- terminology - Term for the second letter in Sx, Dx, Rx? - English . . .
It seems plausible that the medical convention of using 'x' as the second letter of an abbreviation (in, for example, Dx (diagnosis), Sx (symptom or surgery), Fx (family), Hx (history), and Tx (transplant or treatment)) comes from copying the convention of using Rx as an abbreviation of prescription
- Would have had to have been vs would have had to be for past event . . .
Both would have had to have been and would have had to be are pointlessly complex for most contexts Just would have to have been (with the first have pronounced haff) is all you need And even that's only if you need Past Tense - if not, it would hafta be like this
- history - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This question is related, but is not a duplicate, of Why do some words have quot;X quot; as a substitute? I have noticed that a few nouns can be significantly abbreviated with an "x" at the end
- etymology - Origin of the idiom go south - English Language Usage . . .
What's the origin of the idiom go south? Why is it go south only? Why not go southwest or go east? Are the direction-related idioms go south, go north, go east, and go west correlated? Example, go
- Take Consider . . . as an example vs Take Consider . . . for example
For more than a decade, I have always seen used the phrase "Take Consider as an example" followed by a comma Then, my recent visit on this page got me confused and raised more questions in me
- phrases - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm confused whether I should use quot;didn't quot; or quot;don't quot; in the following sentence: Makki and Mattsun didn't have time to execute their plan, for two not-so-soon-expected guests are
- Distinguishing f–t–θ in th-fronting and th-stopping dialects
In standard English, the digraph th is a dental fricative [θ, ð] Several dialects feature th -fronting, where th becomes a labiodental fricative [f, v]; others feature th -stopping, where th becomes a dental stop [t̪, d̪] For example, three sounds like free with th -fronting, tree with th -stopping How well can English speakers distinguish word pairs in these dialects? Specifically: Can
- meaning - Difference between fee and fees - English Language . . .
Which is correct: What is the course fee? or What is the course fees? Also, are the two words fee and fees interchangeable?
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