The single word “backup” is a noun, often attributive, that can mean something that serves as a substitute or support, or musical accompaniment, or additional ….
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BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) The TRUE and COMPLETE and CORRECT answer REALLY is that either can be correct—and even proper—depending upon context, even in ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of axis is axes. axis: one of the reference lines of a coordinate system The singular of axis ….
An axle is a pin or shaft on (or with which) a wheel or pair of wheels revolves. The centers of the wheels are connected ….
Not long ago I thought awhile about taking a while to pen this article. Let’s face it. The differences between awhile and a while can ….
If you seek vengeance, you aim to avenge wrongs, not revenge wrongs. “Avenge” is a transitive verb that means to take vengeance for, or on ….
“Attain” means “to reach,” and “obtain” means “to gain.” “Attain” is a transitive verb that means “to reach,” as an end or “to come to,” ….
Dear Weeping Editor, I have seen your articles on sound, smell, touch, and taste but I haven’t seen you talk about the sense of sight. ….
Afterward Afterward is an adverb meaning at a later or succeeding time, subsequently, or thereafter. Afterward without an “-s” on the end is the US spelling ….
Assent refers to agreement, while an ascent is a climb. When you get people to agree with you, you gain their assent. When you climb ….