May 1, 2019 · Cambridge dictionary has drop out as a "phrasal verb", and dropout as a noun. It does not have an entry for drop-out - but you could check other dictionaries.

Aug 16, 2014 · drop: 4. To cause to fall (Definitions via freedirectionary) It seems like popping in has explosive intention behind it, while to drop in feels more calm and without implied intent. Both have elements of surprise. In my usage, I would pop in to my coworker's office but I may drop in (possibly late?) to a party.

Mar 25, 2015 · The description of pre-college education as "compulsory" is 1.) rather British (as is the word "compulsory" itself, imo); and 2.) not strictly correct in the US, since students may drop out before completing high school.

May 23, 2019 · I first noticed certain video bloggers pronouncing button as "BUH-ehn", with a distinct glottal stop between syllables, sounding like an overt attempt to avoid enunciating the "t". While button is ...

Apr 18, 2019 · In some western movies one cowboy says to another 'looks like he got the drop on us Tex'.Just wondering what there that phrase originated?

Mar 1, 2012 · Info on sociolinguistic aspects of g-dropping. Pronunciation-wise, there's actually no 'g' to drop.

Which reflexive pronouns are used with 'on behalf of'? Having identified a fairly strong preference for "of my wife and I/me/myself" over "of I/me/myself and my wife," let's drop "my wife" out of the equation and focus on which reflexive pronouns are most commonly used in the expression "on behalf of I/me/myself." Here is the Ngram chart for "on behalf of …

Sep 3, 2011 · That convention has mostly died out save for a few publications such as The New Yorker and a few others. The BBC has even gone so far as to drop capitalisation of all but the first letter as soon as the initialism becomes an acronym (i.e. the letters are pronounced as a word rather than individual letters).

The main difference between lying and not using a comma in "Thanks, John", in your analogy, is that lying is a deliberate act of deception that often has negative consequences for the person being lied to, whereas dropping that comma is unlikely to have any negative consequences for the reader and is often not done deliberately. It's a poor analogy.

Does one fill out a form or does one fill in a form? I've gotten different answers from the people I've asked. Google search results: fill in a form — 14,200,000 fill out a form — 7,000,000