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Why is "distro", rather than "distri", short for "distribution" in Linux world?

asked Mar 5, 2014 at 10:56

33 votes

2 answers

14k views

Concatenate vs. Catenate

asked Sep 5, 2013 at 8:08

20 votes

2 answers

46k views

Implementor vs. Implementer [closed]

asked Sep 10, 2014 at 0:47

10 votes

3 answers

31k views

"integer multiple" vs. "integral multiple"

asked Feb 20, 2013 at 14:24

10 votes

3 answers

16k views

"Short for" vs. "Stands for"

asked Jan 26, 2015 at 3:09

9 votes

3 answers

4k views

Why is “one hundreds” in plural form on this stack of hundred dollar bills?

asked May 1, 2022 at 1:27

8 votes

2 answers

42k views

"A and B both are" vs. "A and B are both" vs. "Both A and B are" vs. "Both of A and B are"?

asked Mar 6, 2014 at 3:26

7 votes

5 answers

3k views

Why isn't "witness" the third-person singular form in the example sentence?

asked Apr 25, 2022 at 5:55

6 votes

4 answers

23k views

"First off" vs "first"

asked Jan 28, 2013 at 15:49

5 votes

3 answers

4k views

"running on Windows" vs. "running under Windows" [duplicate]

asked Dec 24, 2012 at 17:39

5 votes

3 answers

1k views

Why is "second" an adverb in "came a close second"?

asked Jun 10 at 5:07

4 votes

3 answers

2k views

What's the exact meaning of "You should have passed the exam."? [duplicate]

asked Dec 23, 2016 at 8:54

4 votes

3 answers

2k views

What does it mean by "the round-trip problem"?

asked Jul 16, 2013 at 14:56

4 votes

3 answers

2k views

How to pronounce "80x86", "Linux 2.6", and "Figure 3-1"?

asked Mar 10, 2014 at 8:57

4 votes

2 answers

8k views

How to correctly use double quotation marks at the end of a sentence? [duplicate]

asked Sep 18, 2013 at 1:28

3 votes

3 answers

10k views

"He will come back in two hours" vs. "He will come back after two hours"

asked Nov 19, 2014 at 13:43

2 votes

6 answers

2k views

How to pronounce number, say 1024, in programming world? [closed]

asked Mar 26, 2014 at 2:25

2 votes

1 answer

1k views

How to pronounce “arch” in Linuxese?

asked May 13, 2014 at 3:35

2 votes

1 answer

2k views

Under which cases should an article (a/an/the) not be used? [duplicate]

asked Feb 26, 2013 at 6:21

2 votes

1 answer

433 views

"trust the fact" vs. "trust to the fact"?

asked Dec 20, 2012 at 8:57

2 votes

2 answers

89k views

"I did it by myself" vs "I did it myself" [duplicate]

asked Jan 16, 2013 at 12:03

2 votes

1 answer

127 views

How to correctly express the subjunctive mood in future tense?

asked Jun 3, 2015 at 0:52

2 votes

2 answers

176 views

"length in bytes" vs "length by the byte" and "paid in hours" vs "paid by the hour"

asked Jan 26, 2013 at 19:31

1 vote

2 answers

3k views

What's the subtle differences between "pick up" and "pick out"? [closed]

asked Mar 24, 2017 at 2:20

1 vote

1 answer

8k views

"Why can I not" vs. "Why can not I" [closed]

asked Apr 6, 2015 at 6:32

1 vote

3 answers

2k views

"compiled with gcc" vs "compiled in gcc"

asked Feb 2, 2013 at 12:10

1 vote

2 answers

3k views

"number of books" or "book count"?

asked Feb 21, 2013 at 3:37

1 vote

2 answers

3k views

"Release", "free", or "delete allocated memory"?

asked Mar 2, 2013 at 16:11

1 vote

4 answers

2k views

"It can be safely deleted" vs. "It can safely be deleted"

asked Jun 18, 2013 at 2:45

1 vote

2 answers

215 views

Is the sentence "Format complete" wrong?

asked Mar 5, 2014 at 1:39

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55 Questions

Why is "distro", rather than "distri", short for "distribution" in Linux world?

Concatenate vs. Catenate

Implementor vs. Implementer [closed]

"integer multiple" vs. "integral multiple"

"Short for" vs. "Stands for"

Why is “one hundreds” in plural form on this stack of hundred dollar bills?

"A and B both are" vs. "A and B are both" vs. "Both A and B are" vs. "Both of A and B are"?

Why isn't "witness" the third-person singular form in the example sentence?

"First off" vs "first"

"running on Windows" vs. "running under Windows" [duplicate]

Why is "second" an adverb in "came a close second"?

What's the exact meaning of "You should have passed the exam."? [duplicate]

What does it mean by "the round-trip problem"?

How to pronounce "80x86", "Linux 2.6", and "Figure 3-1"?

How to correctly use double quotation marks at the end of a sentence? [duplicate]

"He will come back in two hours" vs. "He will come back after two hours"

How to pronounce number, say 1024, in programming world? [closed]

How to pronounce “arch” in Linuxese?

Under which cases should an article (a/an/the) not be used? [duplicate]

"trust the fact" vs. "trust to the fact"?

"I did it by myself" vs "I did it myself" [duplicate]

How to correctly express the subjunctive mood in future tense?

"length in bytes" vs "length by the byte" and "paid in hours" vs "paid by the hour"

What's the subtle differences between "pick up" and "pick out"? [closed]

"Why can I not" vs. "Why can not I" [closed]

"compiled with gcc" vs "compiled in gcc"

"number of books" or "book count"?

"Release", "free", or "delete allocated memory"?

"It can be safely deleted" vs. "It can safely be deleted"

Is the sentence "Format complete" wrong?