Jan 23, 2018 · For what it’s worth, walkthrough is common in my programming and gaming circles. Walk-through seems to be preferred elsewhere—there’s a general trend for hyphenated terms to become single words over time, and this is a relatively new example. However, I would only use walk through if I meant it as a prepositional verb, as in “Let’s walk through some …

Mar 21, 2014 · Here is an interesting discussion of US versus U.S. versus USA versus U.S.A. from Wikipedia: Manual of Style: In American and Canadian English, U.S. (with periods) is the dominant abbreviation for United States. US (without periods) is more common in most other national forms of English. Some major American guides to style, such as The Chicago Manual …

What of and what about are not idioms; they don't mean something other than the sum of their parts. To contrast what of with what about is contrasting of and about. Are they perfectly synonymous? Some say there are no perfect synonyms. But for all intents and purposes, in this use, what of and what about are interchangeable. Of: about; concerning. About: concerning; …

Jul 28, 2020 · "Schedule production on these materials" vs. "Schedule production of these materials" These two confuse me as the following sentence sound more appropriate using "of." "Production of these materials will take place in November." -- In this case, we cannot use "on." Thanks in advance!

Jan 3, 2013 · They are both correct for different situations. For example, As on 16 May, he again failed to arrive at work on time. and As of 16 May he will have worked here for a full year.

Dec 3, 2022 · Apparently, both call in sick and call out sick are used and there is a regional difference in usage in U.S. English. Based on a poll where 7493 US adults surveyed, calling in sick is the most popular phrase in the United States and regionally most popular in the Midwest, while calling out sick is most popular in the Northeast, and possibly used in New York area …

Aug 28, 2012 · In British English and in the context of mathematics, is it more correct to say one parameterises a curve, or one parametrises a curve? In other words, which spelling should be used to align with the

Dec 22, 2014 · Sentence: it's not what's on the table that matters, but who (is/are) in the chairs. I thought are might be correct because of plural chairs, but family members disagree.

Jan 4, 2016 · When adressing a group of people and wanting to find out who belongs to a certain subgroup, is it correct to use "who of you" or "which of you" at the beginning of the question? For example, would ...

Oct 7, 2011 · I've just heard your sister is waiting on you with the meaning of wait for (as in wait for the bus). Up to now I had only encountered wait on with the meaning of attend to / serve. Is this use o...