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- Where does the expression triple-A come from?
The term "AAA" or "triple-A" is a term mainly used nowadays in the video game industry, according to Wikipedia, for video games produced and distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher,
- What does “triple down” in “Trump triples down on George W. Bush’s . . .
A Washington Post (October 18) article begins with the following passage under the headline, “Trump triples down on George W Bush’s responsibility for 9 11 ” Donald Trump says he doesn’t flat out
- Are there examples of triple entendres in English?
2 There are many triple entendres in HipHop, although not respected by most writers and english enthusiasts, HipHop has produce some of the most wittiest lines I've personally ever heard Eminem-Zeus "Man I gotta be doing something right, I've got 11 years of sobriety, so the only bottom Imma be hitting is if it's sodomy "
- punctuation - What is the proper way of using triple dots and spaces . . .
What is the proper way of using triple dots and spaces before after them? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 1 month ago Modified 4 years, 8 months ago
- When do the -uples end? [duplicate] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Here's a table from on Wiktionary: Coef Noun Result 1 single 2 double doublet 3 triple triplet 4 quadruple quadruplet 5 quintuple quintuplet 6 sextuple sextuplet I've never heard of anything beyond sextuple
- meaning - Is there a difference between treble and triple . . .
According to the Cambridge Corpus of American English, Americans strongly prefer triple as an adjective, noun and verb British and Australian writers, on the other hand, seem to use both triple and treble, but with treble more frequent as a verb and triple as a noun and adjective Fowler distinguished between treble meaning that something had become three times as large in size, and triple
- What comes after quadruple? [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
I know: Single Double Triple Quadruple But what comes next? Up to 10 would be fine
- Using twice vs. double vs. two times and triple vs. three . . .
Why? The same question applies to 'triple', 'three times' or 'thrice', where the latter is obviously dying I have a good feeling which is used in which contexts, but when I tried to put that into words, or find an underlying logic, I failed My initial idea was that 'twice' is for discrete and 'double' is for continuous quantities
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