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- word usage - Is augmented with or augmented by preferable . . .
The usage "A is augmented by B" indicates that B is the implied subject in the passive-voice construction "A is augmented" That is, B is doing the augmentation: "B augments A" The usage "A is augmented with B" implies that B is what A is augmented with, by an unspecified subject This is a predicate adjective verb phrase
- expressions - What is the best way to describe someone who is very . . .
If a person is very social in a party, striking up conversations with different people from one end of the hall to the other end, are there some good expressions to describe this person?
- With vs by - where to use these two preposition in an English . . .
Living or non-living is not the issue I travel by plane I travel by horse I go with style I go with God
- capitalization - Should I capitalize the phrase that has its . . .
In the case of something like "This product features an Augmented Filter Subsystem (AFS)", I would normally capitalise it like that (and include the bracketed abbreviation) on the first reference I think using such a convention makes it just that little bit easier for the reader to recognise what the abbreviation refers to
- Is it ever more appropriate to use cognizant over aware?
"Personally, I eschew utilization of an over-augmented, trisyllabic linguistic unit like "cognizant" to express a paradigm when diminutive constructions are accessible " Personally, I try to avoid using overly long words like [almost any word longer than four letters in your sentence] to say something when smaller words can be used in their place
- “Is this understanding correct?” anything more polite than this?
Do we have a more polite way to say “Is this understanding correct?” I often find it a little tough question to ask to clients Anything that sounds more polite and means the same? And also, is the
- implement something for in on with something?
Which preposition is correct to use in the following sentence?: Implementation of this technique for in on with complex objects is complicated (meaning: it is complicated to apply this technique to
- What does pneumatic mean when applied to a person?
When a female is described as pneumatic it means she has large breasts (possibly artificially augmented by plastic surgery) To my mind, there's also the implication of her being both well-equipped and possibly available for bouncy bouncy mattress dancing (slang euphemisms for sexual intercourse)
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