Alright, it's stup*d question day, so here's a stup*d question: Why do we say "went off" when it actually came on?

Astudent is revising the sentence below: i know brendan was upset, but i feel he overreacted. you would have thought he'd just lost his best friend, the way he would bemoan his fate. based on the context of this sentence, which is the best synonym for bemoan? a. complain: express dissatisfaction or annoyance b. grieve: cause distress to someone c. nag: annoy with persistent fault-finding d. provoke: stimulate or incite

Can a society achieve liberty without equality? explain.

Mars has a surface gravity that is only 0.38 (a little over one-third) that of earth's. thus, the weight of an object will also be 0.38 times that of earth. what is the g.p.e. of a climber who weighs 675 newtons on earth at the top of 26,000-meter olympus mons?