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- What is the difference between comment and remark?
Remarks are spoken: "What do you think of my hair?" "Looks great," he remarked "I hope he takes a long walk off a short pier," he remarked sarcastically Comments are longer, usually in print, and interpret and give extra information They state an opinion and do so in a longer way than a remark However, comments can be spoken:
- Remarks or Remark? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Yes, remarks is the plural of remark Now, in the described context, you usually use remarks Why the plural? Because you want to invite the user to include all remarks he wants to share! If you use the singular, you are basically saying that only one remark is expected permitted A remark could be: "Nice questions "
- whats the difference between Remarks and Note?
Remarks - for short words Note - for long words, bullet points or even a long paragraph Share Improve
- Whats the difference between a racist and a racially sensitive . . .
In this case, a racist remark is one where insult is meant by saying the words A racially sensitive remark is one that uses words that could be insulting or abusive, but depending on the context
- phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
to interpose abruptly or sharply; interrupt with; throw in: she interjected clever remarks to come between; interpose; interjection noun the act of interjecting something interjected, as a remark the utterance of a word or phrase expressive of emotion; the uttering of an exclamation
- quotations - direct quote and adding a remark - English Language . . .
I am currently writing an academic text and need to directly quote cite text from a paper What is best practice when I need to add a remark note to the quote?
- expressions - Whats the origin of the idiom cutting remark . . .
I came across the idiom "cutting remark " I wondered whether it could have originated from Proverbs 12:18, which in the Geneva Bible published in 1599 was Translated from the Hebrew "There is that
- Use of as per vs per - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I've always thought "as per" was an over-correction, a mistaken attempt at sounding more formal while not quite understanding the formal nuances of syntax (similar to using "whom" in places where only "who" makes sense, in a mistaken attempt to formalize speech)
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