Jul 21, 2017 · I currently am in the middle of a discussion about the proper use for when to use the numeral "1" versus "one". There are two sides to this argument: 1) In technical writing, …

Apr 19, 2012 · 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 …

Feb 1, 2015 · It would come much more naturally to a native speaker to say not "That man is a 50-year-old" [note also the hyphenation here] but "That is a 50-year-old man"; similarly, not …

Feb 19, 2019 · As pointed out in comments, the options using colons are normally read as a ratio using the word "to" compare the numbers (i.e. one to one, one to two etc.). This is the most …

one and once are pronounced differently from the related words alone, only and atone. Stressed vowels often become diphthongs over time (Latin bona → Italian buona and Spanish buena ), …

Jan 16, 2019 · In “One member less” the phrase “one member” is a quantifier for “less” specifying the degree of less-ness. “One member fewer” is similar. A well-known rule prefers “fewer” …

It is correct to have the hyphen. I am not quite sure why the people that you see write "one half" do not write "one-half" but they should! Searching for "one half" at dictionary.reference.com …

However, when one uses the word "one", it is as if one is speaking in general terms, not refering to any specified individual. It isn't a hard rule that every use of 'you' is writing in the second …

Nov 26, 2010 · which appeared in one of the answers posted earlier. That sentence clearly does not specify anything as to whether I want to live to the south or to the west, or to the northwest, …

Nov 20, 2017 · In this case, you could use 1 yr., 2 yr. and the abbreviation would always be correct. As reported from the Oxford Dictionary of English , it's the same in British English, …