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- word choice - copy pasting or copying pasting? - English Language . . .
Should we write: I am copy pasting the text Or: I am copying pasting the text ?
- word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
As far as I understand copy-and-paste is used to mean the operation of copying, and pasting If somebody did that, can I say (for example) the following? She copied-and-pasted what I wrote on my
- Whats a polite way of asking who are you? on the phone?
It's a funny difference Maybe because "Who are you?" is a direct address, to YOU; we use it when we don't recognize someone and confront them about it "Who is this?" is more like what you would discreetly ask a friend at a party about another person you don't recognize but don't want to confront It's used on the phone, but I can also see it being used across a closed door for example Both
- phrase meaning - back and forward or back and forth - English . . .
I would call this careless writing by Ms Rowling, and would prefer "backward and forward", which means the same as the set phrase "back and forth"
- word choice - In or on the newspaper notebook - English Language . . .
Content is in a newspaper or notebook, but on things that belong to the newspaper or notebook If an object is on a newspaper or notebook, it is a physically separate object that is physically resting above the newspaper or notebook My picture was on the front page of the newspaper My picture was in the newspaper The article was in the newspaper I read the article on the newspaper's
- prepositions - (at in on) (- a the) restaurant - English Language . . .
The prepositions Only the prepositions in and at work in this sentence On does not work in combination with the noun restaurant The articles The indefinite article a is indeed used if the restaurant has not yet been mentioned by the speaker before It is also used when speaking about a restaurant in general: I like eating at a restaurant In this case the plural of the noun can also be used
- Have words spellings anything to do with its origin? How to make a . . .
Here is what I found which I think is useful for me and others to learn about it I'm pasting it in-situ so that I don't miss anything from this useful piece of information The source says the tips are from Merriam-Webster Note: As I mentioned in my question, this may not be the complete guide but certainly helpful as a part of the answer
- punctuation - What is the - character on my keyboard? - English . . .
My system draws those both identically on this web page I can only tell which is which by copy-pasting into my character viewer which actually shows your first is not a true hyphen either, it's the standard hyphen-minus, though the second is a minus sign I composited these in Photoshop
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