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Pricey vs. Pricy - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Etymonline confirms: "1932, from price + -y " Pricey has always been more popular than pricy Pricey is getting even more popular, while pricy fades in comparison So the bottom line is: both spellings are correct, but if you want to be on the safe side, pricey is the way to go
differences - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I know that include is a verb while including is a preposition but they made me confuse when it comes to their usage I usually confuse when to use include with including Most Thais like sp
meaning - Differences between price point and price - English . . . Price point means a point on a scale of possible prices at which something might be marketed; its meaning is different from the meaning of price, which is (principally, but not only) the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something People can use a phrase used in a specific context and give it a different, or a wider
word usage - Should it be cheaper price or lower price? - English . . . The Merriam Webster dictionary defines cheap as charging or obtainable at a low price a: a good cheap hotel cheap tickets b : purchasable below the going price or the real value so, strictly speaking, prices cannot be cheap since there is usually no price for a price; goods and services can be cheap or expensive but prices, as you say, can only be low or high The only circumstance, strictly
Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange It has always been my understanding that circa is properly used only when exact dates are unknown or disputed (I will concede to my betters about the use of circa with measures Presumably, the same rule about intentional vagueness applies ) Using circa with an exact, verified set of dates is wrong Recently, I edited a client’s work to correct “the poet John Keats lived c 1795–1821”
Where did the price of tea in china come from? The price of tea in China, at that time, indeed affected a great deal of economic activity, and was thus relevant to quite a few topics (even though the relevance may not have been immediately obvious) So how did the term that stood for something relevant become a term that means something irrelevant?
get a quote or get a quotation - English Language Usage Stack . . . However, we don't live in 1828 In modern English, quote can be used a verb, but it's also a generally-accepted shortening of the noun quotation (citation: MW) As a noun, either quote or quotation can refer to either something that somebody has said, or to a price being specified for work (citation: MW) Claiming otherwise just obfuscates the
What does pax mean in the context of the apartment rental? EDIT: As several people have commented, the usage has been extended - particularly in the Far East, and most particularly in the hospitality industry So whereas originally pax was always travellers (live human bodies that need to be transported) it's often now more generally applied to any "customers, people, bodies" occupying space (usually, seats or beds), who must be entertained
Why is a 100% increase the same amount as a two-fold increase? Yes, the correct usage is that 100% increase is the same as a two-fold increase The reason is that when using percentages we are referring to the difference between the final amount and the initial amount as a fraction (or percent) of the original amount So, if something gets multiplied by two, it experiences a positive increase equal to 100% of the original amount The confusion arises