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- A word that represents a group of people working to achieve a common . . .
There are several words that means a group of people with a common interest purpose goal aim etc These words might depend on the context as well: union: a number of persons, states, etc , joined or associated together for some common purpose: student union; credit union coalition: an alliance or union between groups, factions, or parties, esp for some temporary and specific reason league: An
- Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings?
There's actually quite a bit of variation in different regions of the US As I said, it's quite common to hear Dinner as the noontime meal in many areas of the American South I've noticed that there's even a split in Texas where some regions use Lunch Dinner and others use Dinner Supper These differences have tended to mix up and get confused as people from different regions have mixed, and
- Is there any difference between monthly average and average per . . .
I have trouble understanding if I should use "monthly average" or "average per month" when asking someone to calculate monthly average of a variable, e g heating expenses Is there any difference,
- single word requests - Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely. . . ? - English . . .
"Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller time units ("secondly," "minutely"—perhaps because of the danger of confusion with other meanings of those words) and in larger ones ("decadely," "centurily," "millenniumly"—perhaps because until recently events
- vocabulary - Word to describe everyday things - English Language . . .
Is there any one word which can describe everyday things? By this, I mean things we commonly regard as things most people do every day, like taking a shower, brushing your teeth, getting dressed,
- What is the difference between wealth of knowledge and breadth of . . .
The difference between "wealth of knowledge" and “breadth of knowledge” is that they use different metaphors Knowledge is an abstraction and can't be measured, so we speak of it using metaphors for things that can be measured, like personal wealth and physical distance (in two dimensions, whence breadth) One metaphor theme is Experience is Money (put in his 2 cents' worth, high-priced
- that + would = thatd? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is "that'd" an appropriate contraction of "that" and "would"? I say it, but I'm not sure if it's a legitimate contraction in written form
- Seek vs. search - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I've been wondering, what is the difference between seek and search? When should one be preferred over the other?
- What is the correct pronunciation of the word solder?
This doesn't come from a dictionary, but I had a relative who spent most of his free designing clever circuits (from the 1920s onwards) He always told me that the correct British pronunciation was "sodder", but that over the years it had started to be pronounced "solder" - which he believed was to avoid the embarrassment of a word that could be misinterpreted as being related to sodomy when
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