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- word choice - Is sans a drop-in replacement for without? - English . . .
I keep hearing people use the word sans in place of without which causes me to cringe Can sans really be used as a drop-in replacement? Examples: "I prefer cheeseburgers sans pickles " "I
- phrase meaning - Can without abandonment mean with abandon . . .
"Without abandonment, she grabbed my hand and pulled me down the pavement" Given the nature of the scene, I think it's supposed to mean "with abandon" but that doesn't totally fit
- Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US?
2 I can't answer for what is common usage in the US, but in the UK: I've seen w o for without I don't recall ever seeing w or b c I certainly wouldn't say that they are in common 'public' usage, and would suggest they are best reserved for private usage, note-taking, etc
- Without that clause - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to the author, without that is found "well into the 19th century (and dialectally into the 20th)" Certain Southeastern dialects of American English still permit constructions such as 'They never came to church without that they brought their bibles'
- Is there a common abbreviation for with or without? e. g. w wo or w w o
5 Is there a common abbreviation for "with or without"? e g w wo or w w o Obviously, something this complex is best written in full form, but I'm looking for something to use in space constrained applications
- What is the meaning of we are not without ~? - English Language . . .
It’s a double negation “not without”, the not cancels the out, leaving “N̵o̵t̵ witho̵u̵t̵”, aka “with”, aka “we have” I believe the rhetorical device is known as litotes or meiosis or somesuch But notice the implication of the double negative as opposed to asserting the positive is a diminuation: it’s a weaker statement of the case, or a statement of a weaker case
- What is the origin of shorthand for with - gt; w ?
CyberDefinitions gives a plausible explanation: Although its origin is contested, w has been used at least since the rise of the fast-food industry in the 1950s As a form of shorthand to save time when writing down food orders, waiters replaced the words "with" and "without" with the abbreviations w and w o Since that time, the use of w as an abbreviation of "with" has become much more
- Not only. . . , but also without but - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It seems to me this sense would apply to the 'not only, but also' without a but construction It requires a comma but is also completing the sense of the first clause
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