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- Pricey vs. Pricy - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Etymonline confirms: "1932, from price + -y " Pricey has always been more popular than pricy Pricey is getting even more popular, while pricy fades in comparison So the bottom line is: both spellings are correct, but if you want to be on the safe side, pricey is the way to go
- meaning - Differences between price point and price - English . . .
Price point means a point on a scale of possible prices at which something might be marketed; its meaning is different from the meaning of price, which is (principally, but not only) the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something People can use a phrase used in a specific context and give it a different, or a wider
- Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which is correct to use in a sentence, 10 US$ or US$ 10 Perhaps USD should be used instead or even something else?
- differences - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I know that include is a verb while including is a preposition but they made me confuse when it comes to their usage I usually confuse when to use include with including Most Thais like sp
- Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It has always been my understanding that circa is properly used only when exact dates are unknown or disputed (I will concede to my betters about the use of circa with measures Presumably, the same rule about intentional vagueness applies ) Using circa with an exact, verified set of dates is wrong Recently, I edited a client’s work to correct “the poet John Keats lived c 1795–1821”
- What does pax mean in the context of the apartment rental?
EDIT: As several people have commented, the usage has been extended - particularly in the Far East, and most particularly in the hospitality industry So whereas originally pax was always travellers (live human bodies that need to be transported) it's often now more generally applied to any "customers, people, bodies" occupying space (usually, seats or beds), who must be entertained
- Where did the price of tea in china come from?
The price of tea in China, at that time, indeed affected a great deal of economic activity, and was thus relevant to quite a few topics (even though the relevance may not have been immediately obvious) So how did the term that stood for something relevant become a term that means something irrelevant?
- Whats a common idiom for price of admission?
The French translation of "price of admission" is "droit d'entrée" May you confirm that you are looking for a french expression used as an idiom by English native speakers?
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