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What is the proper usage of the phrase due diligence? 4 "Due diligence" is a legal term to describe when one has exercised an appropriate level of caution or investigation prior to acting or making a decision To "do due diligence" is an attempt to use the legal term in a grammatically inappropriate way
Can diligence be used as a verb? - English Language Usage Stack . . . 1 I've been coming across the verb "diligence" more and more in internal documents (either as "to diligence" or "diligencing") I was under the impression that this word could only be used as a noun I found an interesting article about using diligence as a verb, but it's quite old (2009)
Is We used enough due diligence to prepare the proper usage of the . . . 1 "Due diligence" originally meant "necessary diligence" or perhaps "expected diligence", and "due" expressed that a certain amount was required to satisfy a legal process: the amount of effort necessary It's similar to saying an amount of money is due to settle a debt Wikipedia has a reasonable introduction
Is do one’s diligence and err on the side of caution an idiom? Here the sense of "do diligence" seems to be "perform the responsibilities that come with accepting a particular role or status under law " This is very similar to Merriam-Webster's definition 2 of diligence —the attention and care legally expected or required of a person—used 67 years before the earliest instance date that MW cites
adjectives - What exactly are the differences between diligent . . . I recently used "assiduity" over "diligence" in a letter of recommendation because I wanted to emphasize the student's earnest and unremitting application, as opposed to just an ability to sit there and finish his work To me personally, assiduous is the word that leaves less room to doubt the value of the work, while diligent seems more
Saying that the mail has an attached form filled up by me? Let's say I'm writing a letter to a university and my mail has an application form attached to it How can I say it in a more formal and concise way than "Please see the attached application form t
What is the opposite of procrastination in one word? What about simply "zeal" or "diligence"? While these aren't really antonyms to "procrastination" (which is putting off doing something), they capture the opposite meaning of the ideas of "laziness" and "delayed action" that are associated with it
What is the difference between owing to and due to? Views of 'due to' and 'owing to' through the years Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989) has an interesting but quite lengthy note on the question under its entry for "due to " Here is the first part of that note: due to Concern over the propriety of due to is one of those long-lived controversies in which the grounds for objection have changed over time The present-day objection is to