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- word choice - copy pasting or copying pasting? - English Language . . .
I am copying-and-pasting the text That said, I'd have no problem with either of your versions This might also depend on the formality of your document If you are writing this in an email, it won't really matter Everyone will know what you mean However, if you are writing for a journal publication, that might merit more careful deliberation
- word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
As far as I understand copy-and-paste is used to mean the operation of copying, and pasting If somebody did that, can I say (for example) the following? She copied-and-pasted what I wrote on my blog, changed some words, re-ordered some phrases, and then published that on her own blog
- Whats a polite way of asking who are you? on the phone?
Say, you're working in a company The phone rings and you pick it up On the other line, someone wants to speak to one of your co-workers You want to tell your co-worker who this person is I think
- Which is correct start time or starting time
I prefer 'starting time' too, but Google Ngram Viewer shows that 'start time' has rocketed past 'starting time' in the last 30 years, first in American English, then also in British English 'finish time' overtook 'finishing time' even earlier (50 years ago)
- phrase meaning - back and forward or back and forth - English . . .
The phrases "back and forth" and "backward and forward" mean basically the same thing The phrase "back and forward" seems to be an inconsistent combination of the two phrases
- hyphens - Left handside, left hand side, left hand-side? - English . . .
How do you write 'left hand side' and 'right hand side'? Example: If necessary, select the review language from the language selection box in the left hand side menu bar (by default, the review
- prepositions - (at in on) (- a the) restaurant - English Language . . .
Consider the following sentence: "We will have dinner (at in on) (- a the) restaurant" I believe that if I mention restaurant for the first time, then I always must use "I am at a restaurant"
- gerunds - When do we use keep + to inf and keep + ing? - English . . .
We use the verb keep with the present participle to emphasize that the ongoing action persists or persisted (or that it should persist, if the verb is in the imperative)
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