... graduates with
the institution which gave them their degree, male
graduates being designated bythe first, and female by
the second. Yet the male term is often used to include
the other, as in the Melbourne ... an
analog to speed reading with a musical analogue to
Esperanto. With these various uses analog appears
twice as often as analogue in CCAE data, which
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PAM PETERS
Macquarie ... of these, e.g. rival, total, are also used as verbs.
The question then arises as to whether or not we
should double the final l before adding verb endings to
them: rival(l)ed, total(l)ing etc. The...
... Tess's
Father Christmas's Thomas's
To form the plural possessive, they add an apostrophe tothe s of the
plural in the normal way, e.g.
bosses' the octopuses' tentacles
the ... Some of the ways in which
American usage differs from British are pointed out.
5. Reference. Ease of access tothe entry sought bythe user is a
priority of the Guide. The division into four ... characters in novels, and hence no
censure of the style of the author is implied. The aim is to
illustrate the varieties of usage and to display the best, thereby
making it more memorable than a mere...
...
1.10 by- prefix
“Tending to form one word with the following noun, but a hyphen is still frequently found”
(ODWE).
One word: bygone, byline, byname, bypass, bypath, bystander, byway, byword; the ...
Father Christmas's Thomas's
To form the plural possessive, they add an apostrophe tothe s of the plural in the normal
way, e. g.
bosses' the octopuses' tentacles
the ... stuccoes
cargoes mementoes tomatoes
dingoes mosquitoes tornadoes
dominoes mottoes torpedoes
echoes Negroes vetoes
embargoes noes volcanoes
goes peccadilloes
grottoes porticoes
Words not...
... which there arises uncertainty,
difficulty, or disagreement. The proper aim of a usageguide is to resolve
these problems, rather than describe the whole of current usage.
The Oxford GuidetoEnglish ... Tess's
Father Christmas's Thomas's
To form the plural possessive, they add an apostrophe tothe s of the
plural in the normal way, e.g.
bosses' the octopuses' tentacles
the ... within the word to connect a prefix or suffix to
the stem. With most prefixes and suffixes it is normal to write the whole
compound as a single word; the use of the hyphen is exceptional, and the
...
... Justice
Michael Kirby (of the High Court of Australia). In the preparatory stages of The
CambridgeGuidetoEnglish Usage, I was fortunate to be a visiting professor at
the Englisches Seminar of the University ... from the Longman corpus of over 40 million words in
six registers, to complement or extend the data derived from the BNC and CCAE,
mentioned above. TheCambridgeGuidetoEnglishUsage aims to ... of these, e.g. rival, total, are also used as verbs.
The question then arises as to whether or not we
should double the final l before adding verb endings to
them: rival(l)ed, total(l)ing etc. The...
... I specify otherwise.
I use the word “application” sometimes to refer tothe form the hirer wants filled out, but
more often to refer tothe entire job-application process.
I use the gender ... to translate it into other languages!) If you choose to
distribute your altered version to others, you must permit them the same freedom to copy,
alter and distribute noncommercially, and they ... possible on the part of the hirer. Since HIAP +
Enthusiasm helps minimize fear, it is definitely the way to go. HIAP + Enthusiasm can lead to
LAFS, in other words.
By the way, the converse to everything...
... you from other candidates and help the hirer feel safe hiring
you. But they probably won’t be the deciding factor that lands you the job. Rather, it will be
your ability to listen to, understand, ...
hasn’t held them back one bit – and I know plenty of others who are so ashamed of their lack
of a degree that it’s hard for them to sell themselves effectively despite their many other
accomplishments. ...
AUTHORSHIP
This book is by Hillary Rettig, whose other books include The Lifelong Activist: How to Change
the World Without Losing Your Way (Lantern Books, 2006) and The Little GuideTo Beating
Procrastination,...
... examples are:
formal - to receive / to inform / to assist / to contact
informal - to get / to tell / to help / to get in touch 8
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The purpose of this eBook is to help you to read emails that are “hard to
understand” and to write emails in English that are “easy to understand”.
The ... latest)
We must finish the report by Friday.
(Not: until Friday)
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Brian...
... of the five response styles, one after the
other. For each of the listeners’ responses, the speaker is to make notes that enable them to
convey tothe listener how the responses affected them.
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Listen to Me, Listen to You: A step -by- step guideto communication ... them will be asked to notice and record their own reactions to each of these
responses—their feelings and their interpretations of the message that the response
conveyed.
Task/Board: Draw the...
... the tool
we need to obtain the things we really want. We didn’t make up
these rules, but they are the rules nonetheless.
At this point you’re probably saying to yourself, If it’s not about
the ... job similar to yours. If
you work in a bigger company, the human resources department
may be able to help find some people to talk to. The task is to call
these people and ask them how their retirement ... assets, the remainder will be your net worth.
Your net worth is the sum total of what you have been able to save
from all the money you have earned to date. Theoretically, these are
the assets...