- grammatical number - Is the plural form of ID spelled IDs or ID . . .
Yes, it can depend on the style guide you're using, but since you're clearly not using a style guide, the plural of cat is cats, and the plural of ID is IDs Simple as that There is no reason to even consider an apostrophe It conveys no additional information that the simple -s does not As to "how to tell", what do you mean? They sound completely identical in speech Lastly, there is no
- Indicate vs Indicates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The test ids ARB1 and ARB2 indicate (s) that two different samples were used, rather than representing different test methods My colleague is of the view that the subject "test ids ARB1 and ARB2" is plural, and hence the verb would be in it's plural form (without an s) "indicate"
- Different forms of the abbreviations for identification?
Both the NOAD and the OED report that ID is an abbreviation for identity, identification They weren't carrying any ID I lost my ID card The term id is used in psychoanalysis, and Id is a variant spelling of Eid In some contexts, id could be understood as ID, for example in the phrase the user id used when talking of a CMS
- How should the abbreviation for identifier be capitalized?
I'm a programmer and I often see the abbreviation ID (capitalized) in technical documents and code Is this correct, or should it be id?
- When is Y a vowel? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In school we are taught the vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y Today's XKCD got me thinking about when the letter Y is considered to be a vowel I understand (perhaps incorrectly) that in w
- What is the plural of sir? [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
A security guard wishes to address multiple people respectfully at once Does he say: Sorry, sir, but this ID is invalid or Sorry, sirs, but your IDs are invalid or
- What is the difference between comprehensive and complete?
I thought these two words mean the same thing, until I read the following sentence: " Comprehensive, complete and mature C++ frameworks that save lots of work and help bringing the product to market sooner" I am confused by the two bold words above complete: With all parts included; with nothing missing; full comprehensive: Broadly or completely covering With the above explanation, I still
- Is Jack of all trades, master of none really just a part of a longer . . .
Variants that are relative newcomers As for the suggested longer expression "Jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one," the earliest matches I could find for it are two instances from 2007 From Drum magazine (2007) [combined snippets]: The full phrase is actually " Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one " Being multi-skilled
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