- Does one hyphenate height when given in feet and inches?
Please provide the context for your quotation Also, have you considered the audience for your work? Many non-American readers may not understand that *five-one" means "five feet one inch"; British readers might, but even in Britain a person's height is now given in metres
- Why dont we pluralize foot in measurements?
For example, to answer the question, "How tall are you?" valid answers include: Five feet Five foot three Five feet, three inches Why the discrepancy between feet and foot, seemingly only in the
- How did nominal come to mean within acceptable tolerances?
The word quot;nominal quot; has a number of definitions For example, the Free Dictionary gives seven: nom·i·nal (nm-nl) adj a Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names b
- What is a single word which can properly describe age, height, weight . . .
7 I am completing a final assignment for a statistics course, and need a single word to describe age, height, weight and BMI (body mass index)
- orthography - Spelling of high vs height - English Language Usage . . .
So height is spelled as a compromise, maintaining the pronunciation of "hight" while being spelled with ei to reflect the Old English ties The ei form is older--as the OED notes, hight was created in later assimilation with the word high High, on the other hand, maintains its Middle English roots
- punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the United States, most style guides that I have encountered recommend including the second hyphen in situations such as "8-foot-long bridge " Here is how some guides frame their advice From The Associated Press Stylebook (2002): dimensions Use figures and spell out inches, feet, yards, etc , to indicate depth, height, length, and width Hyphenate adjectival forms before nouns [Relevant
- Height and Weight - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used Ask Question Asked 11 years, 5 months ago Modified 4 years, 7 months ago
- Height and weight written out - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Height and weight written out Ask Question Asked 12 years, 3 months ago Modified 5 years, 11 months ago
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