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- Three is are enough? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the first case, three (dogs) is the subject of TO BE, hence the plural In the second case, (having only) three (dogs) is the subject of TO BE, hence the singular My suspicion is that which case is more common will depend on the variety of English, as well as the noun in question
- word choice - Three quarters vs. three fourths - English Language . . .
the cast and crew returned to Los Angeles with three-fourths of the film finished; an aggregate area of more than three-fourths inch in diameter; the ratio of 3:4 is the diatessaron or fourth, producing an octave lute that is three-fourths the length of the descant, which in turn is three-fourths the length of the tenor
- meaning - What does three by and five by mean? - English Language . . .
I am studying a foreign language, but few good textbooks are available I was able to find a public domain language training manual for air force pilots published on-line It teaches the target language using English On a page of vocabulary and phrases, it lists the English terms "three by" and "five by"
- What is the correct way to write a range of dollar figures?
When in doubt, consult the style guide of the organization for which you are writing When several numbers appear in the same passage, many writers choose consistence rather than strict adherence to the rule When one number immediately follows another, spell out one and use figures for the other: three 100-meter events, 25 four-poster beds
- Is there a proper term to describe ⅓ of a year (4 months)?
There is a difference between a duration period of three months as in "trimester" and an event occurring every 3 months as in "quarterly" In the same vein you would have a quadrimester or tri-annually(which means three times a year; not every 3 months) both being correct in the right context
- Whats the best way to use either on more than two options?
Either--Or statement is used to choose between two given options , in the sentence you mention , there are three given choices , so Either remove one option or Write the sentence simply like : I can classify all pitches as fast balls , breaking balls and or off-speed pitches
- Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned customers today about three VMware zero-days, tagged as exploited in attacks and reported by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center The vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025
- When does the word months get an apostrophe?
Three months pregnant is an adjectival phrase: its head is that adjective pregnant, and syntactically the modifier cannot be possessive Twelve months' remuneration is a noun phrase - its head is the noun remuneration and so the modifier can be a possessive Syntactically, it doesn't have to be a possessive, but it can be This is an area where
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