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Standards, however, are a type of flag used for personal identification and will only carry the coat of arms of its owner, such as the Royal Standard in the UK or the personal standard of any armiger. Hence, a standard is a type of flag but a flag isn't necessarily a standard.
17 de dic. de 2011 · A simple way to understand it, is to compare the UK to the USA. The USA is a country made up of states. Each state, with a different name. People can be New Yorkers or Californians and they are Americans. However, not all Americans are New Yorkers or Californians. For the UK, replace the word states, with the words "home nations".
15 de jun. de 2022 · There was a flagpole surrounded by chrysanthemums , the American flag standing out straight in the stiff wind . Dream Country: A Novel - Luanne Rice · 2008. Meagan looked up at the Canadian maple leaf flag standing out in the ever-stiffening south wind, and then sighted down the road toward the bridge. Red Sky in the Morning - Bill Hamann · 2008
A flag would typically be square or slightly oblong, as with the national flags of most countries. A banner tends to be more elongated, for example as you might see hung across a street during a parade. Flags tend to be attached by one side to a pole, whereas banners are typically attached at both ends, either fixed or on two poles.
9. Usage note from Thefreedictionary: In their uses to indicate spatial relations, on and upon are often interchangeable. It was resting on (or upon) two supports. We saw a finch light on (or upon) a bough. To indicate a relation between two things, however, instead of between an action and an end point, upon cannot always be used.
7 de feb. de 2019 · If you look at the OED, the first uses of the word flag meaning to grow weaker were applied to birds. 3 a. intransitive. Of wings: To move feebly or ineffectually in attempting to fly. Of a bird: To move its wings feebly (in early use also transitive with wings as object); to fly unsteadily or near the ground. Obsolete.
25 de mar. de 2021 · This phrase dates back to the 1700s. It has a nautical origin and refers to the color of the flag which every ship is required to fly at sea. Pirates used to deceive other ships by sailing under false flags so that they would not excite suspicion. The other ships, thinking that the pirates were friendly, sailed close to them and fell under ...
So, it is not exactly BE versus AE (though the division is broadly accurate). – Daniel Harbour. Sep 4, 2012 at 15:11. That isn't even slightly related, because BE came first. British spelling comes from wherever it came from, and 's'/'z' accordingly; American spelling changes many of those to the more phonetic 'z'. – OJFord.
18 de sept. de 2017 · Cashpoint - I don't recognise this term. On the UK television programme "Dragon's Den" they have a new dragon who is described as "The Cashpoint Queen" from her previous "cashpoint" business. Neither my wife (same age and location history as myself) or I was sure what it meant, but we decided it probably meant "cash machine".
8 de abr. de 2017 · When the symbol % is used, there should be no space. When the "percent" word is used, there should be space. Examples from the Chicago Manual of Style Online: Fewer than 3 percent of the employees used public transportation. With 90–95 percent of the work complete, we can relax.
