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- halfway or half way? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Whether the halfway word is defined on English dictionaries as an adverb adjective mostly used to indicate that someone or something is At or to a point equidistant between two others, I'm usually drawn to sentences such as the following: I'm half way finishing the translation I'm half way in to the second season I'm half way there
- If I quote only the middle part of a sentence, do I use ellipses?
No, you would leave out the ellipses there The Purdue OWL has a page about this; it lists this example: According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express 'profound aspects of personality' Even if you aren't quoting Peter's remarks in their entirety, you don't need to use ellipses, because your sentence is structured in a way that shows you are only using a small segment of his overall
- prepositional phrases - What Part of Speech Modifies a Preposition . . .
Is there a rule for which part of speech modifies a preposition? What part of speech is the italicized halfway in the following sentence? "He stopped halfway out the door "
- Is it close the door or shut the door? [closed]
See my comments above: essentially, I'd say that close is preferable to shut when grading it, as in shut the door halfway and close the door halfway - the former is almost infelicitous, and definitely questionable Also: close up and shut up don't allow substitution because they're idiomatic
- English Idiom cut the apple in half
0 Consider, cut a halfway deal cut a deal: Offer or arrange an agreement or compromise This expression uses deal in the sense of "business transaction " [Colloquial; 1970s] The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer
- How to name a date that is half a year after the date of an important . . .
Given: semi-, prefix: half of or occurring halfway through (a specified period of time) [MW] A semi-anniversary (or semianniversary) would be a six-month anniversary (Edit: The term di-anniversary shows up in searches; the only problem is, di- means "twice : twofold : double" not "half ") Some Googling turns up mensiversary (from Latin mensis for month) as a term for a one-month anniversary
- List of expertise levels from beginner to expert
I would like to create a list of terms, from beginner to expert, using as many terms as possible which represent different levels of expertise I have constructed by myself: Newbie Novice Rookie
- Is there some difference between “north-east” and “northeast”?
British English: northeast The northeast is the direction which is halfway between north and east The land to the northeast fell away into meadows ˌnɔːθˈiːst; ˌnɔːrˈiːst NOUN The Wikipedia article on compass directions shows "northeast" but not "north-east" The direction between northeast and north is called "north-northeast"
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