Today I wanted to say something like ?A camera whose wires go through the wall, but it sounded funny. Whose to my ear only applies to people, and perhaps animals. Is there a single word I can use in its place? I can say something like A camera that has wires... but I just wondered why another w...

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In the phrase '{CompanyName} is/are delighted to announce...', what is appropriate, is or are? And would there be a difference between usage in America versus UK? {CompanyName} is singular, like "Foo Inc.", not "Foo Associates"

In the phrase '{CompanyName} is/are delighted to announce...', what is appropriate, is or are? And would there be a difference between usage in America versus UK? {CompanyName} is singular, like "Foo Inc.", not "Foo Associates"

We were thinking originally in terms of voting, but of course "abstain" has a more general meaning, of which the antonym is probably "indulge". But is there an opposite that would be more appropriate when the usage of abstain is related to abstaining from voting in an election?

I'd say Microsoft have a way of bending the rules and I know that McLaren have won the championship. While this sounds strange, I believe it is correct English (sorry, I'm not native). But when it's a small company, would you still use it this way? I.e., would you say Bakery Johnson makes fine ...

There aren't specific rules, but there are general principles - each preposition has a particular "feel" to it, which guides the use in particular situations. And of course there are plenty of idiomatic expressions which simply abandon those principles entirely. For the question at hand, I would...