- Is there a difference between select and selected?
In the given context, 'select' is correct There is a difference, but the incorrect use of 'selected' is widespread, so much so that many believe both are correct, some even think 'selected' is correct
- word choice - Selected among, out of, from, or from between? - English . . .
Selected among, out of, from, or from between? Ask Question Asked 7 years, 6 months ago Modified 7 years, 6 months ago
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
These two words are often used interchangeably and the greatest difference I can find between the two is "choose" for choosing multiple items from a set, and "select" for selecting a single item fr
- The difference between “elect and select [closed]
What is the difference between “elected” and “selected”? When something is selected there is only one determinate factor and that is quot;choice quot; When something is elected there is more than
- Asking somebody to select between two or more options
Assume we want to ask somebody to choose between two options Each option is a phrase like "stay home" or "come with me" What is the correct form of asking such questions? Do you want to sta
- Meaning of tapped on the shoulder - English Language Usage Stack . . .
As part of a ceremony, a member of the higher level describes for all the benefits obligations of participating in that higher-level network, then requires all to close and cover their eyes, and then literally taps the selected individual (s) on their shoulder to communicate to them and nobody else that they have been selected for this higher
- Origin of Can too in response to You cant
[selected attestations] 1913 So, adj , used sometimes as ‘too’ and ‘just the same’ are used to intensify an assertion in reply to an expression of scepticism ‘You don’t know anything about it!’ ‘I do so!’ —Dialect Notes vol 4 55
- Word for something that does not behave as intended according to what . . .
I am looking for a (possibly metaphorical!) word, preferably a noun, that captures the idea that something can be chosen according to criteria X, but will behave in a way that is either antithetica
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