Questions tagged [list-order]
For questions about the order of coordinated words in short lists.
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Multiple adjectives but following reference is singular
Everyone was mostly Muslim or atheist, like my family.
What is the rule here, is the family Muslim or atheist? I know it's poorly written, I didn't write it and I can't ask the author. My gut ...
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How to clarify whether an adverb at the end of serial list modifies each item vs just the last item?
In the recreational community where my family has property, the common understanding has always been that no rentals are allowed, period. Not everyone agrees. This is the policy as it was written in ...
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Start sentence with "Second" and "importantly" [closed]
I am writing a thesis and want to emphasis the second point I make when presenting two arguments.
Second, importantly technology induced employment falls are not the result of an industry declining.
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Good words for "before" and "after" that sort the same, both logically and alphabetically?
TL;DR - Silly question looking for better words.
I have a list of event labels in a computer program similar to:
renderer_before
renderer_after
before_notify
after_notify
This is all well and good......
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Is 'and' essential in a colon list? [duplicate]
I would like to know if an 'and' is always necessary before the last item in a colon list.
Is the following correct, or should I place an 'and' before 'grapes'?
The basket contained a variety of ...
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Does "chronological order" mean the most recent item comes first?
I want to say that a list is in chronological order. Does this implies that the most recent event comes first? Or do I have to mention that explicitly?
This the list of papers in chronological order:...
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"we are going to x, y, z" implicit order
When someone says "I'm going to x,y,z" is there an implicit order to this? Such as going to x first then y followed by z. If so what is this called?
I assuming that interpreting this sentence as the ...
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Religious names in index. How do you order and present? [closed]
I have a book that discusses Catholicism. I would like to know if there are any established resources that advise on listing religious names in indexes, where the norm is reversal of surnames and ...
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which is a right way to write list Item
Below are the example to write a List, which is a right way to write list Item
Example 1 :
4).Upload with File Restrictions
Example 2 :
4) Upload with File Restrictions
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Why "milk and sugar", but rarely "sugar and milk"? [duplicate]
For example
"Adam and Eve" is (almost) never said as "Eve and Adam".
Making tea: "milk or sugar", but rarely "sugar or milk".
Elevator: "up
or down" is more common than "down or up".
Some groupings ...
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What is the horizontal equivalent of "all of the above"?
All of the above tends to be used to refer to options that have been described in previous lines in a bulleted list, and I'm wondering how to do the same in a sentence. For example, would the ...
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Software version names [closed]
For different major releases of a software product it is nice to assign a name to them. Although I find this tough...
Properties of a good software version name:
relatively large group of nouns (so ...
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What is the best way to express relations between one party on one side, and two on the other
I recently read the following sentence:
He helped normalize relations between the US and Vietnam and Laos.
Assuming Vietnam and Laos already had normal relations with each other (which they might ...
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Is there any rule which dictates the ordering of non-proper, non-pronoun nouns in a list?
For example,
Is "Design, Operation, and Management," as equally good of a list as "Management, Operation, and Design?"
My colleagues and I are having a tough time reasoning why one sounds better ...
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Is there a preferred order for niece and nephew?
Is "niece and nephew" preferred over "nephew and niece", or vice versa?
I tried using Google NGrams, but it gave inconclusive results: one was more common before 1980, then the other form became more ...
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