Abide by or abide to?
The other day I came across a phrase which used abide to something in the sense of 'sticking to' and it made me wonder how…
Can you say “reach a crescendo”? Yes, you can. It’s general language, not the preserve of musicians.
5-second read Some people, musicians above all, hate the use crescendo to mean a final state, as in “to reach a crescendo”, rather than a…