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- More Bored Vs Boreder - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Boreder" might be considered "legal" according to some guidelines, but is to be avoided because of the likely confusion with "border"
- single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin between the . . .
The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border between the skin and the vermilion is called the vermilion border, the wet, shiny inner portion of what people call the "lips" is called the wet vermilion or the mucosa
- Should the words city state province be capitalized (if not . . .
In your second example, "city" should not be capitalized Words for governmental or administrative units are only capitalized when they are used as part of a proper noun, such as the formal name of a city Your first example is correct so long as you're referring to the City of New York, as the formal name for New York However, if I were simply using the word "city" to disambiguate and not as
- More formal way of saying: Sorry to bug you again about this, but . . .
I assume by "Sorry to bug you again about this" that you were already given help with "X", so instead of an apology, perhaps a thank you would work better: Thank you for your help with X, but we are still having problems with it and This is most likely how I would write it, an apology seems to be an admission that you feel "bad" for asking and can sound "whiny", while a thank you gives the
- If you are talking on behalf of you and someone else, what is the . . .
I looked at a bunch of style guides to see what they have to say on this subject The vast majority of them dedicate at least a paragraph to the distinction (or nondistinction) between "in behalf of" and "on behalf of"—but not one addresses the question of how to handle "on behalf of" when used by a speaker to refer to another person and to him- or herself This silence leads me to believe
- pronunciation - How is æ supposed to be pronounced? - English . . .
As I said, you have to distinguish English spelling from pronunciation There's no difference between the letters"ae" together and the "æ" ligature; and there's no rule for how to pronounce them, either -- every word is different The words encyclopædia, encyclopedia, and encyclopaedia are all pronounced the same, however you pronounce them I pronounce that vowel as i , myself
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
Joel is mistaken when he says that as of means "up to and including a point of time," although it is often used to mean so As of designates the point in time from which something occurs So as of some point would mean from the date specified onward However, his answering of the best way to say each phrase is spot on One may use either until or up to to mean the time before which something
- Origin of kettle of fish - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the origin of the phrase "kettle of fish"? e g It's was a good film But the sequel is a different kettle of fish It seems to simply mean "thing", but in a fun and witty way But I w
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