
synonyms - Is "connexion" synonymous with "connection"? - English ...
Feb 23, 2011 · Is connexion synonymous with connection? Can I use it, for example, in an ethernet connexion?
Why are "connection" and "connexion" both used in the same work?
The instances of connexion (84) are listed here, and the instances of connection (9) are listed here. I think what I am reading is the author's 500-page condensation of the work linked. My question is this: …
grammaticality - How to write negative currency in text? - English ...
Which version is grammatically correct (given that I hopefully provided at least one correct alternative)? [...] the company yielded a result to the amount of −€6.680 billion in 2008. or ...
Connexion pronunciation & verb - English Language & Usage Stack …
Connexion is the original and variant spelling of "connection", common until at least the 19th century, and still occasionally used in British English (it was the house style of The Times of London...
Which is it: "1½ years old" or "1½ year old"? [duplicate]
Feb 1, 2015 · It would come much more naturally to a native speaker to say not "That man is a 50-year-old" [note also the hyphenation here] but "That is a 50-year-old man"; similarly, not "That kid is a one …
Shouldn't "the exact same" always be "exactly the same"?
Aug 24, 2010 · The British National Corpus reports that exactly the same is found in 1329 sentences, and exact same in 22 sentences. The Corpus of Contemporary American reports that in academic …
Should the first word after a colon be capitalized?
Apr 19, 2017 · Should the first word after a colon be capitalized? Which of the following is correct? For example: This. For example: this.
"Home page" or "homepage"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Apr 21, 2013 · Is there a convention for the spelling of the name of the main page of a website? Should it be home page, with a space between the two words; or homepage, all one word?
etymology - Where did the term "doggone it" come from? - English ...
May 2, 2011 · From Etymonline: doggone 1851, Amer.Eng., a "fantastic perversion of god-damned" [Weekley]. But Mencken favors the theory that it is "a blend form of dog on it; in fact it is still often …
writing style - Emphasising that a date is near - English Language ...
What is a good way to emphasise that a particular date is near or coming very close? For example, suppose today is the 22 of May and there is the submission date for a project is on the 25 of May. I