Please provide the context for your quotation. Also, have you considered the audience for your work? Many non-American readers may not understand that *five-one" means "five feet & one inch"; British
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According to Etymonline, Height, has many different possible origins. height (n.) Old English hiehþu, Anglian hehþo "highest part or point, summit; the heavens, heaven," from root of heah "hi...
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So height is spelled as a compromise, maintaining the pronunciation of "hight" while being spelled with ei to reflect the Old English ties. The ei form is older--as the OED notes, hight was
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I''m wondering if there is a word used for using height to order something. Just like we say alphabetical order for things arranged by their spelling, or chronological order for things arranged
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Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used Ask Question Asked 12 years ago Modified 5 years, 2 months ago
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12 If someone is 169cm tall, what is the most common way of saying their height in metres and centimetres in American/Australian/British English? I''m not interested in converting
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In the United States, most style guides that I have encountered recommend including the second hyphen in situations such as "8-foot-long bridge." Here is how some guides frame their advice. From
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7 I am completing a final assignment for a statistics course, and need a single word to describe age, height, weight and BMI (body mass index).
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1 The altitude is the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level; the elevation is the height above a given level, especially the sea level. The flight data include airspeed and altitude.
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