I have no trouble reading the following, even though they say not to use “and” twice in a sentence without a comma: The bulk of the expense came from all the lost opportunities and all the rabbits and other fluffy tailed creatures needed during the implementation phase. Why is this allowed? Does it have to … Read more
For example, should it be: A) Ask the Science, Math, or Art teachers. or B) Ask the Science, Math, or Art teacher. ? Answer Technically, you would only use “teacher” if there was one teacher for each of the subjects Science, Math(s), and Art. The choice is being presented as exclusive (science teacher OR math … Read more
Which one is the most proper way to structure a list comprising “metabolic diseases,” “microvascular complications,” and “macrovascular complications” in the following example: High blood glucose increases the risk of metabolic diseases, microvascular complications, and macrovascular complications. metabolic diseases, microvascular, and macrovascular complications. metabolic diseases and microvascular and macrovascular complications. metabolic diseases, and microvascular and … Read more
From what I’ve gathered, it’s best to place a list at the end of a sentence. But I’m having a hard time fixing the following sentences without affecting the meaning. The sentences in question: But if you press X, Y, or Z on your keyboard, the cube will only move along the corresponding global axis. … Read more
When we use more than one adjective, e.g. The big, red, bouncy balloon. The list of three adjectives {big, red, and bouncy} is a list, so by rights it should be separated by commas, with an “and” between the last two terms. If somebody asked us to describe the balloon we would without hesitation say … Read more
All of the above tends to be used to refer to options that have been described in previous lines in a bulleted list, and I’m wondering how to do the same in a sentence. For example, would the following sentence be correct, and would there be a better way that merely saying “all three”: They … Read more
In an academic paper I currently say the following: State-of-the-art research tackles parts of the problem: security and multi-tenancy solutions exist but require hardware, do not meet shared use security concerns or are not applicable to constrained devices. What I intend to convey is that these solutions either: require possible hardware and/or not meet shared-use … Read more
Is the following sentence a correct usage of the word “respectively”, or can it only be used if the things it is referring to are listed in the same sentence? “There was a dog, a cat, and a hamster. Their names were Jess, Marc and Sam respectively.” Answer I think the usage works just fine. … Read more
any suggestions for the following list: “such as: joiner, Hollaender swivel T, Hollaender horizontal flat plate, jr. end piece, Hollaender split cross, flange base, [Matthews] Big Ben, speedrail ear, swiveling alum. Cheeseboro, Modern swiveling cheeseboro, Modern sliding D-ring, grid clamp to 3/8” thread (often used with cheeseplate), side mount jr. grid clamp, baby grid clamp, … Read more
Is there any conjugated full list of verbs in English available? I’ve found lists of the most common ones but I’d like to have a full list that takes into account all the irregular ones as well. Answer I think this list is very complete with most of the most common verbs but also irregular … Read more
