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- Pricey vs. Pricy - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Both words are surprisingly recent coinages COHA does return three more hits from 1837, 1928, and 1966, but they all look like typos or OCR failures to me Etymonline confirms: "1932, from price + -y" Pricey has always been more popular than pricy Pricey is getting even more popular, while pricy fades in comparison
- meaning - Differences between price point and price - English . . .
the price for which something is sold on the retail market, especially in relation to a range of competitive prices For example, "our shampoo is a bargain at this price point" and "I don't think I can make this deal at this price point" both emphasize the choice that the potential seller is making among other realistically potential prices
- Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- word usage - Should it be cheaper price or lower price? - English . . .
Low price might make someone believe they are getting something cheaper Stores often trick buyers by offering items at a ‘lower price’ This, to make the buyer think the seller is selling something cheap; but, saying you paid a ‘lower price’ for something doesn't make the item itself worth more than the cost
- Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I understand the use of circa c as it applies to approximating dates However, I have a writer who (over)uses the word in other contexts Examples: from circa early 1990s up until circa 8 y
- What does pax mean in the context of the apartment rental?
And they need (Paid) Passenger totals because those are the real 'customers' who might use a different bus company if they don't like the service or the price It may help to point out that one of the reasons for using Pax is simply to make report layouts easier I was coding up those reports in the 70's, when things were a bit more constrained
- differences - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
• The price is including free-flow water • The price includes free-flow water • This book includes a free CD • This book is including a free CD Edit 1: As Barrie noted, including is not a preposition Typically it serves as a present participle See the following extract from OED1 (1901) for some examples of use Including ppl a [f
- Whats a common idiom for price of admission?
I feel like I've heard a common idiom used in English meaning "price of admission" or "basic requirement" that's actually borrowed from another language, much like someone might say "Skydiving appears to be the activity du jour" where "du jour" indicates temporal popularity and comes from French
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