A friend made a typo when writing “bee sting” and wrote “beesting” but apparently this is also a word according to Merriam-Webster. Does anyone actually use “beesting” if so, is it a result of some sort of localisation? Answer Bee sting, beesting and bee-sting all work. But generally, beesting is not used because when you … Read more
The example that I have is from South Africa. Chartered accountants here abbreviate their titles in emails to: CA(SA) This is meant to abbreviate “Chartered Accountant (South Africa)”. I feel, however, that this may be a mistake that is propagated by a precedent set by other accountants. Is it not more correct to use a … Read more
I want to write “conditional (mean imputation)” and “unconditional (mean imputation)” shorter, which of these 4 is the best way to do that? If multiple ways are correct, which is the most common (in American English)? (un)conditional or (un-)conditional or (un) conditional or (un-) conditional Which way of writing is correct; and Edit: for clarification: … Read more
Sometimes I found it written as “WebPages” and sometimes it is “Web Pages” .. I’m confused should it be written as one word or two words ?! Answer Here is an Ngram chart of "web page" (blue line) versus "web pages" (red line) versus "webpage" (green line) versus "webpages" (yellow line) for the period 1980–2019: … Read more
Checking Oxford Dictionaries Online, I find the noun blacklist, written as one word, and the noun white list, written as two. There is no black list defined as a compound written open, and there is no whitelist written closed-up. Why this inconsistency in spelling? How did blacklist end up being written as one word, but … Read more
I have been writing a research proposal. In a particular part of the proposal, I talk about statistical methods that will be used to avoid “overfitting.” This is a statistical concept describing a situation in which a model is overly complex and therefore has low error but not because of real signal but because of … Read more
Well-known game journalists TotalBiscuit and Jim Sterling use [the number of frames per second] fps instead of 30FPS or 30 FPS, without an intervening space between the units and the following units (like 30fps or 60fps). Example One http://www.thejimquisition.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutants-in-manhattan-review/ PC users will be delighted to know it’s [the game] locked at 30fps on all platforms. Example Two … Read more
So I know “alot” should be written “a lot” and I have seen this amusing post on the treatment: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.nz/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html However, why is a word like “ahead” OK? Surely they are doing the same thing, aren’t they? I have read the question Why is writing "alot" such a common mistake? but it doesn’t answer my … Read more
I’m writing an informational essay that includes a description of an organization called Shepherd Community Center, and they say they work primarily in the "near Eastside of Indianapolis." I’d like to include this phrase in my essay, but their punctuation, capitalization, and/or spacing doesn’t look right. What is the proper way to capitalize, punctuate, and … Read more
In this answer, it is suggested that the Chicago Manual of Style (CMoS) specifies whether spaces precede a footnote indicator. The main three choices I see being: Here is no space.1 Here is a hair space. 2 Here is a full space. 3 I’d like to know where in the CMoS it specifies which style to … Read more
