2011年5月17日 · The word stat is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, which has the meaning "instantly/immediately". This usage was then generalized beyond the domain of prescriptions …

2011年2月17日 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …

2015年10月13日 · U.S. style guides. From [Merriam-]Webster's Standard American Style Manual (19885):. Words designating global, national, regional, or local political divisions are …

2018年4月5日 · Not beginning a sentence with "but" is a rule of thumb.This is not a hard and fast rule. Rather, it's a simple guideline you should apply to avoid risking a common grammatical …

2018年5月18日 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …

2010年8月14日 · What is the plural form of "status"? I agree that today a similar question would be considered off-topic and probably migrated to ELL but the risk with closing under …

2016年1月5日 · Dope is a rather new slang word that is used to define someone or something excellent, great, impressive. OED says that it is originally in African-American usage and …

When referring to an entity like a government body, should it be capitalized if referring to is by classification(?). E.g., if I write: The City of New York requires us to get a building permit.

When a term originates in northern English dialects as "ta" appears to, I often begin by looking at nordic languages as much of northern England was conquered by the Vikings and the parts of …

2014年12月11日 · Almost any word or phrase can be overused, but naming a topic (agent, "character", or subject) in one sentence and then referencing it with this in the next sentence is …