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- meaning - Automatedly vs. Automatically - English Language Usage . . .
Automatedly vs Automatically Ask Question Asked 8 years, 3 months ago Modified 8 years, 3 months ago
- Style clarification for date superscripts, th, st and nd
You do not need to use superscripts, but it is conventional to use superscripts (from a British perspective) Personally, I think it also adds clarity to use superscripts Programs like Microsoft Word will often automatically change those to superscripts as you type them, which could be taken as suggesting that that is desirable
- capitalization - Capitalisation (or not?!) of von and de at start . . .
I am proofreading texts at the moment that feature several people with a 'von' or a 'de' in their surnames, which are generally always lower case However, the author has decided to keep these lowe
- Politically correct synonym for Indian giver?
The phrase "Indian giver" means someone who gives a person a gift and then wants it back later It's occasionally a useful concept, but the dictionary says it's offensive and I also think so Is th
- 8-in-1 sentence - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Do is required automatically by negation so it's not available (as it would be in a positive polarity sentence) for verum focus The tense-based example is metalinguistic, and we usually say that metalinguistic negation focus doesn't count in armchair linguistics
- Where did the phrase youre welcome come from?
For things like phaticisms, they're often just meaningless mantras that are elicited automatically in the social context It's just what you are supposed to say, little more
- Why are tax returns called tax returns, and is the term applicable . . .
One of the dictionary meanings of return is, in fact, a legal declaration Tax returns and election returns are probably the only returns that an ordinary citizen encounters with any regularity, however
- expressions - Is it appropriate to use the sentence- Greetings of the . . .
I often receive e-mails which start with the sentence- 'Greetings of the day ' instead of Good morning or good afternoon I am wondering whether it is correct to use this in formal emails and letters
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