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- grammar - walk-through, walkthrough, or walk through? - English . . .
For what it’s worth, walkthrough is common in my programming and gaming circles Walk-through seems to be preferred elsewhere—there’s a general trend for hyphenated terms to become single words over time, and this is a relatively new example However, I would only use walk through if I meant it as a prepositional verb, as in “Let’s walk through some examples”
- Business meeting jargon- a walkthrough of a document
Review seems better to me I wouldn't use walkthrough because that doesn't suggest the idea of the document changing as a result of the meeting
- What are the differences between manual, guide and instruction?
There is considerable overlap among the three, and to some extent they can be interchangeable They can be coupled together or with other terms, as in instruction manual or reference guide In addition, there are a number of similar terms like handbook, guidebook, primer, or vade mecum Manual refers specifically to a reference document which provides detailed information about operation and
- Is it correct to say I kindly request you to. . . ?
It seems like everyone is hung up on whether "request you to" is correct grammar Nobody has answered the kernel of the question which, I think, is whether kindness is implied in any request I don't think it is A request is not implicitly kind or unkind So "kindly" adds just as much to the sentence as "humbly "
- By vs Per. Which one should I use on expressions like P L . . .
The two are often used differently (though there are many cases where both would work) The word "per" carries the implication (as in percent) that there is a division going on - so if someone says to me "I'll tell you the number of widgets manufactured per employee" I'm expecting one number - the total number of widgets manufactured divided by the number of employees If instead they said
- (s) or s at the end of a word to denote one or many
Non-standard but sometimes an option could be to use the creation an ambiguous number by substituting the normal plural "s" for a "z", as in “Please take a look at the documentz ” instead of " this that document" or " these those documents" when which more precise number-word (corresponding to either greater than or equal to 1) of distinct documention entity<ies> is unknown
- sentence - What is the appropriate phrase to say if two people are on . . .
I am stuck choosing between two options: On the same page (already answered) On the same wavelength On the surface, they mean pretty much the same thing However, I make a distinction between the two Let's image there are two people, colleagues who work closely together They agree on certain topic I would say they are on the same page However, if I'm talking about two people who are not
- What do you call the person responsible for a meeting?
What do you call the person that is responsible for conducting a meeting, i e inviting participants, preparing the agenda and (mostly) also moderating the meeting, as well as define and document the
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