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Plain coffee or tea VS black coffee or tea
A few points:
Black tea can be sweetened or not.
Black tea means tea made from black leaves, not tea with no milk.
Sweet tea means something different than tea with sugar.
Unsweetened tea means ...
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Plain coffee or tea VS black coffee or tea
can it be ALSO called "PLAIN COFEE?"
No. To me that would mean an "ordinary" coffee, i.e. one without any unusual additives*, a phrase that is not helpful.
If yes
The answer is &...
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Get the path "to" vs "of" vs "for" a file?
A method to get the path of the file.
Of = that is contextually associated with - compare "The key of the door."
A method to get the path to a file.
to = that is towards; that is in the ...
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Get the path "to" vs "of" vs "for" a file?
If you are asking about the usage or selection of prepositions, I would say that to is always suitable for the context. Under the presupposition or implication that there is only one path for a ...
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What are possible substitutes for basically used as a weak qualifier?
One approach would be to rephrase the sentence to use the adjective "widespread" instead of an adverb, e.g.:
Voting by mail has earned/gained widespread acceptance over the past few months.
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What’s the Word for representing someone else and taking actions on their behalf/in their name”?
deputize (wordhippo)
Temporarily act or speak on behalf of someone else
Obviously the person you "deputize" becomes your deputy (he'd say he's deputizing for you).
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Is "samuraily" correct?
No, "samuraily" is not a correct or recognized word in English.
Instead, you could use the term "bushido" to refer to the knightly traditions of the samurai class in Japan. Bushido ...
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Is there an idiom to say "However hard we try/ teach, nothing goes in"?
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink” this means you can try to teach something but it is up to them to learn it. Often times said when the subject is refusing to “drink the ...
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What’s the Word for representing someone else and taking actions on their behalf/in their name”?
Proxy works great, but in this sense:
A person appointed or authorized to act on behalf of another (OED).
The proxy is a person; Max is John’s proxy. Grantors pick their proxies.
So your UI text ...
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What’s the Word for representing someone else and taking actions on their behalf/in their name”?
For this usage - and for the question you pose in your text - there are many relevant nouns such as locum, proxy, deputy, stand-in, surrogate, delegate, factor (in Scots), plenipotentiary ... it would ...
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Is there a word to reference a previous dot-point?
Starting the second bullet point with "Consequently,..." might work, depending on the relationship between the two items in the list.
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hereinafter or abbreviate
As Yosef notes in a comment, hereinafter is very old-fashioned: you'll only ever find it used today in formal legal documents like leases and statutes.
I would say
... File 1234 (All files cited are ...
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What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden changes of mood?
impetuous [M-W]
marked by impulsive vehemence or passion
an impetuous temperament
Example sentence:
She was an impetuous woman, a woman who was prone to quick outbursts
and fiery changes of mood.
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What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden changes of mood?
The word you want really is: "temperamental". My Webster's defines this term as: "marked by excessive sensitivity and impulsive changes of mood". But if you are writing fiction, ...
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Recommended replacement for 'literally'?
Although this question is nearly a decade old, it appears to have never received a good answer.
The word "literally" would not have existed since the 16th century if its original usage weren'...
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What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden changes of mood?
Since a comment has mentioned the temperaments, the classical temperament of someone who is prone to outbursts and fiery changes of mood is choleric. But cholerics are also stubborn.
On the other hand,...
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What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden changes of mood?
I suggest volatile
likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by getting worse
or
capricious
showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour
changing suddenly and quickly
or
erratic
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Is "out of" instead of "from" colloquial, always okay or simply wrong?
Based purely on my past experience as a foreigner in the US, the phrase "something is made out of something" seems much more common to me than "something is made from something". I ...
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What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden changes of mood?
Perhaps mercurial. My dictionary (Chambers 13 edn) includes
active, sprightly, often changing
in its definition of the word.
In former times a woman, such as in the example sentence, might be ...
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What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden changes of mood?
moody adjective
2
: subject to moods : TEMPERAMENTAL
Merriam-Webster
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What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden changes of mood?
You could call such a person tempestuous, if by 'fancy' you mean 'literary':
characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion (Oxford Languages)
1] of, involving, or like a tempest 2] ...
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Detail (countable) vs detail (uncountable) vs details (plural only)
Detail (countable):
I don't much like the colour, but that's a minor detail.(You urgently need a reliable car and don't care too much about its appearance.)
Detail (uncountable):
I need to study ...
