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- Correct usage of ubiquitous - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I wouldn't use so before ubiquitous I would use ubiquitous alone and hope that readers would understand that I was using ubiquitous in the sense of "present everywhere in the defined area"—an idea that is stronger than either prevalent or so prevalent
- Whats the difference between pervasive and ubiquitous?
I think the difference is given in the definitions above; the difference between pervasive and ubiquitous is the difference between somewhere and everywhere But if you add a qualifying prepositional clause, the difference goes away: "pervasive among the younger generation" and ubiquitous in the younger generation" mean the same thing
- a or an ubiquitous? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I am unsure whether to use "a" or "an" in the following sentence: Video games have become a an ubiquitous part of American culture For me, saying the two sentences out loud makes "an" seem like
- Is knowledge of the meaning of the word “ubiquity” ubiquitously . . .
The difference between mentions of "ubiquitous" and "pervasive" is the largest, probably because of the greater difference in meaning Note: @DanBron's original comment suggests the word "everywhere" as an example
- vocabulary - to get ubiquitous or to become ubiquitous . . .
You'd be more likely to say that computers got faster or got more powerful than got more ubiquitous A side issue is whether ubiquitous is in fact scalable; I don't particularly object to more ubiquitous, since it’s understood as what I would phrase as more nearly ubiquitous, but some have a legitimate argument against it
- A word for something that used to be unique but is now so commonplace . . .
'Ubiquitous' is largely synonymous with 'commonplace' and is poor stylistically in most sentences using both 'Commonplace' is actually the more appropriate word to use here; it is more natural-sounding (in almost all contexts), and here invokes the 'familiarity has bred contempt' notion far better Note that your 'used to be unique' constraint makes the answer 'ubiquitous' incorrect
- Omnipresent is to Ubiquitous as Omnipotent is to _____? [closed]
Omnipresent connotes a single entity that is everywhere at once Ubiquitous usually is used when many instances of a thing can be found everywhere And I think the "seemingly everywhere" is just using ubiquitous as an exaggeration, which is often the case because there aren't many things, if any, that are truly ubiquitous
- phrase requests - Word for something so familiar or ubiquitous that it . . .
Word for something so familiar or ubiquitous that it goes unnoticed? Ask Question Asked 11 years ago Modified 3 years, 1 month ago
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