- grammar - walk-through, walkthrough, or walk through? - English . . .
Closed = walkthrough Hyphenated = walk-through Open form = walk through In this case, walkthrough is the correct one The why is a lot more complicated, and I for one am somewhat confused coming from a closed compound language Even my spell check on this page is telling me that "walkthrough" is wrong, even if it is right in this sense
- Using of vs. on - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- What are the differences between manual, guide and instruction?
Agreeing with chessmath and choster, I'd like to add a few cents of my own User documentation may refer to subject matter i e Project, Team, Test, System, Administrative, Marketing or Miscellaneous types
- Is it correct to say I kindly request you to. . . ?
This is a different and fairly widely-used usage, as tchrist says in his answer Indeed, in 'would you kindly just give up your seat for my great-grandmother', kindly and just are two of the hedging devices (pragmatic markers subset politeness) (the third device is the would you construction) (and the fourth, the winning smile)
- By vs Per. Which one should I use on expressions like P L . . .
The two are often used differently (though there are many cases where both would work) The word "per" carries the implication (as in percent) that there is a division going on - so if someone says to me "I'll tell you the number of widgets manufactured per employee" I'm expecting one number - the total number of widgets manufactured divided by the number of employees
- (s) or s at the end of a word to denote one or many
addendum: A compromise outside confines of plain-text is to combine both, "( s)", but with the parentheses shrunk slightly; this would be only marginally longer than " s" (but shorter than "(s)") and convey more explicit+accurate meaning than either of the other options by its respective self
- sentence - What is the appropriate phrase to say if two people are on . . .
Just a note on your own examples: I would probably avoid on the same horizon, as it may imply that you want to make sure you are both going to finish at the same time, without any implications about agreement along the way to that finish
- Is it appropriate to use the salutation Dear All in a work email?
I have observed that in my work place, whenever a mail is sent to more than one person( like an information, meeting request or a notice etc ), the mail starts with the salutation "Dear All" This,
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