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  1. "User accounts" or "users account" - English Language & Usage …

    Is it correct to say user accounts or users account when referring to the accounts any user has on a site like this one? In general, in the case of a noun that is used as adjective for the noun that

  2. Word for half-hemisphere / quarter-sphere?

    A hemisphere is a half-sphere, for example, half the Earth: northern, southern, eastern, western hemisphere. In a forum post related to a ESA satellite station in Argentina, I came across the …

  3. What is the origin of the phrase "Top of the morning to you"?

    The phrase is Irish in origin but now very rarely used in Ireland (except as a sterotypical "Irishism"). It simply means "the best of the morning to you" - perhaps from the idea of …

  4. Usage of + or ++ in emails - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Nov 18, 2019 · There is slight difference I have observed in usage of + and ++. '+' Usually follows a name, to be informed or to action on. '++' I disagree that this is a programming jargon …

  5. writing style - When should you use "Title Case"? - English …

    The trouble (for Microsoft Word, anyway) comes when the preceding four rules endorse initial-capping a word if it ids functioning as one part of speech but lowercasing it if it is another.

  6. Is there a technical term for the two halves of an email address?

    Is there a technical name for the two halves of an email address? I mean the parts before and after the @ sign. As a kind of example of what I mean, for UK postcodes, I believe the two …

  7. Is "Jack of all trades, master of none" really just a part of a longer ...

    Variants that are relative newcomers As for the suggested longer expression "Jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one," the earliest matches I could find for it are two …

  8. Plural for "photo"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    The verbs go and do in the 3rd person singular are goes and does; the nouns potato (s) potatoes and hero (s) heroes (pl) follow the same pattern, hence some people apply the same spelling …

  9. Indicate vs Indicates - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 9, 2020 · The test ids ARB1 and ARB2 indicate (s) that two different samples were used, rather than representing different test methods. My colleague is of the view that the subject …

  10. Different forms of the abbreviations for "identification"?

    Both the NOAD and the OED report that ID is an abbreviation for identity, identification. They weren't carrying any ID. I lost my ID card. The term id is used in psychoanalysis, and Id is a …