vocabulary - Hat-trick is for three, what's the word for four ...
Nov 8, 2025 · Three-peat, unfortunately, is a term trademarked in the US by former Laker coach and current Heat GM Pat Riley, so while it's in generic use as a figure of speech, it has to be licensed if …
Word for three times a year. Is "tri-quarterly" a real word?
Feb 21, 2025 · Or possibly three times a quarter, which is monthly. You can't redefine a quarter as a third, though. Three times a year is triannual — not triennial which is every three years. You could …
writing style - Why do we have both the word "three" and the numeral …
Oct 3, 2024 · Why do we have both the word "three" and the numeral "3" in this sentence? The number 345 has three digits, where the first digit is a 3.
The origin of "two is company, three is a crowd"
Apr 16, 2016 · A company consisting of three is worth nothing. It is the Spanish opinion who say that to keep a secret three are too many, and to be merry they are too few. John Collins provides this …
Why is it 'three score years and ten' almost half the time and not ...
May 9, 2021 · 3 Why is it 'three score years and ten' almost half the time and not always 'three score and ten years'? Note: I edited the question body and title in light of comments and answers pointing …
word choice - "Three quarters" vs. "three fourths" - English Language ...
Feb 6, 2013 · To express a fraction of 3 out of 4, how and when would you use three quarters, and when would you use three fourths? To me, three quarters is what I would have used all the time — but I'm …
Has the illogical "three times bigger" replaced "three times as big" in ...
Jan 14, 2015 · To Google Ngrams! While we can't make a claim as to the specific intended meaning, we see that usage of "three times as big" has rapidly declined since the 1940s, while usage of "three …
Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in attacks
Mar 4, 2025 · Broadcom warned customers today about three VMware zero-days, tagged as exploited in attacks and reported by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center.
Qualcomm fixes three Adreno GPU zero-days exploited in attacks
Jun 2, 2025 · Qualcomm has released security patches for three zero-day vulnerabilities in the Adreno Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) driver that impact dozens of chipsets and are actively exploited in …
如何评价科幻小说《三体》英文版（The Three-Body Problem）？
我2018年12月9日回答分析的 The Three-body Problem 中的红岸工程解密文件，已经很能说明以上结论。 三部曲是小说，小说就是讲故事。 做过翻译的同学知道，用英文讲明白故事情节不难，但是字字 …