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- What is the difference between the nouns start and beginning?
The period will start in 15 minutes vs I can barely remember the beginning of the period Start has the sense of being a fixed point in time, while beginning could possibly refer to any time between the start and the halfway point
- Is there any difference between from the beginning and in the . . .
0 To me, "In the beginning" indicates a single point in time, whereas "From the beginning" inticates something on-going God's creation, therefore, may be viewed either way - a one-time event or an un-ending event Do the words in Latin, Greek Hebrew, (or an earlier language), indicate which phrase is the more intended?
- word choice - At the beginning or in the beginning? - English . . .
Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results
- Is there a difference in meaning between from the beginning and . . .
11 I think from the beginning puts a little more emphasis and focus on the significance of the beginning If you were talking about a business, perhaps "he" was there in the planning process and integral to starting the business Since the beginning places more emphasis on the intervening time period
- At the beginning of the century or in the beginning of the century?
The beginning of the century is a period of time which is short compared to the century but rather long otherwise; Some people may use this phrase to mean the first decade or even longer I might say "At the beginning of the 20th Century women generally couldn't vote but by the end of World War II many nations had granted them this right"
- Is there a word meaning append, but at the beginning, not the end?
Location zero would be at the beginning, location 1 is after the first character, etc Thus, my practical answer to your question in a programming context is that the opposite of "append" is "insert (0)" Note that insert is useful to insert at any known offset into a string
- A word for the beginning of a street? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Is there a word for the beginning of a street? What word would be used to describe where a street begins? I have a friend who says that in Persian, it's described as the "head" of the street, but I
- word choice - At the beginning or during the beginning? - English . . .
There's also "In the beginning" which is a little more extended than "At the beginning" so is similar to "During the beginning" but is much more common
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