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What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
"Survey" vs. "inquiry" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
There are already some posts talking about inquiry, enquiry, and survey. However, a real sharp definition and distinction between survey and inquiry words is still missing and I'd like to be sure ...
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word choice - "Copyright on" or "Copyright to"? - English Language ...
From the OALD: copyright (in/on something) if a person or an organization holds the copyright on a piece of writing, music, etc, they are the only people who have the legal right to publish, broadcast, perform it, etc, and other people must ask their permission to use it or any part of it. Although it might be interesting to notice, here, that also the other expression is used.
Is “what’s” a correct short form of “what does”?
This can be a contraction of "what does", but I'd generally consider it a "colloquial contraction" insofar as it's a bit of a colloquialism to say "what's" instead of "what does". Basically, if you're describing someone who's said "what's" to mean "what does", or emulating their style of speech, then it's OK. Otherwise, it's a rather quaint contraction and I'd recommend against it.
Correct usage of replacing cuss words with symbols
Standard practice is to substitute asterisk when replacing just some letters (especially vowels, and not normally the first or last letter) in a swear-word (for example - "sh*t", or "c**t"). Any random combination of other "special" characters (including but not limited to &#%!@?) may be used to denote "some unspecified swear-word". I think OP's specific example is at least "unusual" usage. I ...
"Catch" vs "Take" a Bus/Train - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Could anyone help me with finding the difference between saying "catch a bus/train/etc" and "take a train/bus/etc"? I'm afraid I haven't been able to glean one from my dictionary.
Should I use a full stop at the end of text in a table?
The table has a mix of fragments and full sentences. I'm concerned that if I have full stops after the sentences and none after the fragments it will look inconsistent to the reader.
Is "believe you me" proper English?
I understand the phrase "believe you me" to be an emphatic version of "believe me" but how did it come to be? Is it a poor translation into English?
Which is correct: "So far as I know" or "As far as I know"?
Both are equally valid because as far as and so far as have exactly the same meaning in this context. However, so far as may be considered a slightly less formal version of in so far as. as far as to the extent that: as far as I am concerned, it is no big deal (in) so far as to the extent that: it was a windless storm so far as blizzards go NOAD However, you will likely more often hear as far ...
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