Questions tagged [recurring-events]
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Why can't we use 'halfly' to mean 'once every six months?' [closed]
I've read other since-closed questions revolving more around taxonomy and best practice as it relates to this recurring problem.
But nothing on this one particular case seems to be in the archives, so ...
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Repeating adjectives and adverbs after conjuctions
Do adjectives or adverbs associate with the second noun or adjective after the first one or do they need to be repeated?
This dichotomy can at times be too inclusive or (too) exclusive?
Does the ...
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Is there a simple word for "increasingly/decreasingly frequent"?
Let's say I'm creating a mobile questionnaire for people in which I ask about their usage patterns of some tool. The user can specify a period of time in which they used a tool, so perhaps between ...
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Variance in Recurring Events
I have a recurring event, i.e. at 9:00 every Sunday.
If I change one of these future events to be at 10:00 instead of 9:00, then what would you call this event? a "time-varied event" perhaps?
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Annual is to yearly as _____ is to monthly
A more formal word for yearly would be annual.
I pay my school loans annually
I pay my rent check monthly or _____.
What is the equivalent of “annual” for “monthly"?
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How many words differ only by letter duplication
I'm working with football (the European variant) commentary, looking at word frequency. Often enough, the commentary will spell their excitement by writing 'Gooaal', which for the purposes of my word ...
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is this sentence correct "In addition to the above, for the last one year, I have also been serving as DNO of Bishnupur District." [closed]
"In addition to the above, for the last one year, I have also been serving as DNO of Bishnupur District."
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Expressing hourly temporal recurrence
What is the most idiomatic way to put into words a situation where a recurring event happens every hour at a certain minute. For example, consider that some event takes place at the tenth minute of ...
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How do describe "each day", "once a week" or "every second year"?
I want to describe a repetition for an event.
A single event can have multiple repetitions because it can occur e.g. every second week (a regular happening) + once a year (special annual occasion).
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What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" and "Yearly"?
I am developing a business application in which the user can select from one of these options, namely "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" or "Yearly", for scheduling appointments. I need to create a field in ...
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Word for- something that someone uses and then exchanges it [closed]
I need the word for naming my new business. My business involves persons especially ladies to come and deposit their (single)ornament+reasonable money in return for different design of ornaments of ...
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What does bimonthly really mean? [duplicate]
Does the bi prefix mean that it is every second month or twice a month?
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Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, once (?)
I have this list of choices:
Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, once
The last one "once" is used to indicate thing that occurs only one time.
I wanted to keep up with pattern of the first four words....
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I've said it once, I've said it twice, I've said it a thousand times
I had a student moaning because I insisted he say twice and not "two times". And he asked "But why?" to which I replied, "Because that's how you say it!"
However on ...
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Unambiguous adjective for an event that happens once every two months
I organize an event once every two months:
January 5th, March 5th, May 5th, etc.
I want to convey that frequency to an international audience.
Is there any unambiguous adjective for this?
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