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- Pricey vs. Pricy - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Both words are surprisingly recent coinages COHA does return three more hits from 1837, 1928, and 1966, but they all look like typos or OCR failures to me Etymonline confirms: "1932, from price + -y" Pricey has always been more popular than pricy Pricey is getting even more popular, while pricy fades in comparison
- Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- differences - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
• The price is including free-flow water • The price includes free-flow water • This book includes a free CD • This book is including a free CD Edit 1: As Barrie noted, including is not a preposition Typically it serves as a present participle See the following extract from OED1 (1901) for some examples of use Including ppl a [f
- meaning - Differences between price point and price - English . . .
the price for which something is sold on the retail market, especially in relation to a range of competitive prices For example, "our shampoo is a bargain at this price point" and "I don't think I can make this deal at this price point" both emphasize the choice that the potential seller is making among other realistically potential prices
- Prices of vs prices for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The preposition "OF" is used here to indicate that the price belongs to is used in relation with prices of spare parts Now, the definition of "FOR" as a preposition- For Used to indicate the use of something: Some examples of "for" as a preposition-This place is for exhibitions and shows I baked a cake for your birthday
- What is the difference between 20$ and $20? [closed]
Why all the overcomplication? The difference is that, in English, $20 is the correct way to use the dollar sign, while 20$ is an incorrect way to use the dollar sign
- Why is a 100% increase the same amount as a two-fold increase?
People prefer to avoid the "%" increase for anything more than a few percent, due to confusion it creates: lots of readers fail to realize the distinction between "increase by" and "increase to", and even these who do, make a double take to spot which one was used, especially with values exceeding 100 by not much
- Which is correct, sales price or sale price?
But internally, they would see no harm in labeling the various proposals as engineering sale price, manufacturing sale price, marketing sale price and sales sale price The equipment company may decide to have a week of sales They would then have sales period rental price, sales period lease price and sales period sale price on a piece of
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