- word choice - Is triple the proper counterpart of pair when . . .
'Triple' can be used as an adjective: triple crown in horse racing, triple score in a video game, a triple scoop for an ice cream cone As a noun or adjective, triple is probably the best of all the examples (the others have more context restricted usage)
- 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
- Usage of + or ++ in emails - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
There is slight difference I have observed in usage of + and ++ '+' Usually follows a name, to be informed or to action on '++' I disagree that this is a programming jargon despite I being a programmer ++ usually does not follow a name This is used when more than one person has been added to email Sometime, It may be followed by names if possible But mostly, it is to indicated that
- Early usage, you can take the boy out of the country
From The Rotarian - Aug 1935 The hoary, bromidic saw "you can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy," is true in proportion to its age I think that means even back then the writer considered it a stupid thing to say, only likely to be "true" of very old people with limited ability to adapt to cultural changes And I think the search for an "origin" is
- punctuation - Rules for three sets of quotation marks - English . . .
What rules are there for when you have three sets of quotation marks? “I saw that Julia was really annoyed when Mike answered, “‘Blade Runner,’”” John said (‘Blade Runner’ in singles Mike answe
- kinship terms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I have a friend who's a triplet, and he mentions the other two as either his 'sisters', or his 'twin sisters' Mostly he just calls them his sisters When people do learn that he's a triplet, they're confused sometimes, but it's not a big deal for him When he introduces them to his friends, though, he says, "These are my other triplets "
- pronunciation - Looking for a minimal triple with ɑ, ɒ, ɔ - English . . .
13 I am looking for a minimal triple for a particular set of phonemes By minimal triple, I mean three actual English words that differ in one and only one phoneme between them Examples therefore include: phony, tony, pony swim, swam, swum bad, bat, bath The three phonemes that must appear one apiece in each of the three words are: ɑ, ɒ, ɔ
- Is Idve proper use of the English language?
2 I write I'd've fairly frequently I also use other rarely written contractions, such as should've And, occasionally, words like wouldn't've, which is another triple contraction It's interesting that I'm the only person here to use I'd've I like that contraction
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