- Does one hyphenate height when given in feet and inches?
Many non-American readers may not understand that *five-one" means "five feet one inch"; British readers might, but even in Britain a person's height is now given in metres – TrevorD Commented Aug 16, 2013 at 14:13
- How did nominal come to mean within acceptable tolerances?
However, the aerospace sense seems quite different During a recent rocket launch, the announcer repeated phrases like "Height is nominal Power is nominal " to mean these values were within the acceptable and expected ranges The OED references these sources [Hat tip @tchrist]: 6 (See quot 1970 ) 1966 Aviation Week Space Technology 5 Dec 30 1
- Why dont we pluralize foot in measurements?
The answer to "how tall are you?" isn't really a noun, and it isn't a verb It's closest 'basic' linguistic element is in fact an adjective (describing your height) People sense this, so over the decades they've simply shown an increasing tendency to apply the same 'singularisation' rule they've always been used to in related contexts
- What is a single word which can properly describe age, height, weight . . .
I am completing a final assignment for a statistics course, and need a single word to describe age, height, weight and BMI (body mass index) The best I've been able to come up with so far are physical characteristics which isn't actually a good explanation for those terms, characteristics by itself, and traits , neither of which fit very well
- orthography - Spelling of high vs height - English Language Usage . . .
So height is spelled as a compromise, maintaining the pronunciation of "hight" while being spelled with ei to reflect the Old English ties The ei form is older--as the OED notes, hight was created in later assimilation with the word high High, on the other hand, maintains its Middle English roots These examples show that when words are
- grammatical number - Height and weight written out - English Language . . .
In formal writing I like to do this (in British style): The infant weighed 10lb 5oz; a 10lb 5oz infant He was 6ft 3in tall; a 6ft 3in man My question is about the plural usage: do we
- Height and Weight - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used He was a 6-foot 5-inch man (Not: 6-foot-5-inch man, with three hyphens ) She gave birth to a 7-pound 11-ounce baby (Not: 7-pound-11-ounce baby, with three hyphens ) And, it should be, I believe: He is 6 feet 5 inches tall (Not: 6 feet, 5 inches tall )
- punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
dimensions Use figures and spell out inches, feet, yards, etc , to indicate depth, height, length, and width Hyphenate adjectival forms before nouns Hyphenate adjectival forms before nouns [Relevant examples:] the 5-foot-6-inch man, the 9-by-12 rug
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