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Clear vs. Clearly
Sadly, the accepted answer here is incorrect. As Merriam-Webster confirms, both clear and clearly can be used as adverbs meaning "in a clear manner." So "clear" and "clearly&...
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Hail vs flag down
Strictly "hail" would imply calling out to the taxi, and "flag down" would imply gesturing to the taxi. However they are often used interchangeably when it comes to taxis. In ...
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Can criteria "pass" or "fail" or must criteria be "met" or "not met?"
A system can pass the criterion — that is to say, pass the test.
criterion, n.
b. A test, principle, rule, canon, or standard, by which anything is judged or estimated. Source: Oxford English
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Can criteria "pass" or "fail" or must criteria be "met" or "not met?"
I support your feelings.
Merriam Webster
criterion:
a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
Hence a criterion cannot pass or fail. People or tests made against a criterion may fail ...
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Do you use the word 'readers' when talking about a play?
I would probably use the word "Audience" because audience could be somebody viewing, or reading the play
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Is a "convivial item" a good way to describe an item that makes you happy or is there a better word?
While you could use "convivial" to describe an item that brings you happiness in the sense that it creates a cheerful, sociable atmosphere, it might not be the most common or intuitive way ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
I was surprised only two people suggested ethical but not as their main answer? Seems a good fit to me although honest and kind works pretty well too.
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Difference among "suspicion" - "doubt" - "reservation"
If this were me writing this phrase, I'd have said "considerable suspicion". I have reservations/doubts/suspicions (all three are fine), and for that reason, I regard the deal with suspicion....
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
One word would be "righteous". Sometimes comes on a bit strong, so best used in true cases.
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
Let's look at each of your examples.
I was supervised by a kind professor. He always let me be
the first author of my articles despite the common practice at the
university.
I used the word kind in ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
Incorruptible, honourable. It's generally more colourful to use a combination of words for that idea, incorruptible, steadfast, unflinching, unwavering virtue.
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Food-service place in an amusement arcade
I assume you mean a stand offering food and drinks located within a larger venue, rather than a separate area with (say) its own seating.
In American English, this is a concession stand. Collins ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
The word zealous can be applied to moral virtue.
showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective.
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Food-service place in an amusement arcade
Cafeteria, as suggested by @LPH works well, and another term you could use may be 'food court.' Although a food court generally includes many different restaurants concentrated in one area, the word ...
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Food-service place in an amusement arcade
The word "cafeteria" is proper.
(OALD) cafeteria noun /ˌkæfəˈtɪəriə/ /ˌkæfəˈtɪriə/
a restaurant where you choose and pay for your meal before you carry it to a table. Cafeterias are often ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
How about simply moral ?
This evokes an image of someone whose main concern is doing things the right way. This also necessarily evokes a strictness and even boringness of outlook in the minds of more ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
This word altruistic comes to my mind.
altruistic adjective al·tru·is·tic ˌal-trü-ˈi-stik
relating to or given to altruism:
a: having or showing
an unselfish concern for the welfare of others ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
How about respectable?
I was supervised by a respectable professor. He always let me be the first author of my articles despite the common practice at the
university.
She wants her daughter to marry ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
How about upright?
Note that this word has been mentioned several times in the definitions of other words.
Merriam-Webster defines "upright" as follows:
1 a: PERPENDICULAR, VERTICAL
b: ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
If you would also be OK with a noun, I suggest:
My supervising professor was a mensch. He always let me be the first
author of my articles despite the common practice at the university.
Mensch (n.)
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
Righteous is a bit stylized, but I regularly use it myself when I'm willing to be poetic/flowery.
adjective
characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
morally right ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
Principled or high-principled [M-W]:
exhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle.
Example sentences:
She took a principled stand on funding public education.
a high-principled art expert who ...
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What's the difference between 'resolve' and 'solve'?
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms (1984) offers the following useful discussion of how solve and resolve differ in precise sense within the area where their meanings broadly overlap:
solve, ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
One such word would be scrupulous, defined as
having scruples; being careful to do nothing morally wrong.
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
In the contexts you provide, the word irreproachable would work well. It is defined by TfD as:
Perfect or blameless in every respect; faultless
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
Integrity does have an adjectival form, integrous. It is rare, however, and its Wiktionary definition includes a usage note:
Integrity is much more common than its adjectival form, integrous. Most ...
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Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
You could use virtuous
having good moral qualities and behaviour:
He described them as virtuous and hard-working people.
or
upstanding (the formal equivalent of @TaliesinMerlin's answer)
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