[…] younger people are leaving the church “in droves.”So I thought this might be useful: The Word Detective on “in droves.” (The noun “slew” above, btw, comes from the Irish sluagh, meaning “a host, crowd, […]
Randal Pair:
January 10th, 2013 at 7:21 pm
One of my favorite word plays is the negative of this – “people/fans/audiences stayed away in droves …”
Miles Stanton:
March 9th, 2021 at 8:44 pm
Above said, ” while driver the agent noun formed on the verb to drive,…” shouldn’t you say formed from instead of formed on?
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July 2nd, 2012 at 3:48 pm
[…] younger people are leaving the church “in droves.”So I thought this might be useful: The Word Detective on “in droves.” (The noun “slew” above, btw, comes from the Irish sluagh, meaning “a host, crowd, […]
Randal Pair:
January 10th, 2013 at 7:21 pm
One of my favorite word plays is the negative of this – “people/fans/audiences stayed away in droves …”
Miles Stanton:
March 9th, 2021 at 8:44 pm
Above said, ” while driver the agent noun formed on the verb to drive,…” shouldn’t you say formed from instead of formed on?