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- What is the correct pronunciation of Hele? - English Language Usage . . .
I’ve always wondered what the correct or considered correct pronunciation of the old Saxon word hele is The Oxford English Dictionary states it should be pronounced as hiːl and that’s what I’ve always used – hele Pronunciation: hiːl To hide, conceal; to keep secret
- etymology - Why is bloody hell offensive or shocking? - English . . .
There are two ways of looking at it One is that "bloody" is (or was) considered vulgar and appending "hell" - which is also a taboo subject - is a kind of intensifier
- word choice - Could you please vs Could you kindly - English . . .
I am a non-native speaker of English When communicating with a professor, would it be better to use could you kindly send me the document or could you please send me the document? I know both are
- orthography - Is there a rule for “‑ance” vs. “‑ence”? - English . . .
@mickeyf: I guess you both need to agree on the definition of "rules" It sounds to me that mickeyf is talking about prescriptive rules, which are applied at some point in the middle of the life of a language, and you are talking about rules in the sense of structured grammar that all language speakers must necessarily have
- For a deceased person, do we use the late or late?
The usage is typically "the late "I haven't heard it used without a determiner Here are some quotations from the OED's definition of "late" (III 2 a(a)) showing this usage is typical and well-attested (entries with "a" or "my" instead of "the" removed
- What is the correct pronunciation of the word “processes”?
There are words derived from Greek that end with "-is" in the singular and "-es" in the plural Thus This thesis is
- What is the correct pronunciation of “regex”?
On page 27 of Mastering Regular Expressions, Jeffrey Friedl states: Instead, I normally use "regex " It just rolls right off the tongue ("it rhymes with "FedEx," with a hard g sound like "regular" and not a soft one like in "Regina") and it is amenable to a variety of uses like "when you regex ," "budding regexers," and even "regexification "
- What is the correct pronunciation of SQLite?
The main bolded part of this answer gets wrong the main subtlty: the creator makes it clear that the ending is "ite", as in rocks like "granite", not "Lite" like light
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