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Correct use of IN compared to FOR when describing an action
I find it rather odd when someone writes that an item was used "in prediction" of 'X', however I don't know whether that is my own preference or it's actually incorrect. Personally, I think that ...
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What's the most pedantically correct way to reference sectioned and numbered rules aloud?
I am a roller derby announcer. An important part of my job is to explain the rules of roller derby to the fans.
The rules of modern roller derby are promulgated by the Women's Flat Track Derby ...
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Validity in the brevity of this prose?
What I intended to write full out was:
We have moved away from obsoleted
technologies and technologies being
deprecated.
What I actually wrote feels slightly awkward but I justified leaving ...
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Should I refer to “Section 2.3” or “Subsection 2.3”?
When writing a document that is divided into numbered sections and subsections, sometimes I would like to refer a certain subsection that has been numbered 2.3, for example. Here the 2 represents the ...
