Opposed or apposed - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Should it be apposed or opposed in testing for non failure as apposed to success? I initially thought it should be apposed, because opposed seems to suggest opposition Interestingly Chromium flags
passive voice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The phrase oppose something means "to disagree with something and try to prevent it from happening", which makes me think X is opposed means X is what someone disagrees with and tries to prevent from
meaning - Is contentual a proper word? - English Language Usage . . . I saw in Wiktionary that it is considered to be a proper word: contentual adjective Relating to content (as apposed to context) However, I have not seen it cited in any major dictionaries (Websters, Oxford, Collins etc ) If the reason it is not in these dictionaries is because the word "contentual" is not considered to be a proper word, why is
Is yay or nay an acceptable alternative to yea or nay? Is "yay or nay" an acceptable alternative to "yea or nay"? I have seen it several times in recent weeks, enough to make me wonder whether it is an emerging usage or just a common typo
“rather than” vs “as opposed to” - English Language Usage . . . We do not know whether X will have an effect on element Y as opposed to others We do not know whether X will have an effect on element Y rather than on others The first version is the first one I