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- Is when a preposition? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I had to come up with an "edit-the-mistakes" worksheet for a Special Education student on-the-fly One of my offerings was this sentence: When I was three years old I can tie my shoes I had intended the correction to be this sentence: When I was three-years-old, I could tie my shoes
- Can the word special have a negative connotation?
"Special education" is the usual U S term for the department of a public school that works with children with severe learning or mental disabilities The term uses the word "special" in its original definition of "unique" or "different", as a euphemism to replace terms used previously such as "slow class" or "MR class"
- capitalization - Capitalize fields of study? - English Language Usage . . .
Below user Robusto's foregoing answer, user Clément requests sources which I provide here: An Internet search yielded this which then recommended this by the University of Sussex:
- When to use use and when to use utilize in a sentence?
This comment in ‘The Cambridge Guide to English Usage’ is as good as any: for some writers utilize still connotes something more than use, i e the implication that a resource has been turned to good account, and used in a profitable, effective or ingenious way:
- pronunciation - How is æ supposed to be pronounced? - English . . .
Here's the full note from the OED (2nd ed) encyclopædia, encyclopedia (ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə) [a late L encyclopædia, a pseudo-Gr ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία, an erroneous form (said to be a false reading) occurring in MSS of Quintilian, Pliny, and Galen, for ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία `encyclical education', the circle of
- capitalization - Masters degree — capital M or not? - English . . .
The word "master's degree", used generically, means the degree attained by a master For example, using it in this sentence is correct:
- In legal citations, why are see, see also, etc. , in italics?
Well, going pro se to my son's special education impartial hearing, which lasted ten days, writing the closing argument, and writing a 40-page petition of appeal, have already made me well aware of my lack of legal training Please don't rub it in!
- Etymology of div meaning a stupid or foolish person
A child with "individual needs" has needs which are different from the majority of children, usually involving particular aspects of school life — generally learning, although it could apply to other aspects like personal care — for which special assistance is required
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