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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
- Difference between slacks, pants, and trousers?
I wonder what differences are between usage of slacks, pants, and trousers? Their meanings seem the same by looking up Google’s Internet dictionary and Wikipedia
- Regarding Re: ; what is the correct usage in an email subject line?
I want to know what is the recommended way to use Re: in the subject line of an email I use Re: in the subject line as a shortform of 'in regards to' Whenever I have used Re:, people have told me
- grammaticality - that + would = thatd? - English Language . . .
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
- Is bolded a word? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'd say in the context of computer editing, bold is certainly used as a verb (e g bold that paragraph, I bolded the important points), beyond that it depends on your criteria for what makes a word Wikitionary certainly cites this use as a word, and I trust them more than the OED for defintions of "new" words or meanings of words Verb bold (third-person singular simple present bolds, present
- differences - When to use cannot versus cant? - English Language . . .
When is it best to write "can't" versus writing "cannot"? Are they interchangeable in every situation?
- 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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