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This tag is for questions about choosing the best word FROM A GIVEN SELECTION for a particular context or meaning. The selection to choose from must appear in the question. If you do not know the word already, use single-word-requests.
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A more formal adjective to 'sneaky'
How about sly? It is a long-established word but without the slangy feel of sneaky.
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Single noun for "based on the previous experience with them"?
I think it flows better if you start with 'choice'.
My choice (of them) was based on experience
Or you could continue a previous sencence, if it is not too long:
..., my choice being based on expe …
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Is there a word for preparation with a negative connotation?
For Brit. speakers, 'blinkered' might do. (Blinkers are called 'blinders' in US; I don't think 'He's blindered' would be used!)
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'less' is to 'fewer' as 'more' is to what?
My opinion is that, in principle, 'less' relates to uncountable nouns and 'fewer' relates to countable nouns. However, the concept in the mind of the speaker has an influence. We can say 'less than a …
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Less ambiguous synonym for "hold up"?
The notion of residue might work:
Residual light, residual power, residual energy, residual signal.
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Inverse/Reciprocal word for "affiliate"?
Affiliation seems like a mutable relationship to me, like brotherhood. If , a male, are my brother, then I am your brother. That means that the business is your affiliate. The problem is that the peop …
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Is "huge" slightly informal?
Huge does not seem informal but it does seem a bit emotive. I seems to impart the opinion of the speaker in the example given.
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"On the one/other hand" vs. "on the one/other side"
I always thought that 'on the one side / on the other side' came into English fairly recently because of the influence of Indian languages. Or perhaps it has merely occurred more frequently for that r …
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"It is bad practice ..." vs. "It is a bad practice ..."
Just think what you are trying to convey. If you want to focus on this particular behavoiur, it's 'a bad practice'.
'Bad practice' (uncountable, no article) shows that you are talking about the way …
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Is there a different understanding of "rubber" in British and American English?
Why is solid latex known as rubber? Because of its ability to rub out pencil marks! That being the case, there should be no embarrassment in asking someone for a rubber.
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"By clicking submit you agree..." or "By clicking submit you are agreeing..."
I agree with Born2Smile. Continuous tenses are designed to indicate an activity or process in progress at a certain time; that is not the case here so the present simple is better ...you agree....
Th …
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Use "underway" or "under way" as an adverb?
Dictionaries notwithstanding, underway just looks like a mistake to my eye. It gives the appearance that the writer has got it confused with underpass and underwear.
It is a similar mistake that peo …
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