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Should "lecturer" be capitalised?
At work, I am sending notifications out to individual students about their lecturer contacting them. My boss keeps writing the phrase “Your Lecturer will be in touch soon”, however I thought in this ...
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Is there a term to describe someone that is neither genuine or a hypocrite?
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Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's ...
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How did "muggins" come into use?
In an episode of "Yes Minister", the Rt. Hon. James Hacker is appointed to be "Transportation Supremo" - in charge of devising an integrated transport policy. His permanent ...
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What exactly is a "building" in Britain?
My question relates specifically to multi-storey residential buildings with several flats on each floor. Not necessarily high-rises or a "block of flats". An example would be the following ...
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Correct usage with compound nouns [closed]
He met an accomplished Hogwarts Witch Hermione Granger. (incorrect)
1'. He met an accomplished Hogwarts Witch, Hermione Granger.(correct)(accepting capitalisation)
He met a Witch Hermione Granger. (...
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Does the word ”attention” have a verb? [closed]
I studied the nominalisation, but I'm so confused if the noun ”attention” regards as nominalisation, and if say so, what its verb?
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Is there a verb meaning to accompany a superior person to help him/her through out his/her travel?
I tried to find the verb for the action of a person traveling along with a superior person (in rank or age) to help throughout the journey. I couldn't find out one.
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Jack _____ his mom to ...
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Is "Underground" a proper noun or a common noun?
The definition on the Oxford Dictionary is a little bit confusing for me. The dictionary doesn't call it a proper noun, but the first letter is capitalised in the example.
Since I know the ...
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The use of the word "moot" as a noun
First I want to be clear, I'm from the Westminster system, we use the British English in my country of origin, and so I have had a hard time with adapting to American English usage in both writing and ...
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Can "hurl" be used as a noun in British English?
I read the definition of the word hurl in some dictionaries: Collins English Dictionary says it can be used as a noun in British English meaning "4. the act or an instance of hurling". However, ...
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What is the general name for someone who does fraud [closed]
What is someone who does fraud called?
I tried to look in the dictionary with words like 'frauder' and similar things but did get any results.
I tried google with searches like 'What is someone that ...
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Treating initialisms as nouns
When writing scientific articles, it is fairly common to abbreviate "randomised, controlled trial" to "RCT". Should one later refer to "a double-blind RCT" or "a double-blind, RCT"?
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Is "home patch" completely equivalent to "hometown"?
I heard this expression "home patch" referring to "hometown" from a recent BBC Documentary. Since I am not a native English speaker, I am wondering about whether it is completely equivalent to "...
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What do you call a student who studies extra at home to become proficient?
What is the British English term for someone (a student) who goes home after classes and practices the lesson learned that day, or becomes proficient in the lesson taught? It is not a positive ...
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Capitalization of some common nouns in English texts
I’m a French web developer who translated a web site in English by a non-native but experienced English speaker (has lived in the US and UK for 15 years, worked in English for 20 years). I just ...
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