single word requests - Is ‘casing’ a valid alternative to . . . Because casing is commonly used here on the English Language 🙵 Usage SE to ask whether a word is capitalized or not, I'm still wondering whether casing is a valid alternative to capitalization Can I say something like: Please fix the casing in your text? as alternative to Please fix the capitalization in your text Which one is more
What is the outer metal plastic box of a device called? 1 Case and Chassis are used pretty often as some of the comments indicate Other similar words are tower, system unit and cabinet Also, holder is often used for additional external casing especially on smaller devices like smartphones and tablets
Term for main part of desktop computer I find your question interesting Because non-techies often refer to everything as their desktop computer or workstation because the monitor, mouse, and keyboard are bundled with it These peripherals are not part of the "desktop computer", but my grandma would probably just call all of it her desktop computer
punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm not finding the answer to this on the internet after searching When writing dialogue, do you use capital letters to spell out words? Jamie said, quot;I said P-L-E-A-S-E please, and don't you
When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation? Basically, I am somewhat confused when a quotation should be capitalized My understanding is that if a) one quotes the full original sentence and b) this quotation is set off by a colon, semi-colo
punctuation - Why are i. e. and e. g. written in lower case with . . . The often-swapped i e and e g sit mid-sentence, whereas NB always begins sentences to announce a key pointer So that justifies at least the initial initial And it's a bit like a traffic sign or billboard with capitalized words
How do you spell wifi Wi-Fi WiFi? - English Language Usage Stack . . . The Wi-Fi Alliance is just a trade association They won't come knocking on your door in the middle of the night if you use their terminology They're only interested in shutting out comptetition from any major global manufacturers who don't want to join them Anyway, you've answered your own question by the mere fact that you happily wrote wifi twice in the first paragraph before wondering