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- the USA vs. the US - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 abbreviation for United States US (without periods) is more common in most other national forms of English Some major American guides to style, such as The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed ), now deprecate U S and
- differences - Versus versus vs. in writing - English Language . . .
In writing, when should one use the abbreviation vs as opposed to the full versus? This abbreviation seems to have special status from common usage What is the origin of that, and in what writing
- Vendor vs. vender in Standard American English
The spelling vendor is the standard spelling The New Yorker, as part of its bizarre house style, uses the spelling vender No one else does, besides those trying to emulate The New Yorker’s style Of the 45 examples in COCA, only 17 were actual uses of the spelling vender outside of The New Yorker (compared with over 2000 examples of vendor, a ratio of over 100 to 1) Two were proper names
- More clear vs Clearer: when to use more instead of -er?
It's just that OP never mentioned adverbial use in the first place (as in I can see {more} clearly now, where it modifies the verb "to see") Not that anything you say is untrue, so far as I can see, but we could reasonably assume OP was only asking about adjectival usage Where an answer, for example, for can be either clearer or more clear than other answers And to be honest, where I don't
- Whats the difference between requester and requestor?
Both are in dictionaries I've heard people insist quot;requester quot; is correct for a person who requests something, and that quot;requestor quot; is wrong there, leaving me to wonder how it i
- What is the name of this type of word: Mr. , Ms. , Dr. ?
What is this type of word called: Mr , Ms , Dr ? In the document I am using, it is referred to as the "prefix", but I don't think that is correct
- Agree vs. concur - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between agree and concur? Which is the more common to use? For instance, someone said something to me and I want to say that he is right Should I say I agree with you or I c
- differences - Didnt used to or didnt use to? - English Language . . .
Here is a question that has been nagging me for a few years: Which is the right usage: "Didn't used to" or "didn't use to?" Examples: We lived on the coast for years but we didn't use to go to the
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