It is not necessary to use then to introduce the consequence of the if clause:
If you build it, they will come.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If I give you five dollars a week,
you'll have over $250 by the end of
the year.
All those are grammatically correct and clear (even...
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From a book talking about Linux, I found the following text.
A typical Linux system will run six virtual consoles and one graphical console
Server systems often have only virtual consoles
Desktops and workstations typically have both
Could anyone explain these three word...RAS syndrome (short for "redundant acronym syndrome syndrome") is the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym or initialism with the abbreviation itself, thus in effect repeating one or more words. Usage commentators consider such redundant acronyms poor style and an error to be avoided in writing, though they are common in speech. The degree to which there is a need to avoid them depends on one's balance point of prescriptivism (ideas about how language should be used, and how much particular prescriptions matter in life) versus descriptivism (the realities of how...
A recursive acronym (synonymous with metacronym , recursive initialism, and recursive backronym) is an acronym that refers to itself in the expression for which it stands. The term was first used in print in April 1986.
Recursive Acronym Phenomenon (RAP)
Recursive acronym phenomenon (or RAP), is an unplanned occurrence of a recursive acronym, initiated without deliberate humorous intent. RAP is observed almost exclusively in acronym rich environments, occurring during the creation of an acronym derived from a title that itself contains an existing acronym. This reduces the new acronym t...
There's only one question tagged meanning, it was probably a typo. Please change it to meaning.
Do the TOEFL and IELTS tests require significantly different levels of proficiency to pass? Are universities, immigration departments, etc. more likely to require the one over the other? Is there any other important difference I should know about?
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I became confused by comments to my answer insisting that Technical writing is jargon using incorrect English words.
I also looked through definitions of "prepend" in internet, all with inserted derogatory remarks, even in IT-specialized dictionaries, like 'jargon' and:
prepend is not an ...Transcript for
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