Search Results
| Search type | Search syntax |
|---|---|
| Tags | [tag] |
| Exact | "words here" |
| Author |
user:1234 user:me (yours) |
| Score |
score:3 (3+) score:0 (none) |
| Answers |
answers:3 (3+) answers:0 (none) isaccepted:yes hasaccepted:no inquestion:1234 |
| Views | views:250 |
| Code | code:"if (foo != bar)" |
| Sections |
title:apples body:"apples oranges" |
| URL | url:"*.example.com" |
| Saves | in:saves |
| Status |
closed:yes duplicate:no migrated:no wiki:no |
| Types |
is:question is:answer |
| Exclude |
-[tag] -apples |
| For more details on advanced search visit our help page | |
Results tagged with word-usage
Search options not deleted
user 68851
This tag is for questions about correctly using a word. The word has to be provided within the question. The question should be limited to the usage of one word. For the usage of complete phrases there is the tag phrase-usage.
2
votes
"if" used to introduce facts
It's strictly wrong to use "if" to describe a condition that has already been established, but it is seen often enough that the term "common usage" has conferred a kind of correctness on it. So you mi …
- 3,364
3
votes
Can one use "much" as in the statement "I am looking forward to seeing you much"?
Much is just one of those words that needs very in a sentence like the one you quoted, otherwise it just doesn't sound right. Oddly enough, it's fine when expressed as a negative.
I would very much l …
- 3,364
1
vote
Is it correct to say (Name of University) Academic Community welcome guests and participants...
If it's intended as a verb, you have to ask: Academic Community Welcome whom? It doesn't say who or what is being welcomed.
If it's being used as an imperative, "Welcome!", then it imples that it's t …
- 3,364
1
vote
Accepted
Meaning: one Benghazi revelation away from impeachment
You said it's the phrase one Benghazi revelation that is puzzling you. It might be clearer if you mentally re-write it as one Benghazi-type revelation. One more scandal of the type that Obama was embr …
- 3,364
0
votes
Touch an extension - meaning
I believe it's a reference to the feature of an office phone by which you can connect to someone in the same office by pressing a single button, called an "extension". It might have been better to say …
- 3,364
1
vote
What does “Cultures are circular” mean?
A circular argument is one where Fact A is the explanation for Fact B, and Fact B is the explanation for Fact A. Asians are motivated to educate their children because they have an education culture, …
- 3,364
4
votes
Accepted
Is it accurate/correct/proper to call an abusive dictator a megalomaniac?
Your genocidal dictator might not be megalomaniac in having a "clear understanding of what they were and weren't capable of", as you put it. But that is only true in terms of his immediate methods. Th …
- 3,364
0
votes
"Massager" vs "masseuse"
It's one of a pair of words of French origin: masseur, for a male; masseuse for a female.
Other examples are: chanteur, chanteuse for a singer; entrepreneur, entrepreneuse, for someone engaged in co …
- 3,364
-1
votes
You yourself - double pronoun
You have made up the illusory world in which you move yourself.
You yourself have made up the illusory world in which you move.
As you said, the first of those is ambiguous. The second is clear in m …
- 3,364