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“length in bytes” vs “length by the byte” and “paid in hours” vs “paid by the hour”
"The variable len indicates the buffer length in bytes."
"The variable len indicates the buffer length by the byte."
I'm a computer programmer, so I know 1 is far more common than 2.
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Is “make no mistake” a mistake?
Is "make no mistake" proper grammar?
Isn't "no" being used as a quantifier? Aren't quantified nouns supposed to be plural when the quantity is none? For example, I was taught to say, "one egg" and ...
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Is “any” correctly applied in the example?
I suppose in this sentence "any" means "all" and/or "every" reference occured in DEF_2 and DEF_3.
One shall remove any reference to those items in DEF_2 and DEF_3.
Is this correct?
