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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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"Begs the question" or "Raises the question"?
"To beg the question" means "to raise the question," or "to invite an obvious question."
From the context of that sentence, I would think that "beg the question" is used with the second meaning I repo …
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Is it "to shave my beard" or "to shave my face"?
I shaved my beard this morning.
I shaved my face this morning.
Which one is the correct sentence?
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'in sense' v.s. 'point of view'
The NOAD reports the following meaning for point of view, and in a sense:
point of view /pɔɪnt əv/ /ə vju/
noun
a particular attitude or way of considering a matter: I'm trying to get Matthew …
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Should I use "who" or "that" when referring to an organisation?
As reported from the NOAD (New Oxford American Dictionary), that is used to replace who, whom, and which; it is also used to introduce a defining or restrictive clause, especially one essential to ide …
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What is the difference between "nevermind" and "never mind"?
It's never mind. It would be written never-mind if it would be used as modifier.
? It's a never-mind talk.
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"Apply a patch" vs. "Install a patch"
Apply a patch seems more natural, to me, as it reminds me of apply a patch referred to a piece of cloth applied to a weak point.
I also normally use the word patch when referring to an operation made …
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What is the difference between "detrimental" and "harmful"?
Harmful means (basing on what the NOAD reports) "causing or likely to cause harm"; detrimental means "tending to cause harm".
Harmful should be used for something that effectively (or probably) cau …
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Are "so" and "so that" interchangeable?
So that means "with the result that", "with the aim that", "in order that".
It was overgrown with brambles, so that she had difficulty making any progress.
They whisper to each other so that no …
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What is the difference between "affect" and "influence"?
Influenced means "having the character, development, or behavior changed by something or somebody."
Affected means "influenced or touched by an external factor."
Affected doesn't seem to have a negat …
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"Interchange" and "exchange"
Interchange, as verb, means
(of two or more people) exchange things with each other
(of a thing) be able to be exchanged with another
As noun, interchange means
the action of interchanging thin …
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Use of "compute" and "calculate"
The meanings of compute are essentially:
calculate or reckon a figure or amount
make a calculation, especially using a computer
(informal, used with negative) seem reasonable; make sense
The meani …
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What is the right phrase describing a meeting in school with parents?
I would use the first sentence ("We have a teacher-parent meeting on Monday 9th"), but the other two are equally valid. The third sentence uses conference, for which one of the definitions is "a forma …
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Difference between 'infectious' and 'contagious'
The NOAD has the following notes about the usage of contagious and infectious:
Strictly, a contagious disease is one transmitted by physical contact, whereas an infectious one is transmitted via m …
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Reward vs Award
The first sentence should be
My employer rewarded me with a trip to Hawaii.
The two verbs have a different meaning; to award suggests that the giver is in some sense a judge, and that the thing …
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Based vs Located
For how I understand it, based at Shirley means the center of operations are on Shirley, while located in Shirley could refer to one of the agencies of the business.
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