Entry(s) or Entrie(s)? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Well, it's very easy to rule out the first option (since “entrys” is not a word) Let's forget the prepositional phrase (“of N word-to-be-decided”) for now How would you phrase the sentence with varying numbers? “0 entry selected” or “0 entries selected”? (Ignoring that many style guides will tell you spell out the numeral), the latter is correct “1 entry selected" or “1
Sugarcane or Sugar cane? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Is there a difference between "sugar cane" and sugarcane? Is sugarcane wrong? What is the gramatical rule for joining two names like that? I have found 13 500 entries on google for sugarcane, but
meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange But the Wikipedia entries for each are quite different Are these words largely interchangeable synonyms? In the Wikipedia entry for adage, for example, a proverb is defined as an adage produced from folk wisdom, whereas an aphorism has "not necessarily gained credit through long use, but is distinguished by particular depth or good style"
Whats the capitalization rule for tabulated entries? [closed] Column heads and stubs [entries in the leftmost column of the table] must match one another in style across a series of tables Spelling, capitalization, punctuation, abbreviations, and symbols must likewise be regularized
Is Selected 1 of 1 Entries correct pluralization? Selected 1 of 1 available entries (Wrong by analogy) Using “1 of 1 entries” probably sounds right because it’s very common the “1 of” implies that there is more than one available, and therefore entries might be expected to follow it but just because “everyone does it” doesn’t make it correct
Had entries or had an entry? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Because the dictionaries have entries for the same thing you can decide whether or not you make entry's plurality agree with the total number of entries (2 entries - one for each dictionary) or the number of distinct entries (1 entry - one for the subject, cum grano salis)
What does “akin to” mean in etymologies in dictionary entries? Many etymologies in dictionaries say that some word is “akin to” a word in some other language For example, here is part of the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary entry for salt: Main Entry: 1sal