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- word usage - Is augmented with or augmented by preferable . . .
11 Which is the preferred preposition to use after the word "augmented", as in the sentence "A is augmented with by B"? Does this depend on context? For concreteness, I am interested in mathematical usage, as in the "The set is augmented with redundant vectors for greater numerical robustness"
- How do augment and increase differ? - English Language Usage . . .
From Google's definition: aug·ment verb ôɡˈment 1 make (something) greater by adding to it; increase "he augmented his summer income by painting houses" When you use augment, you mean that you are adding to something by adding in something else; the word is generally used with a prepositional phrase starting with by or with Increase doesn't have that sense Now, to your example If the
- expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If a person is very social in a party, striking up conversations with different people from one end of the hall to the other end, are there some good expressions to describe this person? In Chinese
- capitalization - Should I capitalize the phrase that has its . . .
In the case of something like "This product features an Augmented Filter Subsystem (AFS)", I would normally capitalise it like that (and include the bracketed abbreviation) on the first reference I think using such a convention makes it just that little bit easier for the reader to recognise what the abbreviation refers to
- With vs by - where to use these two preposition in an English . . .
The word "by" is a versatile preposition in English, having had over a thousand years since it came to us from Old English to develop its meanings The OED places 39 major meanings, both literal and figurative, in seven categories, which I paraphrase below: I Of position in space, near or adjacent: "stand by " II Of motion: along, alongside: " by road" III Of time at, in, on, etc : " by
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The evaluation of conduct involves some amount of generalization [here, the non-count usage allows for generalisation in the strict sense† to be applied in certain cases] Vocabulary com also allows for the gradeable, looser definition, but the examples it gives are for the strict sense (again, slightly augmented): generalization
- Origin of AmE sense of gouging - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
To gouge in AmE means to overcharge or swindle someone The expression price-gouging, for instance, refers to the practice of unfairly charging customers too high prices How did the AmE sense evol
- punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I tend to use the rule that colons should only be before a list, or as an augmented period to indicate that the second part defines or gives an example of the first
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