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Comma before ellipsis in a summation. Yay or nay? @Babyburger, in regards to using a comma before etc , that comes down to a matter of personal preference (kind of - but we will not get into the oxford comma debate here) Treat etc as another member of the list, so if you would normally use the oxford comma (a comma before the final member of a list), do so I personally highly recommend use of the oxford comma
single word requests - Halved, quartered. . . whats next? - English . . . Furnivall in 10th Rep Committee E E T S 16 See also Double is to triple as halve is to ? To find trisect (v ) outside the field of geometry is uncommon: To divide into three usually equal parts M-W Transitive To divide into three equal parts (esp in Geometry); sometimes gen to divide into three parts
word choice - Is triple the proper counterpart of pair when . . . 'Triple' can be used as an adjective: triple crown in horse racing, triple score in a video game, a triple scoop for an ice cream cone As a noun or adjective, triple is probably the best of all the examples (the others have more context restricted usage)
etymology - Why does an ellipsis have three dots? - English Language . . . I have stumbled upon a question on this topic and the answer suggests that Oxford English Dictionary uses double dots instead of triple dots because it shortens the contents considerably If that is the case, why do we even bother with triple dots?
pronunciation - Looking for a minimal triple with ɑ, ɒ, ɔ - English . . . 1 Minimal triple: Bach’s, box, balks On his website, Rick Aschmann provides the answer of Bach’s box balks as a minimal triple for ɑ, ɒ, ɔ , which applies only to those speakers with neither the father–bother merger nor the cot–caught merger I don’t personally have this one because I have father–bother
How can I form a word like quadruple for any number I want? The usual way is just to find the Latin root and add the suffix: quintuple, sextuple, septuple, nonuple, etc For numbers beyond eight or nine, the -uple construction sounds rather strained, if not downright silly (Duodecuple? Really?) I'd recommend -fold as an alternative ("a ninety-fold increase"), or substitute another counter noun altogether: an "eighty-one piece orchestra"; "a sixteen
Is Idve proper use of the English language? While reading a book, I came across the word I'd've, as in: I'd've argued against it While it was obvious what it meant, it left me puzzled Is I'd've a proper word?
meaning - Is there a difference between treble and triple . . . According to the Cambridge Corpus of American English, Americans strongly prefer triple as an adjective, noun and verb British and Australian writers, on the other hand, seem to use both triple and treble, but with treble more frequent as a verb and triple as a noun and adjective Fowler distinguished between treble meaning that something had become three times as large in size, and triple