- Correct abbreviation of engineer - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng and some use Engr
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- phonetics - English words ending with -enk -eng - English Language . . .
3 Mostly because -eng, -enk didn’t survive Middle English We don’t have native words in -eng, -enk because of a regular sound-change that any such words underwent in their evolution from Old English to Middle English to Modern English For example, Old English had a verb lengen meaning to lengthen (transitively) or to linger (intransitively)
- pronouns - Is it ever correct to use “the both of them,” or is it . . .
It does not seem to be an archaic usage The English Dialect Dictionary, from 1898, characterizes it as var dial uses in Irel and Eng And Ngrams shows that its usage started increasing gradually around 1900, and has increased greatly since 2000 And the book English for Everybody, by G A Miller (1924; Boston, MA) says: Do not say:— The both of them are useful, Say:— Both of them are
- Gay (homosexual) and gay (happy) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
When did the main meaning of the word 'gay' shift from happy to homosexual? How did the meaning evolve, if there is a relation between the two?
- What are the correct plural forms of penis? [duplicate]
I was reading this Reddit post's comments: ' I am the guy with two penises AMA ' (NSFW), and came upon this discussion (of sorts), where the plural of "penis" has been suggested to be either: "penises", "penii", or "penes" I looked it up and Wiktionary states that " The hyperforeign Latinate penii is occasionally used as the plural in modern English " Is "penii" or "penes" also correct in
- british english - In practise or In practice - English Language . . .
British English makes the distinction between 'practise' (verb) and 'practice' (noun) Based on this, I would judge the following sentence as incorrect: In practise, computers often crash
- Renumeration vs Remuneration (reimbursed financially), which is correct?
According to the OED renumeration remuneration are interchangeable So too are the associated verbs - renumerate remunerate However, some commentators have strong feelings about renumeration being used with its first-cited meaning (i e remuneration, see below) " to be avoided at all costs is the metathesized form renumeration " (R W Burchfield New Fowler's Mod Eng Usage (1996) 666
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