- word usage - Is augmented with or augmented by preferable . . .
11 Which is the preferred preposition to use after the word "augmented", as in the sentence "A is augmented with by B"? Does this depend on context? For concreteness, I am interested in mathematical usage, as in the "The set is augmented with redundant vectors for greater numerical robustness"
- How do augment and increase differ? - English Language Usage . . .
Definition of augment by Dictionary com: to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase Definition of increase by Dictionary com: to make greater, as in number, size, st
- First Product Produced - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This leads to the conversion of core product to actual product and then augmented product So, augmented product gives final complete product to the customer
- single word requests - How do you call wooden extension above water . . .
A pier may be built of wood, but many are constructed of steel pillars The term does certainly, however, overlap with 'jetty' It is usually pretty substantial The jetty is typically long, often wooden, and raised above the water level Though mooring may be involved, 'A jetty may serve as a breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel ' [Wikipedia
- Suped-up: is it a real idiom (vs souped-up)
Both sources below attest that the correct more common spelling is soup-up Suped-up and sooped-up are are just misspellings The expression is AmE in origin and it most likely derives from supercharge: As World Wide Words notes: Souped-up is known both in the UK and the US and was actually created in the latter country It’s one of the longer-lived slang terms, still widely used In its
- grammar - Be supposed to and its meanings - English Language Usage . . .
Merriam-Webster [augmented, especially with further examples, below] asserts that there are six, not just two, senses that should be distinguished The ones showing deontic modality (moral obligation; permission) are
- punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I tend to use the rule that colons should only be before a list, or as an augmented period to indicate that the second part defines or gives an example of the first
- capitalization - Should I capitalize the phrase that has its . . .
In the case of something like "This product features an Augmented Filter Subsystem (AFS)", I would normally capitalise it like that (and include the bracketed abbreviation) on the first reference I think using such a convention makes it just that little bit easier for the reader to recognise what the abbreviation refers to
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