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- grammar - walk-through, walkthrough, or walk through? - English . . .
For what it’s worth, walkthrough is common in my programming and gaming circles Walk-through seems to be preferred elsewhere—there’s a general trend for hyphenated terms to become single words over time, and this is a relatively new example However, I would only use walk through if I meant it as a prepositional verb, as in “Let’s walk through some examples”
- Whats the difference between a tutorial and a walk through?
Walkthrough, walk-through, or walk through (MW, verb walk with preposition through, definitions 1 and 2) to go through (as a theatrical role or familiar activity) perfunctorily (as in an early stage of rehearsal)
- What are the differences between manual, guide and instruction?
There is considerable overlap among the three, and to some extent they can be interchangeable They can be coupled together or with other terms, as in instruction manual or reference guide In addition, there are a number of similar terms like handbook, guidebook, primer, or vade mecum Manual refers specifically to a reference document which provides detailed information about operation and
- etymology - Hold your piece or Hold your peace - English Language . . .
Is the correct phrase “ to hold your piece ” or “ to hold your peace ”? This matter is often mentioned together with the matter of “ saying one's piece ”, which has already been answered In that context, the answer to the present question appears to also be given, but without any background or argumentation Hence, I'd hereby like to pose it explicitly, hoping for a somewhat well
- Is it correct to say I kindly request you to. . . ?
It seems like everyone is hung up on whether "request you to" is correct grammar Nobody has answered the kernel of the question which, I think, is whether kindness is implied in any request I don't think it is A request is not implicitly kind or unkind So "kindly" adds just as much to the sentence as "humbly "
- By vs Per. Which one should I use on expressions like P L . . .
The two are often used differently (though there are many cases where both would work) The word "per" carries the implication (as in percent) that there is a division going on - so if someone says to me "I'll tell you the number of widgets manufactured per employee" I'm expecting one number - the total number of widgets manufactured divided by the number of employees If instead they said
- Is it appropriate to use the salutation Dear All in a work email?
I have observed that in my work place, whenever a mail is sent to more than one person( like an information, meeting request or a notice etc ), the mail starts with the salutation "Dear All" This,
- (s) or s at the end of a word to denote one or many
I like to use less- greater- than brackets, "<s>", which is more similar to parentheses than separation with a forward-slash, and has added benefit of making easier to parse with more clear distinction in cases of more different pluralizations than required by simply adding an ‘s’ or ‘es’ (e g also eliminating something, like ‘-us’ to ‘-i’)
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