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Money vs Monies - English Language Usage Stack Exchange How would the meaning in the following phrase change if "monies" is replaced with "money"? universities would be diverted from basic research by the lure of new development monies from “the
Funds or Money? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm having an ongoing dispute in my organization over whether to use the word "funds" or "money" to describe, um, money that we award to grant applicants My position is that a fund holds money
grammar - When to use me or myself? - English Language Usage . . . I explained the usage of both, and then I pasted something related to the usage of myself, that can change But to answer your question, as you can read in the quoted part, if you use myself when "me" should be used is not really standard and belongs to informal speech Tell me if I answered your question!
When should a singular word ending in y end in ies plurally? The word can be "moneys" or "monies" OED says: "In the plural, both moneys and monies are found in modern use; monies occurs especially in legal contexts " Also, I see many older entries in the OED for "monie" as a singular, so the legal term may have been created then, and then stayed around because of that (as often happens with legal terms, see British "judgement": english stackexchange
What is the meaning of Many a mickle makes a muckle? In this phrase, a mickle is a small amount of something (the Scots usage is intended in this proverb) and a muckle is a large amount, so the saying means that you can accumulate a great deal by many small savings Some confusion may be caused by the fact that a mickle can also mean a large amount (isn't there a question about words than mean the opposite of themselves somewhere?)
Plenty of time, space, and money is needed or are needed? Singular nouns in a collection form a plural; however, in this case it would appear that "plenty" is the subject And there is a difference between the usages of space v spaces, time v times, and money v monies
What is the optional plural form of a word that ends in “‑y”? Words that end in -Cy regularly go to -ies, while those that end in -Vy regularly go to -Vys (where C means a consonant and V means a vowel) bunny > bunnies, telly > tellies, category > categories Monday > Mondays, boy > boys, monkey > monkeys But money > monies is irregular You could write Please select your preferred category or categories Please select your preferred category (-ies