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- writing style - Why do we have both the word three and the numeral 3 . . .
Why do we have both the word "three" and the numeral "3" in this sentence? The number 345 has three digits, where the first digit is a 3
- vocabulary - Hat-trick is for three, whats the word for four . . .
Three-peat, unfortunately, is a term trademarked in the US by former Laker coach and current Heat GM Pat Riley, so while it's in generic use as a figure of speech, it has to be licensed if being used for merchandise Further, the -peat portion of those terms applies in speech to season-long championships, not tries or successes in a single contest
- The origin of two is company, three is a crowd
A company consisting of three is worth nothing It is the Spanish opinion who say that to keep a secret three are too many, and to be merry they are too few John Collins provides this translation which resembles more closely the English proverb (1834) “Three persons in company are too many for any secret affair, and two few for social
- Word for three times a year. Is tri-quarterly a real word?
Or possibly three times a quarter, which is monthly You can't redefine a quarter as a third, though Three times a year is triannual — not triennial which is every three years You could also say every four months; "every four months" is preferable because it removes the possibility of confusion between triennial and triannual
- three. js有什么开源项目适合入门学习吗？ - 知乎
分享适合入门学习three js的开源项目，帮助初学者快速掌握前端3D开发技能。
- Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned customers today about three VMware zero-days, tagged as exploited in attacks and reported by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center
- word choice - Three quarters vs. three fourths - English Language . . .
To express a fraction of 3 out of 4, how and when would you use three quarters, and when would you use three fourths? To me, three quarters is what I would have used all the time — but I'm not a n
- Why is it three score years and ten almost half the time and not . . .
3 Why is it 'three score years and ten' almost half the time and not always 'three score and ten years'? Note: I edited the question body and title in light of comments and answers pointing me to a Google phrase frequency chart which indicates that the two versions are used about equally often right now
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