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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Your #3 here awkwardly piles passive on passive And in #4 the active started seems to attribute active agency, incongruously, to something that within the same sentence is passively to be built But #1 and #2 are both fine The difference between them is a matter of ellipsis
- 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
- Whats the difference between increased and increasing?
Increased as a past participle merely means augmented relative to some prior value, e g , a car traveling at 20 mph that was previously going at 10 mph Increasing means that the rate has been going up, and continues to go up
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