- single word requests - Is ‘casing’ a valid alternative to . . .
Searching several dictionaries and translation services, casing seems odd to me, as it refers to other meanings Because casing is commonly used here on the English Language 🙵 Usage SE to ask whether a word is capitalized or not, I'm still wondering whether casing is a valid alternative to capitalization Can I say something like:
- Why do some people write text all in lower case?
Typing in only lower case (whether on desktop or mobile) is simply faster Contra the other answers, this is NOT just a "young" person "cool" "slang" thing;
- orthography - Lowercase, lower-case, or lower case - English . . .
Of, printed, or formatted in lowercase letters | tr v -cased, -casing, -cases To put (type or text) in lowercase letters —lowercase n (It might for a moment appear that AHDEL is endorsing the hyphenated verb forms lower-cased , lower-casing , and lower-cases , but the hyphens in this entry are simply there to avoid respelling lower at the
- What is the term for the little viewing window with a sliding cover in . . .
It is sometimes called a speakeasy window Examples can be found at Google Images In the prohibition era, they were commonly used on the doorways to speakeasy bars, and a patron would often have to whisper a secret password through the window before being allowed to enter the establishment
- capitalization - Should Units of Measure be capitalized? - English . . .
No Yes Maybe It depends It's always been my understanding with metric measures, that abbreviations for units larger than the base unit measure are capitalized, and units smaller than the base unit are lower case
- capitalization - Should it be Happy Birthday! or Happy birthday . . .
I mostly agree, except that I have never seen the phrase "Happy Silver Wedding Anniversary", and I don't think I ever will (outside of this context ) "Happy Anniversary!", yes, or "Happy 25th Anniversary!"
- Which is correct: Filename, File Name or FileName?
The original form of the word was "file name", as in the name of a file These days (and probably for a good few years), the compound "filename" is widely accepted and perhaps most commonly used
- etymology - What is the origin of breaking bad? - English Language . . .
Wiktionary gives the meaning of "break bad" but does not mention about the origin: 1 (colloquial, of an event or of one's fortunes) To go wrong; to go downhill 2 (colloquial, chiefly
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