- word usage - Is augmented with or augmented by preferable . . .
The usage "A is augmented by B" indicates that B is the implied subject in the passive-voice construction "A is augmented" That is, B is doing the augmentation: "B augments A" The usage "A is augmented with B" implies that B is what A is augmented with, by an unspecified subject This is a predicate adjective verb phrase
- 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
- 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
- Suped-up: is it a real idiom (vs souped-up)
Both sources below attest that the correct more common spelling is soup-up Suped-up and sooped-up are are just misspellings The expression is AmE in origin and it most likely derives from supercharge: As World Wide Words notes: Souped-up is known both in the UK and the US and was actually created in the latter country It’s one of the longer-lived slang terms, still widely used In its
- Is it ever more appropriate to use cognizant over aware?
Personally, I eschew utilization of an over-augmented, trisyllabic linguistic unit like "cognizant" to express a paradigm when diminutive constructions are accessible I applaud you for NOT asking, "As 'cognizant' is longer and sounds more intellectual than 'aware' while it means pretty much the same thing, is there ever a time when I should use 'aware' when I could say 'cognizant' instead and
- 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
- single word requests - How do you call wooden extension above water . . .
A pier may be built of wood, but many are constructed of steel pillars The term does certainly, however, overlap with 'jetty' It is usually pretty substantial The jetty is typically long, often wooden, and raised above the water level Though mooring may be involved, 'A jetty may serve as a breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel ' [Wikipedia
- “Is this understanding correct?” anything more polite than this?
Do we have a more polite way to say “Is this understanding correct?” I often find it a little tough question to ask to clients Anything that sounds more polite and means the same? And also, is the
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