- meaning - Conformity vs. conformance - English Language Usage . . .
I am curious about the differences in meaning, connotations, style, and correctness of using conformity vs conformance I haven't been able to find much using a simple web search, only a single un-cited source which suggests that conformity is the "proper" English form
- Software bug formal usage - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I can't find an authoritative-reference for this, but I've often seen bug used in a more restrictive sense: a bug is a non-conformance to a detailed specification
- Whats the English equivalent of the Norwegian word fagleder?
Business communications, documentation, and publications may be reviewed by a subeditor or copy editor to ensure conformance to style guides, but that's a separate role A quality control officer may also be involved to ensure standards are met, depending on processes
- Should I use a or an prior to an abbreviation? [duplicate]
For example, non-conformance is abbreviated as NC If I am referring to a non-conformance, I may pronounce the whole word or I may literally say the letters "NC"; in my industry, they are used interchangeably
- Are in accordance with and according to interchangeable?
In accordance with is the more formal phrase and refers only to laws and rules; something may be said to be in accordance with some rule or regulations According to, on the other hand, simply means any source of information: According to facebook, Trump was elected in 1986
- prefixes - When is the prefix non- used vs un-? - English Language . . .
"Un-" is defined as "a prefix meaning 'not,' freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns and less freely used in certain other nouns " "Non-" is defined as "a prefix meaning 'not,' freely used as an English formative, usually with a simple negative force as implying mere negation or absence of something (rather
- When to use generally, usually, or normally
You can substitute usually, but the emphasis on "conformance to norms" is more important when you use normally For inanimate objects, usually often seems more appropriate than normally
- meaning in context - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I am assuming "based upon" and "based on" are basically the same phrase In my language, "based upon" and "according to" have pretty much the same translation What is actually the difference? C
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