Young Writers Society

Meaning of disinterested and uninterested
Meaning of political correctness
When is next Saturday for you? (state the date)
Explain the difference between who and whom.
What does it mean if you say the house was an enormity?
What does verity mean?
Do you say aeroplane or airplane?
What is the meaning of aerodrome?
What’s the difference between ( all together ) and altogether?
What does enervation mean?
Can you explain what sleight of hand and eye of the storm is?

Meaning of disinterested and uninterested- They both mean that you're not interested in something.

Meaning of political correctness- saying things or specific terms so that you don't offend people by saying something they take offense to.

When is next Saturday for you? (state the date) Today, July 2nd, 2016

Explain the difference between who and whom. You only use whom after the word "to" or in reference to a question that can be answered with "him." Something about the subject and object of sentences that I slept through in middle school.

What does it mean if you say the house was an enormity? - It was really big?

What does verity mean? Sounds like something related to the truth.

Do you say aeroplane or airplane? - airplane

What is the meaning of aerodrome? - no clue

What’s the difference between ( all together ) and altogether? altogether means something like "entirely" and "all together" means "everyone at once"

What does enervation mean? - annoyance I think?

Can you explain what sleight of hand and eye of the storm is? Slight of hand is being tricky with your hands and doing magic tricks and the eye of the storm is that spot in the center of a hurricane where it's calm.

Meaning of disinterested and uninterested - To me, 'disinterested' implies that you were once interested in it, but now you're not, like a dog becoming disinterested in a toy after playing with it for a couple minutes. 'Uninterested' implies that you were never interested in the first place.

Meaning of political correctness - This is a loaded one, but I feel like, simply, it started out as a way to try to be inclusive and unoffensive, but has since devolved into an often-unnecessary or overly sensitive policing of speech, and that's what the term commonly refers to now.

When is next Saturday for you? - Well, it's Saturday today for me, so July 9th.

Explain the difference between who and whom - I'm honestly not sure. I think it has to do with prepositional phrases, i.e., "to whom are you giving that?" vs. "who are you giving that to?"

What does it mean if you say the house was an enormity? - I've never heard that phrase before, but I'm assuming it means the house was big.

What does verity mean? - I think it's a synonym for truth or truthfulness.

Do you say aeroplane or airplane? - Airplane.

What is the meaning of aerodrome? - I have no idea, though I assume it relates to flying.

What’s the difference between ( all together ) and altogether?
"All together" is used very literally, as in "all of the things are in the same place" while "altogether" is a lot more metaphorical and basically means "in the context of everything." Bad explanation, but whatever.

What does enervation mean? - Not sure. It's one of those words where if you used it in a sentence, I would know it, but I can't think of the definition right now.

Can you explain what sleight of hand and eye of the storm is? - Yes. "Sleight of hand" refers to doing something cleverly or skillfully in a way that hides what you're doing - magicians use sleight of hand a lot. "Eye of the storm" refers to the center of a hurricane, which is usually very calm compared to the rest of the storm, and is used metaphorically to mean any sort of reprieve or haven.

Meaning of disinterested and uninterested : I thought they meant the same thing?

Meaning of political correctness : It's when you act or say something so as to not offend a certain group of people or just people in general.

When is next Saturday for you? (state the date) : 9th of July

Explain the difference between who and whom : Ah this is tricky. Mostly because I paid zero attention during grammar class. I always thought 'who' and 'whom' were similar to how you use 'he/she' and 'him/her' in a sentence.

What does it mean if you say the house was an enormity? : The house was bad? Like when you say "the enormity of the crime", i.e., the graveness of the crime. I don't know how to put that in sentence above so 'bad' it is xD

What does verity mean? :No idea what it means but it sounds like something of principle, like being honorable.

Do you say aeroplane or airplane? : aeroplane

What is the meaning of aerodrome? : Ooh I know this one. It's like a small airport.

What’s the difference between ( all together ) and altogether? : 'All together' is literally having all together as in having everything/everyone together in a place. 'Altogether' is like 'totally' or 'completely' like when you're summing up.

What does enervation mean? : I'm pretty sure I'm wrong but it sounds like when you energize something.

Can you explain what sleight of hand and eye of the storm is? : 'Sleight of hand' is when you skillfully trick someone like magicians do, and to be in the 'eye of the storm' is to be in the centre of an argument (I think?)

Meaning of disinterested and uninterested - Disinterested means you are impartial. Uninterested means you just aren't interested.

Meaning of political correctness - A way of censoring language to avoid offending certain groups of people, but I think you can extend that to basically trying not to offend minority groups.

When is next Saturday for you? (state the date) - 9th July

Explain the difference between who and whom. - I think "who" is a subject and "whom" is an object. "Who wants the last slice of cake?" - "To whom was the last slice given?"

What does it mean if you say the house was an enormity? - Oh wow, I have no idea. I think it might mean it cost a lot of money?

What does verity mean? - Truth?

Do you say aeroplane or airplane? - Aeroplane. I think airplane is the American English form.

What is the meaning of aerodrome? - I should really know this one, shouldn't I? Er... is it an airport hangar?

What’s the difference between ( all together ) and altogether? - All together means everyone working together. Altogether seems to me to be a way of concluding something "altogether, this was a regrettable experience" though I could be wrong.

What does enervation mean? - Exhaustion, I think.

Can you explain what sleight of hand and eye of the storm is? - "Sleight of hand" is the way a magician can create illusions using their ability to manipulate objects. "Eye of the storm" refers, I think, just to the calm part in the centre of a hurricane etc.?

