word choice - Which is correct: "in twos" or "by twos"? - English ...
2017年6月30日 · in twos. in groups of two. Share. Improve this answer. Follow edited Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40. Community Bot ...
grammaticality - If I wanted to say, "There are three twos in the ...
2014年12月26日 · OED does use the spelling twos: A.2.d. two and two, two by two, formerly also by two and two: in groups or sets of two; two at a time; by twos. BUT you're not talking about …
Two two's makes four - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2017年10月9日 · 3) Two twos make four. [informal speech, not arithmetic, cards, for example] Correction: Two twos make four. [plural nouns take a plural verb] The plural of two is twos, just …
Meaning of "twos and ones and ones and twos" - English …
2022年7月19日 · The exact sequence twos and ones and ones and twos doesn't even occur once in all the millions of books indexed in Google Books. And it only gets 3 hits on the entire …
What are "the twos"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2018年5月18日 · What are "the twos"? Ask Question Asked 6 years, 10 months ago. Modified 6 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 2k ...
The origin of "two is company, three is a crowd"
2016年4月16日 · The common saying two is company, three's a crowd is often associated with a romantic context: . Prov. A way of asking a third person to leave because you want to be alone …
Apostrophe difference (Ones' and Two's Complement)
Twos' complement = complement of a number of twos (plural) One's complement = complement of a single 1; Ones' complement = complement of a number of ones (plural) The Wikipedia …
Plural of numbers (as nouns) - English Language & Usage Stack …
2019年3月14日 · It turns out that different people, and different cultures, express arithmetic calculations differently. "Four twos make an eight" is a reasonable thing to say when …
How do I express the plural of a letter in writing?
2023年9月11日 · You can use any of the following: with two esses. with two Ss. with two S's. with two s's. Ability to format permitting, and font suitably different between italic and roman, you …
Too, two, and to - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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