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In chemistry, the homologous series for hydrocarbons uses the following prefixes:
Meth-
Eth-
Prop-
But-
Pent-
Hex-
Hept-
Oct-
Why are these prefixes used, instead of just using "uni-", "di-", "tri-"?
I looked up the prefixes, but there is no dictionary record of them. Still, I think "uni-", ...
I'd love to be like Dickens and be able to introduce a new word. I want to get thon accepted into the dictionaries again as a gender-neutral pronoun. Kind of ironic that as feminism rose, thon actually got used less. One might have though they'd promote it more.
When a sentence ends with an abbreviation, should there be two periods or one?
Welcome to ACME Inc. We are glad to have you on board.
Welcome to ACME Inc.. We are glad to have you on board.
I would assume that only one is appropriate because I've never seen two used (and it looks awful...
I'm glad someone else agrees, that means it wasn't just me being too picky. Cerberus opened a meta-question for this kind of situations. I think we must choose a line and follow it, in order to avoid people saying "yes it must be closed" - "no it's a community wiki" etc
Does “ex French dominion” mean that all of the country's territory was controlled by France, or it could be a part of the country, as (if my memory serves me well) is the case with Syria?
@Vitaly. I thought about Syria/Lebanon on which France once had a "Mandate" but they don't produce much oil. On the other hand 4 seasons eliminate much of sub-saharian Africa were France had the largest part of its colonies.
@AlainPannetier — Well, all of Earth has seasons… Even the Sahara has them: no precipitation at all and rare occasions of precipitation. Or something along those lines.
Maybe @Gigili does not actually mean seasons as understood by Europeans and Americans (snow, rain, drought, etc).
You probably don't want to do it at all. Noninteger numbers are best written in their decimal form (1.5, 5.0). If they can be expressed as simple fractions, you can do that instead: “one and a half” for 1.5.
If you absolutely want to write it out, then you'll have to do it the way they are spelt...
@Gigili: earlier this year, I'd have said Syria, but I'll refrain right now :(
@AlainPannetier anyway, the list I had compiled only has Niger, Guinea (not much oil, but perspectives), Somalia, and Mauritania
what annoys me is that, unless I'm wrong, most of them were completely under French domination at some point, not partially (as indicated slightly earlier)
@AlainPannetier About that guy who wants to be deleted... I don't think there was anything wrong with how people responded to his question but if you look at this answer which is amsuing, actually rather good and obviously some effort has gone into it, he gets unfairly sniped at in the comments. Infelicitous.
@z7sg, come on. Put yourself into his shoes. This guy isn't looking for rep. he's been there for 6 months and has contributed 6 answers or so. He receives an email and finds it funny. Granted he is not well aware of the rules. Fine. Not the first one in that case by any means. He says "Oh I'm gonna share that on EL&U". They'll have a good laugh as well. Instead of that he is asked nothing less than to **delete** his post.
There are more diplomatic ways of reminding the rules. Besides I don't think this is the first time this happens.
@z7sg and with a little bit of positive attitude the post could have been a great CW repository of Britishisms. I really liked the disposition of the columns. It was like reading the minds of a foreigner and a Brit. I've had the former role more than once...
@AlainPannetier Are you saying I was too harsh? It wasn't my intention as you could clearly see in my first comment... I just told him to either rephrase or delete a part of his question, but he didn't really replied friendly...
@AlainPannetier Also that "another occurrence" has a comment of mine with the same thing. But I can't understand your point... you think I did wrong?
@Alenanno. I think even compounded with a smiley, the word "delete" is too harsh indeed. The irony is that the OP came with a question underlining the fact that Brits are very cautious not to hurt feelings by [over]employing understatements.
Going back to that discussion... I was thinking that questions like that, with equal answers, should be prompted to become community wiki, what do you think?
In chemistry, the homologous series for hydrocarbons uses the following prefixes:
Meth-
Eth-
Prop-
But-
Pent-
Hex-
Hept-
Oct-
Why are these prefixes used, instead of just using "uni-", "di-", "tri-"?
I looked up the prefixes, but there is no dictionary record of them. Still, I think "uni-", ...
When a sentence ends with an abbreviation, should there be two periods or one?
Welcome to ACME Inc. We are glad to have you on board.
Welcome to ACME Inc.. We are glad to have you on board.
I would assume that only one is appropriate because I've never seen two used (and it looks awful...
I would like to "write out" (1.5) in words and also (5.0).
How would I do that?
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…