Meaning of disinterested and uninterested

I really do not see the difference other than uninterested is used more commonly and colloquially.
Meaning of political correctness

It's when a person willfully censors or readjusts their language and behaviors so as to be more inclusive for (especially marginalized) people or groups. Also includes an unlearning of hegemonic behaviors.
When is next Saturday for you? (state the date)
Next Saturday is July 9th, 2016.
Explain the difference between who and whom.
To my understanding, who is used when addressing a non-specific group or identity, whereas whom is used to specify a person, more specifcally, oneself.
What does it mean if you say the house was an enormity?
It could mean that the house was rowdy or extremely fancy. I've heard this before,but not really around other Americans.
What does verity mean?
Verity to my understanding, means how truthful or trustworthy someone or something is or to what extent it can be trusted.
Do you say aeroplane or airplane?
Airplane. But when I say it, it sounds like "AIR-uh-plane".
What is the meaning of aerodrome?
No idea, but it sounds it like it has something to do with air because of the prefix "aero", and speaking, because of its suffix, "--drome". I usually hear the suffix "--drome, when hearing about word lay or speaking, such as the word "palindrome".
What’s the difference between ( all together ) and altogether?
All together is when one is addressing a crowd of people, and used when demanding said crowd. "Altogether" is usually used to address a thing, typically inanimate pbjects.
What does enervation mean?

Going out on a whim here, but i think it could mean that one's nerves are stimulated? It reminds me of the word, unnerving, but this typically means that something is annoying.

Can you explain what sleight of hand and eye of the storm is?

Sleight of the hand means that someone has given a suggestive cue to someone else, whether sexually or angrily. Or it means that someone has cheated someone else out of money without the other person knowing initially. I typically see this phrase used for women or gangster tales. Eye of the storm just means that the most dangerous part of what is usually a windstorm is in the center of it all. It is the most severe part of any situation.

Meaning of disinterested and uninterested:
I know there's a difference, but I'm not sure what it is without looking it up. So I think disinterested is more "not interested", and uninterested is... "made uninteresting", maybe?

Meaning of political correctness:
Political correctness, in the modern day, should mean to judge your words in a manner that they don't offend anyone in racist, sexist, ableist, classist, or otherwise oppressive means.

When is next Saturday for you? (state the date)
Well, this Saturday is today (2 July), so next Saturday is 9 July. But if I had answered this yesterday (1 July), my answer would have still been 9 July, because 2 July is this Saturday.

Tomorrow (3 July), if I were to answer this, my answer would be 16 July is "next Saturday", because 9 July would be "this" Saturday.

Explain the difference between who and whom.
Okay, so "who" and "whom" are basically the same word, they're just different parts of a sentence. Literally, "who" refers to the subject of a sentence ("Who brought apples?" "He brought apples.") whereas "whom" refers to the object ("To whom did he give apples?" "He gave apples to the teacher.").

What does it mean if you say the house was an enormity?
I wouldn't know, because I don't use the word enormity on a regular basis so I don't know what it means per se, haha. I know that it's related to "enormous" but doesn't mean enormous, though.

What does verity mean?
Truth, I think?

Do you say aeroplane or airplane?
Airplane.

What is the meaning of aerodrome?
Not sure.

What’s the difference between ( all together ) and altogether?
"All together" refers to a bunch of things that are, you know, all together. On the other hand, "altogether" would refer to the overall state of the bunch of things, or of one person if you take into account what's going on in their life. So like, "They were all together in one place. They were altogether well."

What does enervation mean?
Something to do with energy?

Can you explain what sleight of hand and eye of the storm is?
Sleight of hand is distracting the eye of the audience with something while you do something else, quickly and without notice, seemingly producing a splendid trick (or stealing their wallets, haha).

The eye of the storm is taken from the "eye" at the center of cyclones such as hurricanes, where the rest of the storm is rotating in circular clouds but there is a small spot at the very center which is calm. It's often said that the worst part of the storm comes after the eye. Basically, the "eye of the storm" in a social context means that something rough has been happening, but now it's taking a break, but it's going to be rough again pretty soon.

Meaning of disinterested and uninterested
Disinterested - was interested at first, but then lost interest for any reason
Uninterested - wasn't interested to begin with

Meaning of political correctness
Expression of oneself while avoiding certain topics or words in order to not offend anyone, antagonise anyone, or seem generally insensitive in front of people

When is next Saturday for you? (state the date)
The 9th of July, 2016

Explain the difference between who and whom.
"Who" is a pronoun in the nominative case, referring to the subject of the sentence, while "whom" is the dative/accusative case of the pronoun, and refers to either direct or indirect objects. "Whom" is often preceded by a preposition.

What does it mean if you say the house was an enormity?
No idea. Er... something about a house being really big? Yeah, I'm gonna go with that.

What does verity mean?
I'm gonna go with "truth". Or maybe "truthfulness". "Verita" means "truth" in Latin, right?

Do you say aeroplane or airplane?
I say "airplane".

What is the meaning of aerodrome?
I'm gonna say "airport"

What’s the difference between ( all together ) and altogether?
"All together" means all members of a class or group are or do something at the same time or in close proximity of each other;
"Altogether" means "totally", "completely", "utterly", usually in a context that implies that the action completed is a sort of an overkill and was not necessarily necessary. For example: "Have you stopped eating cheese? You know it gives you gas." "Yep! I stopped eating dairy products altogether. Not a huge blow to my diet, if I dairy say."

What does enervation mean?
I honestly don't know. Covering something with nerves? lol.

Can you explain what sleight of hand and eye of the storm is?
No idea. Something about being quick and tricky with hands, like dexterous? And the other centre of attention? I seriously don't know.

I hope this is helpful! Have a great day.