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Is it good style to factor out the common root word of two (or more) prefixed compound words?
I see sometimes in conjunciton or disjunction, the common root of two or more compound words are factored out, for example, "super- and sub-script" (maybe bad example, but it suffices to describe the ...
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Better way to express “X and [A and B] Y” than “X as well as A and B Y”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Overusing “and” and how to fix it
I often need to express something along the lines of X and Y, where Y is two things, e.g.
Cindy owns a boat and [both red and blue] ...
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What is the best way to join 'and' and 'or' together?
What is the best way to join 'or' and 'and' together? 'or/and' or 'and/or'?
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How can you use “either… or” twice in a sentence?
I want to be able to say something like:
There either needs to be X to do either Xa or Xb or there needs to be Y.
(edit: since from some answers it doesn't seen to be clear, I mean that that Xa ...
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Commas around “and”
I'm at a loss as to how I should title this. I have this sentence:
We have the option to provide notifications via
telephone, and, possibly, email.
I am trying to express several things:
...
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Comma after To at the beginning of a sentence
I am just writing my master thesis and I am unsure whether to place a comma in sentences starting with "To".
Here are some examples:
To be able to improve the performance[,] it is important to ...
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4answers
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Is using “and/or” recommended for formal writing, or is it frowned upon?
Is using "and/or" allowed in formal writing? If not, is there general way to represent the OR binary operator with as little space as possible in written English?
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Usage of “And” in the beginning of a sentence
Since I first learned English, I have been holding this understanding that "and", as a conj. but unlike "but", can only connect two clauses, not two sentences ended with periods.
But recently, I ...
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3answers
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When to use & instead of “and”
Are there rules of usage when using the ampersand "&" instead of "and"?
Are they completely interchangeable?
The ampersand seems more casual, but I'm not sure.
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3answers
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“So long as” vs. “as long as”
Which phrase is more formal — "so long as" or "as long as"?
Example:
So long as Google Voice allows free long distance in North America, I will use it.
As long as Google Voice allows free ...
