query: When did "two and thirty" construction fall out of common usage?
positive_passages.docid: 101043
positive_passages.text: 19th century English texts occasionally use Germanic-style number words, such as "four-and-twenty". When did this fall out of use?
negative_passages.docid: 45524
negative_passages.text: Singular verb after two noun phrases joined by "and" that can be thought of as a single thing
negative_passages.docid: 57733
negative_passages.text: When did it become correct to add an “s” to a singular possessive already ending in “‑s”?
negative_passages.docid: 91907
negative_passages.text: Under what rule of usage does this semicolon in the example sentence fall?
negative_passages.docid: 111455
negative_passages.text: When can we omit the preposition "on" before weekdays
negative_passages.docid: 149677
negative_passages.text: How did "When" become the customary answer to "say when"?
negative_passages.docid: 105678
negative_passages.text: Smaller vs. less vs. lesser
negative_passages.docid: 147089
negative_passages.text: Is it two-third or two-thirds?
negative_passages.docid: 127576
negative_passages.text: Why is there one P in "hoping" and two P's in "hopping"?
negative_passages.docid: 50285
negative_passages.text: Is two-thirds plural?
negative_passages.docid: 141006
negative_passages.text: Why is "a couple of " often shortened to "a couple "?
negative_passages.docid: 153593
negative_passages.text: When and why did ^ and $ take on their meanings of "beginning of line" and "end of line?"
negative_passages.docid: 32725
negative_passages.text: Is there a shorter term for "divided by" in American English?
negative_passages.docid: 52504
negative_passages.text: When to spell out numbers
negative_passages.docid: 107710
negative_passages.text: Why can we add "a number of" before nouns?
negative_passages.docid: 151751
negative_passages.text: How to distinguish "two previous" from"previous two"?
negative_passages.docid: 62942
negative_passages.text: 'took several years to be built' or 'took several years to build' – which one is correct?