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- etymology - How did issue come to mean problem? - English Language . . .
Historically the "issue" (or "issues") in a lawsuit designated the outcome of pretrial conferences between the judge and parties agreeing what matters and points of law the trial would address -- thus expediting trial by ignoring irrelevant matters
- Is resolved vs has been resolved? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If someone reports an defect to me and is asking for an update, how should I reply? I will inform you once the issue is resolved or I will inform you once the issue has been resolved?
- Issue vs Children - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to Wikipedia, a nobleman and a noblewoman have issues while non-nobles have children, so what's the difference? I'm not a native speaker of English, but in my poor understanding, I assume
- Whats the difference between resolve and solve?
What's the difference between 'resolve' and 'solve'?Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms (1984) offers the following useful discussion of how solve and resolve differ in precise sense within the area where their meanings broadly overlap: solve, resolve, unfold, unravel, decipher can all mean to make clear or apparent or intelligible what is obscure or mysterious or incomprehensible Solve
- When do we say problem or difficulty; when do we say issue?
An issue in the political sense is a source of contention They could be discussed and resolved Wars shouldn't be issues, as you fight them and resolve them that way Mobility issues are not really discussable, we call them issues to avoid discussing them
- grammaticality - This issue should be resolved now or it should have . . .
This issue should be resolved now or it should have been resolved now Ask Question Asked 6 years, 11 months ago Modified 4 years, 6 months ago
- at hand vs at issue - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
At issue means 'what's causing trouble', i e, the difficult thing So if some issue is causing trouble now, it's the matter at issue -- you don't really want to say the issue at issue, because that draws attention to the phrase instead of the problem And if it's the next thing on the agenda, it's the matter at hand or the issue at hand
- What are the differences between incident, issue and affair?
An incident is a single distinct event - one occurrence of something that can happen more than once It is often unpleasant and or unexpected Issue has lots of meanings Given the other words you're asking about, the meanings you might be thinking of are (1) a problem, something that needs to be discussed fixed; or (2) a topic of interest The first meaning that springs to mind for affair is
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