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- grammar - Which is correct The party who makes the request or The . . .
It depends, in my view on who "the party" is If it is a sole person, then it would seem more natural to me to use "who"
- Parenthetical pluralization of words ending in -y
Sentences constructed with a word written in the singular and parenthetically in the plural are straightforward when that word does not end in -y, e g : List all applicable employee(s) How does
- What does the Constitution say about political parties?
The ntion of a formal party apparatus was thus a novelty in the 1790s [Excerpt from The American Pageant, 12th Edition]Parties are vehicles of ambition and selfish interest that threaten the
- States Party to or State Parties to or States parties to?
100 state parties to the treaty parties is a noun, qualified by state, and to the treaty is a prepositional phrase that describes these 100 state parties Google Ngrams shows that states party to the treaty is slightly more common, although they've swapped positions a number of times over the past few decades It sounds better to my ears, but
- What is the difference between an agreement and an undertaking?
An agreement however, has contractual overtones and is generally defined as "a mutual understanding between two or more persons about their relative rights and duties regarding past or future
- Question about the Possessive with Multiple Parties
Suppose I want to refer to the widget owned by me and Susan Then do I say "you are welcome to use Susan's and my widget"? (Sounds awkward ) Or "you are welcome to use the widget owned by Susan a
- “between” vs. “among” - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Obs 13 ―Between, or betwixt, is used in in reference to two things or parties ; among, or amonst, amid, or amidst, in reference to a greater number, or to something by which an other may be surrounded : as, “Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear ” ―Byron “The host between the mountain and the shore ” ―Id
- Term for a type of relationship that two parties benefit from
A synergistic relationship is one where two parties, or things, working together, are able to produce a result that is greater than the sum of what they can each do individually It is perhaps OED sense 3 of synergy which seems relevant here:
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