In Korea, they are using “PD“, denoting a person ‘in charge of managing a production as in a TV show or film'(wiktionary.com). But the word for the person seems to be director, not producer, who (producer) “supervises and controls the finances, creation, and public presentation of a play, film,”(freedictionary.com) ; “one (producer) who produces an … Read more
It may seem a bit odd to return a number for the day of the week, so there’s a function to return the day as its name. The DAYNAME function works like DAYOFWEEK or WEEKDAY but returns a string with the name instead, as shown in Example 8-12. As you can see, an alpha answer … Read more
An example: US Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wants to make sure the Federal Communications Commission never interferes with “states’ rights” to protect private Internet service providers from having to compete against municipal broadband networks. From: http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/congresswoman-defends-states-rights-to-protect-isps-from-muni-competition Looks like some kind of an abbreviation to me. Answer It means that the person is a Republican member … Read more
I would like to use the abbreviation cf. to mean see, like I do all the time when writing in French. E.g. “cf. figure 8” would mean “see/refer to/check out figure 8“. I read on Wikipedia that While the use of cf. for “see” is widespread, The Chicago Manual of Style holds that it should … Read more
When we provide the full name of a term, and define its abbreviation, which one goes in parentheses? The full form or the abbreviation? I have observed both! If both are OK, which one is more formal? Example: There are many factors that can improve your webpage’s rank in SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages). OR … Read more
I can’t find in Google any list of the money abbreviations used by English people. I need to know how to continue this list: 1,000 = K 1,000,000 = M (or KK for odd speaking) What is the next, maybe “B” of billion and also “KKK” for odd speaking? What are the abbreviations for the … Read more
I know that “Jackson jr.” means Jackson the junior, but what about Jackson the elder? How do they abbreviate “elder” in American English? Answer They don’t, because the word used is “senior”, not “elder”. (“Senior” is abbreviated “Sr.”) When referring to relatives, “elder” is most often used for siblings. In this context, its opposite is … Read more
