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- A word that represents a group of people working to achieve a common . . .
There are several words that means a group of people with a common interest purpose goal aim etc These words might depend on the context as well: union: a number of persons, states, etc , joined or associated together for some common purpose: student union; credit union coalition: an alliance or union between groups, factions, or parties, esp for some temporary and specific reason league: An
- grammatical number - €10 = ten euro or ten euros? - English . . .
In this case, in English Euro (or euro) has two accepted plural forms: euros and euro In Community legislative acts the plural forms of euro and cent are spelled without the s, notwithstanding normal English usage Otherwise, normal English plurals are recommended and used; with many local variations such as 'centime' in France Wikipedia
- What is the correct pronunciation of the word solder?
This doesn't come from a dictionary, but I had a relative who spent most of his free designing clever circuits (from the 1920s onwards) He always told me that the correct British pronunciation was "sodder", but that over the years it had started to be pronounced "solder" - which he believed was to avoid the embarrassment of a word that could be misinterpreted as being related to sodomy when
- differences - Lower number vs. smaller number - English Language . . .
Is −9 a smaller number than −8? And is −9 a lower number than −8? What is the difference between lower and smaller here?
- that + would = thatd? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is "that'd" an appropriate contraction of "that" and "would"? I say it, but I'm not sure if it's a legitimate contraction in written form
- single word requests - Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely. . . ? - English . . .
"Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller time units ("secondly," "minutely"—perhaps because of the danger of confusion with other meanings of those words) and in larger ones ("decadely," "centurily," "millenniumly"—perhaps because until recently events
- What is he? vs Who is he? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is he? -- Does the question refer to what he is doing for a living? Who is he? -- Does it refer to his name? For example, he is Peter
- vocabulary - Word to describe everyday things - English Language . . .
Is there any one word which can describe everyday things? By this, I mean things we commonly regard as things most people do every day, like taking a shower, brushing your teeth, getting dressed,
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