I am not a native speaker (my mother tongue is German). In the context of a technical paper (computer science), is there a difference between starting a sentence with Further, ... and starting it with Furthermore, ... ? It is used in the context of continuing a sentence. I wasn't sure, so I ask...

I'm trying to explain to a coworker when I use "We" versus "I" in my work emails going outside of the organization, but I don't know myself. For example, Hello, This morning we were unable to connect the recovery channel at 142.201.223.154:11199. Our keys are current and have not been m...

While I was writing an essay I became confused as to which to use "from" or "of", The sentence is as follows: This paper will show that constitutionalism is a selectively expansion from failed constitutions to accommodate contemporary societal norms. OR should it be instead? This paper will...

99% of the time, I'm clear on when I should use "a" versus "an." There's one case, though, where people & references I respect disagree. Which of the following would you precede with "a" or "an," and why? FAQ FUBAR SCUBA [Note: I've read the questions "A historic..." or "An historic…"? and U...

As someone who learned English later on in life, I was taught that different from is the correct grammar to use: this is different from that. However, it seems these days everyone uses different than instead. I know it's incorrect usage, but does the language evolve if the majority wins? Edit: S...

A basic grammar rule is to use an instead of a before a vowel sound. Given that historic is not pronounced with a silent h, I use “a historic”. Is this correct? What about heroic? Should be “It was a heroic act” or “It was an heroic act”? I remember reading somewhere that the h is sometimes sile...

Which is the correct use of these two words, and in which context should one be used rather than the other?

In writing, when should one use the abbreviation vs. as opposed to the full versus? This abbreviation seems to have special status from common usage. What is the origin of that, and in what writing contexts is it important?

Vive is a rare word and it basically means Lively, probably in the sense of animated or Full of Life-Energy, according to the 1914 Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. Survive uses the Sur-1 prefix which means over, hence we use Sur- to signified that we lived over, or rather beyond a certain poin...

This is probably because "Fright" is too transient of an emotion to use that combination of suffixes. It comes suddenly and vanishes momentarily. "Frighten" means to inflict fright upon something. "Frightened" means something had that feeling inflicted upon it. Now that we have a working defini...

Consider the sentence E-books are on the rise, but they haven't suppressed paper books though. This usage seems to be quite common, but when I learned English I was taught to use "however" where I now read "though". My questions on this use of "though" are: Is this a new trend? Is it...

Practically there is no difference. The American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Edition (2011) lists each word as an variation to the other. The 4th edition defines educationalist as a variant Moreover The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia ([C.D.C.] 1989-1914) defines educationalist as "Same as educat...

A lot. An absurd amount. More than you think you are capable of. In fact, asking a question on Stack Overflow is the absolute last thing you ever want to do. You want to avoid it at all costs. You want to think of it as a horrible shame1 that will forever haunt you and pass down from you to your ...

He held his dog on a lead or He held his dog on a leash Both of these are acceptable English sentences. The words 'lead' and 'leash' in this context are synonymous. But what's the difference between them? Some say there's no difference at all; others say it's a British/American differe...

Essentially there's not much difference: in both sentences, the relevant three words refer to the last to be processed of all the scans you've processed. But if you want to go into minor details and nuances, there's a slight difference in which part is 'stressed': "the last scan processed" mea...

According to Wikipedia: The term chat room, or chatroom, is primarily used to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing. Merriam-Webster lists chat room as the main term, with chatroom as a variant. The Free Dictionary does the opposite. None...

I would like to know the answer, preferably formal, for this question: What is the idiom clearly implying: sacrifice short term, trifling objectives for long term goals! I would like to use it in TOEFL. Further, what is the idiom that explicitly means: it should be accepted without co...

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