credited to Dale Carnegie, who published it as: "When fate hands us a lemon let's try to make a lemonade."
5 gru 2014 · I'm reading the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. It mentioned that Lincoln replaced the phase "guardian angel" to "better angel". I don't understand what the phrase means. When we say "better", we are normally comparing two things. It doesn't make sense to me here. May I get your kind help?
13 lip 2019 · Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 293 They'l take suggestion, as a Cat laps milke . Because he was a creative genius. If a human being acts like a sweet cow, s/he produces kindness. It's actually pretty funny. Milk does mean: something pleasant or nourishing to the mind (OED). Milk and honey, the Bible. –
19 lip 2013 · When would you use "expert in" and when would you use "expert on"? A quick google search yields about the same for both, but I have a feeling "expert in" can occur in sentences somehow with a diff...
