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I’m seeking guidance on a question related to my current project. I’m working on a crowdfunding campaign for a roleplaying game. For the sake of example, let’s call it Mordor: The Roleplaying Game. On ...
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I want to express this: Manhattan saw a substantial climb in population from 60,515 in 1800 to 1,538,096 in 2000. But I want to use 1800's 60,515 instead of 60,515 in 1800 because I sometimes see ...
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Sometimes I wonder if abbreviating phrases makes my essays look less formal than they should be. For example: GM foods VS genetically modified foods (Is "GM foods" suitable for formal ...
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Should (e.g.) "programming language of John Doe" be abbreviated as "PLJD" or "PLOJD"/"PLoJD"? More generally asking, should abbreviations include nonnouns such ...
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I've always wondered why people abbreviate with as w/ instead of just w. like most other abbreviations. It seems like most abbreviations end with a period, but for some reason w/ has this slash. Is ...
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My original question got overshadowed by this one while looking into it. So my new question is this. Why are there so many different English dictionaries all with differing views on things such as ...
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At school I was taught to abbreviate first as 1rst. That was about 20 years ago in Germany, learning British English. But I have not encountered anything other than 1st recently. I'm not even sure if ...
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One of printed English dictionaries says that abbreviation is a shorter form of a word or phrase, especially used in writing. Is the second part of sentence right for both America's and British ...
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Problem 1: As an Egyptian teacher working at an international school, where the speaking environment should be in English, I, students, and others used to address other teachers with the titles Mr. (...
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Acronyms and initialisms are special kinds of abbreviations. (image source) How to designate abbreviations that are neither acronyms nor initialisms? Examples: Dr.: doctor lb.: pound (from the ...
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Over the period, there was an increase in the total length of UK calls using national and international line (NAIL) calls. Here, the abbreviation is used as an attributive phrase. Then, I used it as ...
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Over the period, there was a progressive increase in the total length of UK calls using national and international lines (NaIL) and mobile phones, while a curve was seen in the figures for local fixed-...
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I often encounter the abbreviations "e.g." and the phrase "for example" in English texts and am curious about the specific differences in their usage. Are they completely ...
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I've noticed a full stop (period) after "UTC" on the Enthusiast badge page. In my understanding, the presence or absence of the period after the abbreviation doesn't seem to affect the ...
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I know in books, "p. 12" means page 12, but what is meant by "n. 9"?
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