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etymology - What is the origin of stat? - English Language Usage . . . The word stat is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, which has the meaning "instantly immediately" This usage was then generalized beyond the domain of prescriptions to refer to any action that needed to be taken immediately
When should ‘state’ be capitalised? - English Language Usage . . . There are no special rules for capitalizing the word "state" in ordinary, non-technical English It should be capitalized when at the start of a sentence, or when it is part of a proper noun The state (3) of affairs is that the State of Washington (proper noun) is a state (2) within the sovereign state (1) known as The United States of America (proper noun)
Status vs. state - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Can anyone explain what the difference between status and state is when I talk about the condition or situation of an object? Here's what I got from Longman English Dictionary status: a situati
grammaticality - Which is correct: the below information or the . . . As a preposition, "below" would be written after "information" as a stranded preposition While typically prepositions would precede the noun, stranded prepositions can occur "in interrogative or relative clauses, where the interrogative or relative pronoun that is the preposition's complement is moved to the start" We see such a stranded preposition in the case of "the information below
What is the origin of the suffixes statin and medin? The use of -stat as a suffix usually means that it will make something come to rest, to stop, to stand still Hemo stasis is the act of stopping bleeding A tool to clamp a blood vessel is called a hemo stat A bacterio stat stops bacteria from replicating, in contrast to a bacterio cide, which kills the bacteria
Is there a comma after the name of a province state The latest online (subscription-based) version of the Associated Press Stylebook says this: PUNCTUATION: Place one comma between the city and the state name, and another comma after the state name, unless ending a sentence or indicating a dateline: He was traveling from Nashville, Tennessee, to Austin, Texas, en route to his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico She said Cook County, Illinois, was
What is the plural form of status? - English Language Usage Stack . . . There are some situations where status may be considered countable In those cases, the plural form can be used as statuses MacMillan dictionary gives 4 definitions for status, and 3 of them are referred to as countable Personally, I would use status as the plural form instead of statuses
Word for something so obvious there is no need to state it I am currently twirling around in circles trying to find this word I've heard it used before, and I want to use it in something I am writing, but I can't remember it On the tip of my brain, but