Dec 13, 2015 · I wouldn't use a period after vs even when it appears in a non-hyphenated format. The trend is to get rid of various unnecessary and extraneous periods, as in the change from Mr. to Mr as …

Jul 28, 2020 · 0 I have been getting confused whenever I use the following sentence. "Change the materials on the customer order" vs. "Change the materials of the customer order" Since the …

Mar 21, 2014 · Here is an interesting discussion of US versus U.S. versus USA versus U.S.A. from Wikipedia: Manual of Style: In American and Canadian English, U.S. (with periods) is the dominant …

What of and what about are not idioms; they don't mean something other than the sum of their parts. To contrast what of with what about is contrasting of and about. Are they perfectly synonymous? Some …

Welcome to the site. Such an answer would normally be closed for lack of information, I leave it open because you are a welcome newcomer. However, if you read the guidance, you will see that we are …

May 4, 2022 · Today I found out that despite using and hearing it frequently, "unintuitive" is not a word. I searched english.stackexchange and found countless answers where the word is used. …

Feb 22, 2011 · Is there a difference between starting a question with How about and What about? Can we use both expressions interchangeably?

Here is a general rule of thumb: if you mean "a different [noun]", then it is more appropriate to use "an other"; if you mean "an additional [noun]", then it is more appropriate to use "another". So in your …

Apr 13, 2017 · This is why logicians use iff for 'if and only if'. I think it would be useful in real life, but can't see it catching on.

Oct 31, 2016 · I don't know when can I use another and when I should only use other. At first, I thought another should be used only when a singular word comes after it. This is what Theodore Bernstein …