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- Whole vs. entire - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
There are a few instances where the words are not synonyms These include the botanical entire, meaning a leaf without an indented edge, or in farming parlance entire meaning uncastrated In mathematics you could have a whole number, but not an entire one But if you ignore these special meanings they are more or less interchangeable, except as
- Is Jack of all trades, master of none really just a part of a longer . . .
This post on 9GAG claims that the actual proverbs read: Curiosity killed the cat > Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back
- If you are talking on behalf of you and someone else, what is the . . .
I looked at a bunch of style guides to see what they have to say on this subject The vast majority of them dedicate at least a paragraph to the distinction (or nondistinction) between "in behalf of" and "on behalf of"—but not one addresses the question of how to handle "on behalf of" when used by a speaker to refer to another person and to him- or herself
- expressions - In its entirety vs in entirety - English Language . . .
Oxford Dictionary only lists "in its entirety", as does Cambridge (I checked for both US and UK English)
- Where does the period go when using parentheses?
Removing the entire parenthetical remark from the first sentence still leaves me with a valid structure, while removing it from the second leaves me lacking any terminal punctuation; thus the first is correct References: The Punctuation Guide; Study com; Grammar Girl
- punctuation - Where should the period be put when an entire sentence is . . .
Now, it is still acceptable to place the period outside the quotation marks in this case However, if the quotation spans the entire sentence from capital letter to fullstop, and or continues for multiple sentences and comprises a full paragraph, the quotation should enclose the final period
- Whole - Plural Nouns - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Whole businesses means entire businesses, not just parts of businesses In the same way whole families would mean that every member of the family is included - mother, father and children Whole families is the opposite of part families i e those that only include some of the family members, but not all
- punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It is assumed that when you are quoting, you are quotig the original source, and so it would not need ellipsis - especially in the formal or academic world If you use "x quoting y" then you should probably include the entire quote, ad so the ellipsis would be expected to be in the original –
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