Rest in peace united in Christ." The abbreviation R.I.P., meaning "Requiescat in pace" "Rest in peace", continues to be engraved on the gravestones of Christians, especially in the Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican denominations. In the Tridentine Requiem Mass of the Catholic Church the phrase appears several times. To satisfy a vogue for rhyming couplets on tombstones, the phrase has been parsed ungrammatically as: This verse has been found inscribed in Hebrew on gravestones dating from the 1st century BC, in the graveyard of Bet Shearim. It speaks of the righteous person who died because he could not stand the evil surrounding him. A
Common English usage misconceptions " 'I feel bad' is standard English", and " 'I feel badly' is an incorrect hyper-correction by people who think they know better than the masses." Misconception: "The phrase "begs the question" has always been synonymous with "raises the question."" Paul Brians notes, "most people now suppose the phrase implies something quite different [from what it originally meant]: that the argument demands that a question about it be asked—"raises" the question" In fact, "begging the question" originally meant a certain type of logical fallacy. Merriam-Webster dictionaries include both meanings. Misconception: ""Healthy" has only recently been used to describe food." It