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- Is over-exaggerated correct English?
My initial thought is that over-exaggerated implies not only exaggerating, but exaggerating in a way that is excessive for the given context, or exaggerating to the point of absurdity So, saying something like The fish was 5 feet long! I would consider exaggerating, but something like the fish was a million feet long! would be over-exaggerating
- It is worth mentioning versus it is worth to mention
The first example, "it is worth mentioning that", is acceptable The second, "it is worth to mention that", is incorrect One might correct it by saying: It is worth it to mention that Though this is a very awkward construction A better version might be: It is worth while to mention that As to why these particular constructions are acceptable and the others are not, I admit that I'm
- Which is grammatically correct? Open or opens?
The second one is correct In The quest opens up doors the verb opens up agrees in person and number with the subject quest The sentence doesn't require are if both the prepositional phrase of finding methods of expression and the restrictive relative clause that is authentic to oneself refer to the noun quest The meaning of the sentence is that that quest which consists of finding methods
- What is the origin of shorthand for with - gt; w ?
CyberDefinitions gives a plausible explanation: Although its origin is contested, w has been used at least since the rise of the fast-food industry in the 1950s As a form of shorthand to save time when writing down food orders, waiters replaced the words "with" and "without" with the abbreviations w and w o Since that time, the use of w as an abbreviation of "with" has become much more
- Impact in vs. Impact on - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This change has no impact in the system's current behaviour Is the preposition in grammatical here? I think we should have used on instead: This change has no impact on the system's current beha
- synonyms - Is connexion synonymous with connection? - English . . .
In British English, connexion is an alternative spelling of connection; American English only uses connection The origin of the word connection explains the reason of this Connection has origin from the Latin connexio (n-); only in the 18th century the spelling -ct- started to be used, on the pattern of words like collect, and collection
- Difference between normal person and average person
Normal has societal connotations and can vary according to perception, experience, culture, politics and period of history, whilst average usually refers to the results of statistical measurements related to groups of people
- When I say comment out, does it mean to uncomment something or . . .
When I say I commented out a line written in a programming language, does that mean I uncommented that line or that I made it a comment?
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