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- Facade vs. façade - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I know that both facade and façade are valid in British English Is that also true for American English? Or should facade be used when writing something for American customers? This is something t
- What are the different ways an accent mark can go over the letter A . . .
The uses of diacritic marks in modern English are quite limited, and diacritic marks can always be omitted without being incorrect This applies equally to A and any other letter Recent foreign borrowings: e g rôle, coup d'état, façade, etc but role, coup d'etat, and facade are also all correct Stage and poetry prosody: e g learnèd indicating a normally silent vowel is to be
- Act Naturally, is it an oxymoron? [closed] - English Language Usage . . .
To act is to put up a facade, yet when put together with natural, it contradicts each other Yet this phrase is used frequently "Now, Tom, remember to act natural in front of the examiner and do
- orthography - Usage of diacritics in loanwords - English Language . . .
In contrast, facade needs no accent to distinguish it from any pre-existing English word It's now in everyday usage (and has spawned an -ism!), so the cedilla is superfluous Garçon is, I think, still a French word Unless it's in a specifically French-styled restaurant, the usual call is Waiter!
- pronunciation - What words are commonly mispronounced by literate . . .
Quite a few words are mispronounced by under-educated people, or people learning English as a second language Some words are often mispronounced by quite educated people who read, and began readin
- Proper Usage of Too in the Middle of a Sentence
There is too a sadness in her eyes that betrays her cheerful facade (sounds unnatural to my ears) Apart from light and matter, there is, too, the unseen (sounds clumsy; written, has comma-clutter) Not only do I find it creepy, but there's, too, a hidden secret that lies within the walls of that old mansion (sounds unnatural)
- Is it midsentence or mid-sentence? Onelook doesnt say
'mid-sentence' or 'midsentence' (or 'mid sentence')? Style preferences regarding hyphenation of prefixes vary considerably from one style guide to another, so it's important to consult the one that governs your work (if any does) The Oxford Guide to Style (2002), at 5 10 2, devotes an entire paragraph to mid-: The prefix mid- is now considered to be an adjective in its own right in such
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
One might have a repertoire of deceptions and disingenuous behaviors that they use to put forth a facade, but the repertoire is not the behavior or the facade; it is the catalog of skills and knowledge being drawn on
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