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- Which is correct: one or more is or one or more are?
With one or more is are, the first thing to consider is whether 'one or more' is a unit or analysable It has the near-synonym 'some'; 'four or five' could be substituted reasonably by 'several' If the substitution of 'some' for 'one or more' is taken as binding, by analogy, we require plural concord
- What is a correct punctuation for a sentence starting with One more . . .
The simplest and the one I would prefer is to treat it as two sentences: One more thing Don't tell anyone about our conversation (on the subject of this and that ) This also gives you the facility to maneuver the second part Where the second part is short, and more important, use a colon to direct attention: One more thing: don't tell her
- differences - X times as many as or X times more than - English . . .
I don't believe "X times more" is ambiguous While "10% more" means 1 1x the original, making "300% more" logically mean 4x the original, this doesn't happen with "X times more " You would never say "a tenth times more" or "half times more" or even "one time(s) more " And "one and a half times more" should be 1 5x the original
- There is are more than one. Whats the difference?
If there be more than one (which you might like better as Should there be more than one) Quotated, that gets 20M Google hits, as opposed to 246M for "is", and 168M for "are" I may be in a linguistic minority, but at least I don't feel totally alone! LATER: I don't know why the two downvotes
- Why is a 100% increase the same amount as a two-fold increase?
When something went from 4 units to 8 units, most authoritative sources seem to agree with the use of "a two-fold increase", even though what was actually increased is more like "one-fold", i e the original quantity But if the "two-fold increase" is the correct usage, why most people seem to interpret "a 100% increase" the same thing?
- Is there a word analogous to dual for three or more options?
Not sure why one would use this rather obscure word when the natural and obvious "triple" is, well, natural and obvious If somebody wrote "triune" where "triple" could be used, I'd start looking at dictionaries, trying to figure out if they had some more nuance or more complex meaning in mind –
- One-to-one vs. one-on-one - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Either may be correct, so the tie-breaker is local usage and avoidance of confusion In my circle, one-to-one connotes a mathematical relationship while one-on-one is used more often in athletic contests So a meeting might be either But if you talk about a meeting as one-to-one, the listener may think you are referring to the hour
- More formal way of saying: Sorry to bug you again about this, but . . .
If there really is a need to be more formal, there are potentially two different situations If the reason for the follow-up request is arguably OP's fault, in that he should have gotten all necessary information first time around, something along the lines of @Jeffrey Blake's Please accept my apologies is reasonable
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