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- word choice - What is the name of the symbols - and gt;?
I know that ^ is called a caret, but this doesn't seem to apply to the similarly shaped but nonetheless different < and > symbols The only names I've heard them called is the less-than sign and the greater-than sign, but those names seem rather informal and apply only to their use in math
- What is it called when you buy something for free?
For example, imagine some food company decides to make their fruits permanently free Online, you can quot;order quot; them (for free), but in person, what do you do? What would be the professiona
- Named vs called - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc ) Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo Is "named" an accepta
- What is the symbol called? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the " " symbol called? Being a techie, I have heard it called the "forward slash" in the context of unix directories However, I am now doing technical writing and need to know the actual n
- etymology - Why is muscle cramp called a “charley horse”? - English . . .
The history told me nothing why an involuntary, extremely painful spasm, is named after a horse called Charley Charley in the UK is often spelled Charlie, a diminutive of Charles, and it's also used to call a foolish or silly person Who was Charley; was it the name of a horse?
- What do you call words such as “the, an, a, to, and”?
Welcome to EL U I think most of the contributors here would take issue with the notion that words like the or and "serve little purpose"; an evening with the Queen would probably be rather different from one with Queen — or with a queen for that matter Are you simply referring to very common words, for example, to ignore when indexing text?
- Why is it called hypochondria instead of hyperchondria?
Why is it called hypochondria instead of hyperchondria? [closed] Ask Question Asked 5 years, 7 months ago Modified 5 years, 7 months ago
- What is it called when someone implies something without directly . . .
What is it called when someone implies something without directly saying it, so they can deny they said what they were implying Example: "Only a certain type of people put raisins in potato salad and you know who they are"
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