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- Is when a preposition? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I had to come up with an "edit-the-mistakes" worksheet for a Special Education student on-the-fly One of my offerings was this sentence: When I was three years old I can tie my shoes I had int
- Can the word special have a negative connotation?
4 Special is probably the best example of the "euphemistic cycle"; a term coined as a euphemism for another term with more negative connotation eventually comes to have the same negative connotation "Special education" is the usual U S term for the department of a public school that works with children with severe learning or mental disabilities
- What is the proper usage of the phrase due diligence?
A lawyer referring to the process of investigating a potential merger investment might say: We need to perform due diligence There is also business buzzword of "due diligence", derived from the legal meaning to mean the level of care attention that one would reasonably be expected to take in this situation In my (American) experience, this is commonly used in the business world as an idiom
- Capitalize fields of study? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It depends If you are referring to the title of a course or a major field of study, in a formal sense, then capitalize it I took Computer Science 101, which was a survey course Otherwise, just leave it uncapitalized I'm interested in studying computer science
- Difference between at and in when specifying location
I am used to saying "I am in India " But somewhere I saw it said "I am at Puri (Oriisa)" I would like to know the differences between "in" and "at" in the above two sentences
- When to use use and when to use utilize in a sentence?
Always prefer utilize in business correspondence or, more generally, whenever you're trying to make yourself sound more intelligent It's just so much sexier than writing use - ugh! Gross!
- Whats the correct way of saying that one is pursuing a degree?
The word reading was a kind of code word, a shibboleth used to signal joint membership of an elite institution or club "Reading" for your degree was prevalent at a time when only a tiny percentage of pupils at school went on to tertiary education, and of those who did, the majority were from public (private fee-paying) and grammar schools
- capitalization - Masters degree — capital M or not? - English . . .
When someone states "I have a Masters in Computer Science" should the word masters have a capital M? I've seen arguments for both and can't determine which is correct
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