word choice: data points or datapoints? - English Language & Usage ...
Aug 13, 2019 · Even in JSTOR (an academic database), "datapoint" appears 584 times to "data point"'s 22,876 times. So while data point is much more common, both are attested, so the choice comes …
Point [s] of datum vs. point [s] of data - English Language & Usage ...
Nov 17, 2014 · The only phrasing that I've ever heard "is "data point" and it's my job to work with data. Even that phrase is extremely rate; the commonly used terms are "observation" and "record". Back to …
Use of 'as' instead of 'because' - English Language & Usage Stack …
As one datapoint, one of my co-authors, who is from the West Coast, cannot use as causatively at all, and always rewrites my stuff to use because. In contrast, in my own family from the Inland North, it is …
When to use "lives" as a plural of life?
Aug 5, 2012 · I am confused when talking about a general idea using "our life" when sometimes I feel like using "our lives". Please tell me the correct answer with appropriate explanation.
Correct use of "hereby" on a formal letter [closed]
Apr 10, 2019 · According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary: hereby Adverb by this means Examples of hereby in a Sentence: I hereby declare the Olympic Games officially open. The sum will hereby be …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jul 10, 2019 · In “Toward a Cognitive Semantics”, Leonard Talmy writes: I walked through the tunnel in 10 minutes. I walked along the shore for 10 minutes. In both sentences, the time period is the s...
How derogatory is “chicks” when used to refer to women?
A comment in “What is a feminine version of guys?” got me wondering: how derogatory is the use of chicks to refer to women (either in general, or to a specific group). To me (I'm a man), it was quite
"On the one/other hand" vs. "on the one/other side"
Jul 1, 2012 · I think "on the one side" is even more rare than the Ngram indicates. Leafing thru the hits, many examples don't fit this context (e.g., "six cubits wide on the one side," or, "the join fields on the …
grammar - Funnily enough or Funny enough - English Language
Feb 6, 2020 · The problem is the two meanings of "funnily" OED: Funnily 1: In an amusing or humorous manner; comically. 1929 Manitoba Free Press 19 Nov. 19/2 [The play] is produced against settings …
meaning - Is “curiouser” in fact a word (like in the famous phrase ...
Feb 11, 2011 · In Standard English, this is not a properly formed word; the standard form is "more curious". As a general principle, the comparative -er suffix attaches to monosyllabic words, and more …