It was common practice to first test and execute a program's source code by hand before using a computer.
It was common practice to first test and to execute a program's source code by hand before using a computer.
The first version of the sentence is without a second to, the second ver...
I am not clear about 'ask':
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For now, we don't know the answers to any of these questions, and we may never know. All that police can do is start asking them to people of the already shattered and traumatized Newtown, including the children that were in Sandy Hook.
This suggest ...
I have a question about the verb 'facilitate':
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted changes to the federal proxy and other rules to facilitate the rights of shareholders to nominate directors to a company's board.
OALD says that 'facilitate' should be followed by a...
When we don’t know if a word refers to one or more, it is common to use a parenthetical s:
door/doors: door(s)
lamp/lamps: lamp(s)
What’s the best or least awkward way to render this for words that change their form when pluralizing, such as words ending in -f ?
shelf/shelves: shelf(ves)?
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Consider the following sentences:
An empty box will do for a table.
The box will do fine as a table.
One uses for, the other as. Are the two interchangeable? Can the for be replaced with an as without affecting the meaning?
Sentences constructed with a word written in the singular and parenthetically in the plural are straightforward when that word does not end in -y, e.g.:
List all applicable employee(s).
How does one handle words ending in -y? Is this correct:
I will attend the party(ies).
What happens if you have a written phrase like
We were looking at the same poster(s).
but with a noun that has an irregular plural? E.g. with baby/babies, would this be the correct form?
We were looking at the same baby(ies).
Or, as a more exotic case:
We were looking at the same ...
I guess “optional plural” is the correct term. I’m referring to things like
It can be found at the following location(s).
Please pick up your ticket(s).
But how do I do that to a word that ends in ‑y? Take category for example: “category(s)” doesn’t seem correct, because categorys is a...
Both "contrive" and "slapdash" are given by Thesaurus.com as related words with negative connotations. Also, "to hatch" and "to throw together". I would also add "to hack", though the meaning of the word has changed in the digital context.
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In the novel "A DAY AMONG THE LIARS", there is this sentence:
"My rod creaked and bent double, and the birch spun like a testotum.
Please can anyone explain the meaning of "birch spun like a testotum"?
Edward Page Mitchell (Bath, Maine, March 24, 1852 – New London, Connecticut, 1927) was an American editorial and short story writer for The Sun, a daily newspaper in New York City. He became that newspaper's editor in 1897, succeeding Charles Anderson Dana. Mitchell retired in 1926, a year before dying of a cerebral hemorrhage. Decades after his death, Mitchell was recognized as a major figure in the early development of the science fiction genre. Mitchell wrote fiction about a man rendered invisible by scientific means ("The Crystal Man", published in 1881) before H.G. Wells's The Invisi...
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