
What would be the proper usage of "Qua" in a sentence?
2016年7月22日 · But there is also, Aristotle maintains (Metaphysics IV.1), a more general study of what there is, a study of being qua being. ('Qua' is a technical expression Aristotle uses to …
etymology - What is the origin of the counting prefixes: uni-, bi-/di ...
Many English words use the prefixes uni-, bi-/di-, tri-, quad- and so on to mean one, two, three, and four. For example: A unicycle has one wheel, a bicycle two, and a tricycle th
What follows next in the sequence "unary, binary, ternary..."?
2011年5月13日 · The problem is that English uses two different kinds of adjectives to mean "first, second, etc". The ones in -ary without the -n-come from the Latin ordinals, "first, second, etc."; …
etymology - What comes after (Primary,unary),(secondary,binary ...
2018年1月11日 · I was curious to know what comes after: Primary, secondary, tertiary, ... This Oxford website says it is "quartenary, quinary, ..." But they are already taken! Unary, binary, …
auxiliary verbs - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Kiamlaluno's answer is the closest to my understanding - And though mfg mentions Heidegger, Plato and Aristotle were the source of original Ontological dialogues of being qua being. "I am …
Where did the phrase "diddly-squat" come from?
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etymology - What is the reasoning for the idiom "in and of itself ...
2015年8月25日 · Qua means “in the role of” or “under the aspect of”, as in this quote from dictionary.com: This might be thought a decisive objection to a federal judge’s writing about …
How do I mention a video game in a formal piece of writing?
What is the proper convention for mentioning the title of a video game in a formal research paper? Would I place the title in quotations, like the name of a short story ("Myst"), underline it, like...
Is there another word for five times, such as triple, quadruple?
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grammaticality - "Said objects" or "The said objects" - English ...
2013年2月17日 · I've always said things like "If you ate the said candy." and "If you count the said rocks." I've also heard many people say "If you ate said candy." and "If you count said rocks." …