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- Hyphenation in high frequency words - English Language Usage Stack . . .
My granddaughter's first-grade reading papers frequently use the term "high frequency words " I'm guessing it refers to words used frequently But, if the term "high frequency words" is correctly
- hyphenation - You should be well-organised or You should be well . . .
Should I hyphenate the term 'well organised'? The context, if it matters, is the following sentence: For this role you should be well organised and analytical with some research ability (I see t
- Is performance singular or also plural? - English Language Usage . . .
In American English, you always use is with information and performance, even if you are referring to more than one piece of information or more than one performance You may be being confused by data, which can be both a singular or a plural noun; but there are very few nouns like that in American English Information is an uncountable noun, like water You don't say an information or
- single word requests - Is there a common phrase for too casual in . . .
Too informal is ironically the most formal way to put it While you can characterize style or language as casual, it is more idiomatic to say informal language (see this Ngram) In all dictionaries, if there are phrases, expressions or idioms used in everyday speech more than in writing, they will be labelled as informal (not casual) For example look at this definition of wow: wow exclamation
- Is faster speed, faster performance correct? [duplicate]
0 I believe technically, faster performance is correct, although it is seldom used One definition of performance is "the execution of an action" Faster performance, then, would imply the execution took less time I would recommend to use better or improved instead
- writing style - Should we superscript ordinal numbers? - English . . .
I have noticed that sometimes we write ordinal numbers with the "th" a little higher than the numbers But sometimes I see it just attached to it Which one is correct?
- What do you call the front end of a pioneer’s wagon?
Picture please There are a number of different styles of wagon of different sizes and complexities: some have a separate cab on the front, some have a single chassis but the cover doesn't go the full length, while others have the cover over the whole wagon and the driver sticking out of the end of the cover Depending on the complexity, there may be a raised seat with back, suspension, etc
- single word requests - What is worse than mediocre? - English . . .
What is worse than mediocre? Is it bad, or is there a level between mediocre and being pure bad? Is mediocre slightly better than bad, and bad better than pathetic? I want to use this in my pros
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