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What's the better wording: “Please assign this to the person responsible for the job”
I'm trying to come up with the better wording for this sentence:
"Please assign this to the person responsible for the job"
I want to say "Please assign this to the appropriate person", but that ...
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How can you distinguish between different meanings of the verb “to know” in English?
I work in an industrial setting. Today I had a conversation with my coworkers in which we discussed that another group knew that our group has requirements that they were not going to meet based on ...
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Alternatives to the noun 'dump' (as in “a data dump”)
What are alternatives to the noun 'dump' (as in "a data dump")?
The word dump here refers to the data that gets dumped, in other words, to the mass of what is being dumped. Another not-so-common ...
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Alternative to “as-well-as” for an academic paper
Is there some better alternative to phrase as well as for an academic writing? It sounds to me too informal.
The whole sentence is:
Improvements of both parts are possible as well as joining ...
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Way of / means of / manner / style [closed]
What are the typical use cases for
Way of (the way of living)
Style (style of clothing)
Mean of (means of transport)
Manner (In which manner do you use this words)
In parens, there are examples ...
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Alternative to “accessible”
In the context of a technical manual, engineers use the word "accessible" to indicate that a piece of hardware should have "easy access" for repair, maintenance, and other modifications.
What would ...
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What are some alternatives to doubtful? [closed]
I need to communicate to a large set of people that if they are unsure/doubtful of what I am saying, they can perform an action. But I need to say it in a way that is not demeaning me or the audience ...
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How official is the word “subpar”? [closed]
How official is the word "subpar"?
Is there a reason not to use it in a document and are there any circumstances under which I should avoid its use? Could the phase "subpar performance" confuse the ...
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Should we avoid using words that have alternate offensive meaning [closed]
There are many English words that could be used to refer to something innocent that also has a common slang meaning, such as pussy, ass, bitch, etc.
For convenience' sake, should we avoid using ...
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What are some old-world alternatives or precursors to 'WTF' (expressions of frustration or surprise)? [closed]
Such as 'what on Earth' or 'what in the world', etc. I'm trying to come up with a list of witty alternatives.
Note: I'm not looking for alternatives to the letters W, T, and F. I'm looking for ...
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Alternative to “double entendre”?
Does anyone know another word or way to say double entendre — in the non-bawdy sense of the word — as this phrase was only invented in the latter 1600's and so not around when Shakespeare wrote his ...
