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Are "ins", "hrs", "mins" and "secs" the technically correct plural abbreviations for "inches", "hours", "minutes" and "seconds"?

asked Feb 27, 2014 at 13:48

12 votes

1 answer

417k views

Is 'As per our discussion' and 'As per your instructions' wrong? [duplicate]

grammar

asked Feb 26, 2014 at 16:18

8 votes

3 answers

349 views

That’s what makes Tony Tony

punctuation

asked Oct 23, 2019 at 15:19

7 votes

1 answer

85k views

What does it mean when someone says "Would you please indulge me for a couple of minutes?"? [closed]

word-usage

asked Feb 27, 2014 at 0:29

6 votes

2 answers

28k views

Struck vs Stricken

meaning word-choice past-participles variants strong-verbs

asked Jan 25, 2015 at 1:27

6 votes

4 answers

1k views

Is it acceptable to use a single hyphen as a dash (as the BBC does)?

punctuation british-english hyphenation dashes typography

asked Jan 25, 2015 at 3:31

6 votes

2 answers

6k views

Is "exemplar" a synonym for the word "example"? [closed]

vocabulary

asked Oct 15, 2014 at 13:48

5 votes

1 answer

13k views

The Interrupting Colon – ie a colon after a verb

punctuation

asked Feb 26, 2014 at 21:06

5 votes

3 answers

192k views

Is "in fact" always set off by commas mid-sentence?

punctuation

asked Feb 27, 2014 at 15:52

5 votes

5 answers

31k views

Which is the correct idiom – "When worst comes to worst" or "When worse comes to worst"? [closed]

word-choice idioms superlative-degree

asked Feb 26, 2014 at 3:48

5 votes

1 answer

5k views

'[sic]' to indicate punctuation errors

punctuation

asked Apr 6, 2013 at 1:12

4 votes

1 answer

33k views

Would "mid-to-late" and "low-to-mid" hyphenated as compound modifiers?

punctuation

asked Feb 14, 2014 at 14:29

4 votes

3 answers

4k views

Are 'rich' and 'cold' relative or absolute terms?

phrases

asked Feb 26, 2014 at 11:12

3 votes

3 answers

18k views

Is it grammatically incorrect to follow the abbreviations ie and eg with etc? [duplicate]

grammar

asked Feb 26, 2014 at 16:41

3 votes

1 answer

5k views

Predicative Position of Adjectives: Do We Hyphenate after the Verb?

punctuation

asked Feb 26, 2014 at 22:01

3 votes

2 answers

272 views

Single Markers Used For Punctuation of Plurals

punctuation

asked Feb 14, 2014 at 14:52

3 votes

3 answers

40k views

Bracketed Capital Letter [duplicate]

punctuation square-brackets

asked Apr 6, 2013 at 0:00

3 votes

1 answer

441 views

Punctuation of possessive quotations

punctuation quotes

asked Jan 2, 2014 at 3:30

3 votes

1 answer

25k views

Do we put a comma before "then" when it's the last word in a sentence?

punctuation

asked Feb 12, 2014 at 14:24

3 votes

1 answer

49k views

"mid" without a following hyphen in these words?

word-usage punctuation writing-style hyphenation

asked Jan 19, 2015 at 3:06

3 votes

3 answers

11k views

Comma after 'is'? [duplicate]

punctuation commas

asked Jan 26, 2015 at 2:47

3 votes

2 answers

5k views

A host of competitive offers has / have been received

grammar verb-agreement

asked Jan 21, 2015 at 3:58

2 votes

4 answers

8k views

"Let's you and I/me be fair with each other."

grammar pronouns grammatical-case

asked Jan 26, 2015 at 21:52

2 votes

1 answer

73 views

Ergative with Because [closed]

grammar punctuation commas

asked Jan 23, 2015 at 13:40

2 votes

2 answers

17k views

Trademark names that start with a lowercase letter -- do we cap the lowercase letter when it starts a sentence? [duplicate]

capitalization

asked Jan 20, 2015 at 4:32

2 votes

1 answer

6k views

soon-to-be ex-wife or soon-to-be-ex-wife

punctuation

asked Jan 14, 2015 at 4:00

2 votes

2 answers

4k views

Three inches of snow is/are expected? [closed]

grammar

asked Jan 11, 2015 at 12:24

2 votes

1 answer

2k views

Comma needed after "hour" in a 2-hour 15-minute traffic delay [duplicate]

punctuation

asked Jan 11, 2015 at 17:29

2 votes

2 answers

2k views

Possessive of Quoted Song Title in Quotes

punctuation possessives quotation-marks titles

asked Apr 6, 2013 at 12:22

2 votes

2 answers

3k views

Placement of full stops and inverted commas (not a duplicate, per se)

punctuation

asked Feb 14, 2014 at 18:21

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148 Questions

Are "ins", "hrs", "mins" and "secs" the technically correct plural abbreviations for "inches", "hours", "minutes" and "seconds"?

Is 'As per our discussion' and 'As per your instructions' wrong? [duplicate]

That’s what makes Tony Tony

What does it mean when someone says "Would you please indulge me for a couple of minutes?"? [closed]

Struck vs Stricken

Is it acceptable to use a single hyphen as a dash (as the BBC does)?

Is "exemplar" a synonym for the word "example"? [closed]

The Interrupting Colon – ie a colon after a verb

Is "in fact" always set off by commas mid-sentence?

Which is the correct idiom – "When worst comes to worst" or "When worse comes to worst"? [closed]

'[sic]' to indicate punctuation errors

Would "mid-to-late" and "low-to-mid" hyphenated as compound modifiers?

Are 'rich' and 'cold' relative or absolute terms?

Is it grammatically incorrect to follow the abbreviations ie and eg with etc? [duplicate]

Predicative Position of Adjectives: Do We Hyphenate after the Verb?

Single Markers Used For Punctuation of Plurals

Bracketed Capital Letter [duplicate]

Punctuation of possessive quotations

Do we put a comma before "then" when it's the last word in a sentence?

"mid" without a following hyphen in these words?

Comma after 'is'? [duplicate]

A host of competitive offers has / have been received

"Let's you and I/me be fair with each other."

Ergative with Because [closed]

Trademark names that start with a lowercase letter -- do we cap the lowercase letter when it starts a sentence? [duplicate]

soon-to-be ex-wife or soon-to-be-ex-wife

Three inches of snow is/are expected? [closed]

Comma needed after "hour" in a 2-hour 15-minute traffic delay [duplicate]

Possessive of Quoted Song Title in Quotes

Placement of full stops and inverted commas (not a duplicate, per se)