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synonyms - Is connexion synonymous with connection? - English . . . In British English, connexion is an alternative spelling of connection; American English only uses connection The origin of the word connection explains the reason of this Connection has origin from the Latin connexio(n-) ; only in the 18th century the spelling -ct- started to be used, on the pattern of words like collect , and collection
word choice - “Connect to” vs. “Connect with”: Which is better . . . Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
word usage - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Spelling shifted from connexion to connection (especially in American English) mid-18c under influence of connect, abetted by affection, direction, etc See -xion -xion: ending favored in British English for certain words that in U S typically end in -ction, such as connexion, complexion, inflexion, as being more true to the Latin rules
What is the origin of the phrase playing hooky? Play truant (As From the above, the sense-connexion being to hook Jack from going to school ) Harold Wentworth, American Dialect Dictionary (1944) confirms the usage of "hook Jack" listed in Wilkinson: hook Jack To play truant Cf slunk school [the corresponding term used in Maritimes Canada, circa 1895]
history - Is the etymology of salary a myth? - English Language . . . Two small points: 1 Pliny's mention is vague, in that he doesn't mention the nature of these 'rewards', but from other sources (e g Tacitus) it seems clear that a kind of regular salary fitting a certain military rank is in fact intended
Difference between reflection and reflexion - English Language . . . The same word, two spellings Oxford English Dictionary The spelling reflection is now much commoner than reflexion in all uses, probably largely as a result of association with reflect v ; compare also flexion n , connection n , etc N E D (1905 ) notes that the spelling reflexion was then ‘still common in scientific use, perhaps through its connexion with reflex’
etymology - Is the alleged original meaning of the phrase blood is . . . I recently read that the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" was originally derived from the phrase "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", implying that the ordinary meaning is the opposite of the original intention
Tassel vs. Tassle? Which is correctly spelled, or both? @Pete: I'm sure Mr_Crypto used a dictionary, but tassle gets 5 million hits on Google and Garner's Modern American Usage includes an example of it misspelled in a major newspaper
punctuation - How to use hyphens appropriately when listing multiple . . . Since the posted question is tagged as 'american-english', and since Fowler's Modern English Usage is a British English style guide, I am venturing to supplement Andrew Leach's succinct and useful answer with similar advice from an array of U S style guides
is variablize or variabilize a word? - English Language Usage Stack . . . Two questions seem to emerge, one of which is about the English spelling of a verb derived from Latin I shall leave the question of whether it is the right word for the particular use under discussion to people with better knowledge of the language of statistics than I have