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- Iterate vs. Reiterate - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Definition of iterate: to say or do again or again and again Definition of reiterate: to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect The distinction seems to be that rei
- When to use “staffers” vs “staff”? - English Language Usage . . .
A staff is a group of persons under command and control of a single person or an aggregate of persons who operate as a unit A staffer is one member of a staff Complexity comes into this picture in two ways If the term "staffers" meant to be inclusive of all members of a staff with no qualifications this would make the use of the two terms interchangeable since they each refer to the entire
- Vendor vs. vender in Standard American English
The spelling vendor is the standard spelling The New Yorker, as part of its bizarre house style, uses the spelling vender No one else does, besides those trying to emulate The New Yorker’s style Of the 45 examples in COCA, only 17 were actual uses of the spelling vender outside of The New Yorker (compared with over 2000 examples of vendor, a ratio of over 100 to 1) Two were proper names
- What are the differences between assume, presume and suppose
The Merriam-Webster dictionary states for "assume": to take as granted or true And for "presume": 2> to expect or assume especially with confidence 3> to suppose to be true without proof So although, the words are mostly used interchangeably, from these definitions, someone who is "presuming" something is more confident than someone who is "assuming" something My personal experience is
- prepositions - either or both A and B vs. either or both A or B . . .
I consider that “either or both” should be followed by “of” That leads to “and” separating the items in the list on the basis that “or” yields a single item rather than both of them So It must have something to do with either or both of external environment and internal character
- Result in or result to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Result in is idiomatic and quite acceptable, but rewrite the rest of the sentence: Advanced Marketing Staff knowledge and skills which led to a dramatic increase in branch customers, and also resulted in the closure of several competitive branches in the same city I think past tense is appropriate and it isn't necessary to capitalize every word Result to is strange and shouldn't be used
- Whats the difference between these and those?
These and those can indeed have locative difference They are the plural forms of this and that, respectively They often convey a more abstract idea of proximity rather than actual physical closeness If I am unaware of where the boots are, I will say "have you seen those boots?" regardless of how close I think they might be There are no hard and fast rules on which one to use, since they
- Word or short phrase to describe an individual who does not tend . . .
I'm looking for a good way to express the concept of someone whose natural predisposition tends towards less extremes of emotion than the average person; they get less sad when bad things happen, l
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