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- etymology - What is the origin of stat? - English Language Usage . . .
The word stat is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, which has the meaning "instantly immediately" This usage was then generalized beyond the domain of prescriptions to refer to any action that needed to be taken immediately
- When should ‘state’ be capitalised? - English Language Usage . . .
There are no special rules for capitalizing the word "state" in ordinary, non-technical English It should be capitalized when at the start of a sentence, or when it is part of a proper noun The state (3) of affairs is that the State of Washington (proper noun) is a state (2) within the sovereign state (1) known as The United States of America (proper noun)
- Status vs. state - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Can anyone explain what the difference between status and state is when I talk about the condition or situation of an object? Here's what I got from Longman English Dictionary status: a situati
- grammaticality - Which is correct: the below information or the . . .
As a preposition, "below" would be written after "information" as a stranded preposition While typically prepositions would precede the noun, stranded prepositions can occur "in interrogative or relative clauses, where the interrogative or relative pronoun that is the preposition's complement is moved to the start" We see such a stranded preposition in the case of "the information below
- What is the origin of the suffixes statin and medin?
The use of -stat as a suffix usually means that it will make something come to rest, to stop, to stand still Hemo stasis is the act of stopping bleeding A tool to clamp a blood vessel is called a hemo stat A bacterio stat stops bacteria from replicating, in contrast to a bacterio cide, which kills the bacteria
- What is a state of being? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I've always been told that verbs can show action and state of being Can anyone of you folks tell me what a state of being is ?
- Is there a comma after the name of a province state
The latest online (subscription-based) version of the Associated Press Stylebook says this: PUNCTUATION: Place one comma between the city and the state name, and another comma after the state name, unless ending a sentence or indicating a dateline: He was traveling from Nashville, Tennessee, to Austin, Texas, en route to his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico She said Cook County, Illinois, was
- Should State be capitalized on its own? - English Language Usage . . .
Say we had the following: Higher Education spending, clout, and influence in New York State is substantial Within the State’s borders Should the latter instance of State be capitalized or not?
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