capitalization - Capitalize fields of study? - English Language
2010年12月5日 · Do I say "I study computer science," or "I study Computer Science"? Similarly, "I really liked that computer science course," vs. "I really liked that Computer Science course."
What's the correct use of a comma when thanking someone?
2015年11月13日 · When writing quick replies to emails (usually to say thank you, etc.) I've taken to using the following style: "Thank you, Ben! Regards, Øyvind" That is, I insert a comma before the vocat...
What are the differences between "seems not" and "doesn't seem"?
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Difference between "How are you?" and "How are you doing?"
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Meaning of the phrase "to blow smoke up someone's arse"
2016年12月9日 · Database search results. The earliest match in a n Elephind search that explicitly identifies someone's ass as the conduit for blown smoke (in a slang sense) is from John Anderson, "Billie Carr: The 'Godmother' of Local Liberal Politics," in the [Houston, Texas] Rice Thresher (June 26 1975), the student newspaper at Rice University in Houston:
capitalization - Are there words that are spelled the same but ...
2016年1月15日 · Bologna: A city in Italy bologna: a processed meat Ares: god of war ares: plural of are, a metric unit of area August: the eighth august: majestic or venerable month of the year A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that is written identically but has a different pronunciation and meaning. In other words, they are homographs that ...
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What is the correct pronunciation of the word "route"?
In many North American dialects, including that of the Inland North, route and rout [ɹaʊt] are homophones rhyming with shout; router [ˈɹaʊɾɚ] rhymes with shouter; the root [ɹʊt] in the ground rhymes with foot and soot, just as in put and hood; but to root [ɹuːt] for one’s home team rhymes with shoot, which means that only a person who’s doing that sort of cheering would be a ...
formality - Is it correct to write: "I would appreciate it if you could ...
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grammar - "If you were to ..." or "If you ..." or "If you will ...
The first form "If you were to go home, you would feel better." should be grammatically correct, but it sounds rather strange to me.