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Recent Questions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

Recent Questions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

Use of "The following pages were missing from the manuscript"

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 04:04 AM PDT

If the following pages of the original book were missing, is there a proper way to say that? Or does, maybe, the font of this sentence need to be italic or bold?

(The following pages were missing from the manuscript.)

Does that look ok?

Treasure is awkward. It is on of place and it is all of this error

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 03:26 AM PDT

Can any one help me interpret the meaning of "Treasure is awkward. It is on of place and it is all of this error" in this paragraph:

If you have opportunity to go inside, you'll find out there's a Trinity Theater, a theater that you may never heard of, and there are no people will attend there to watch dramas and drink tea. So this has a question why this YouTube existence and not disappear long ago? Treasure is awkward. It is on of place and it is all of this error. But this has one problem to me that the city's default ratio is not balance, which means the city development has not mesh with the citizens needs.

Identify proper label for a concept

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:57 AM PDT

I am a psychometrician working on a new project to measure people's beliefs about technology. Our way of measuring people's beliefs is through a set of questions that are supposed to collectively reflect the intended concept.

My problem is as follows: while I have been able to develop a set of statements, I struggle to find the name (or label) that best matches the concepts I want to measure. The concepts are measured using the following statements:

Concept A:

  1. A large part of what can be done with <this system> is beyond my grasp.
  2. I only know a small subset of what I could do with <this system>.
  3. Many of the functionalities offered by <this system> are unknown to me.
  4. I do not know most of what can be done with <this system>.

Concept B:

  1. The great diversity of uses offered by <this system> confuses me.
  2. I cannot get my head around the very different things that can be done with <this system>.
  3. I am confused by the very different ways in which <this system> can be used.
  4. I struggle to wrap my mind around the disparate functionalities of <this system>.

Concept C:

  1. I tend to be confused when I hear about the new ways of using <this system>.
  2. I have difficulties getting a grasp of the new ways of using <this system>.
  3. I tend to be confused when new ways of using <this system> arise.
  4. My understanding of <this system> is disturbed by the new ways of using it.

What would be, in your opinion, the name of the concepts best reflected by these statements? The term "the system" may be replaced by any general consumer technology (social media, communication devices, etc.). I thank you very much in advance for your help in this research project!

2-letter abbreviation for the name Montgomery

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:47 AM PDT

Background:

I'm implementing elliptic curve cryptography in a hobbyist project of mine. And two kinds of the curves I'm about implement are Edwards curve and Montgomery curve (this and this).

For the SEC#2 curves, they're of prime order, so I prefixed the name of the subroutines for them with ecp_ which stands for "Elliptic Curve of Prime order". As for Edwards curve, they're already used in EdDSA digital signature scheme, so I can use the prefix ecEd_.

I think the "Mont-" part of the name Montgomery can be abbreviated into 2 letters, but I'm not sure about this etymologically, so I'm asking here.

Using "As" at beginning of a sentence

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:51 AM PDT

A company called Goodbrothers (for the sake of argument) wants to advertise its environmental credentials, using

As Goodbrothers, we always pay attention to environmental concerns.

In this context, is it possible to use as at the beginning of a sentence?

Identified by or Identified as

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:53 AM PDT

I wish to write that some variables in a scientific document can be respectively identified (as/by) some values... For instance,

...where a,b and c correspond to the energies the spinor and the bosonic fields may carry and in the free theory, they can be respectively identified as 1,2 and 3.

Is "as" correct or should I write "by" or something else? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Can Idea + s after Endless (adj.)?

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 12:32 AM PDT

Can Idea + s come after endless (adj.)?
= Endless Ideas?
Is that correct?

Because I wonder endless should be uncountable.

hi is there any broken english in this invitation? [closed]

Posted: 17 Apr 2022 11:10 PM PDT

upcoming sunday I am going to a piano recital 🎹 🎶 🎼 🎵

does anyone want to join?

Ive got 2 tickets 🎟

the more the merrier 🎉 So Id like to meet 3 new people 💃 🕺🏻

I asked the pianist for more ticket she hasnt replied yet I might be able to get one or 2 more tickets

I am female i translate and write columns

women preferred perverts are not welcomed music lovers only

i am not looking for a romantic relationship dont hit on me

Is it okay to use 'to name a few' with a colon

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 04:05 AM PDT

Is the following sentence correct?

The list had a variety of foodstuffs: oranges, apples, bananas and sardines to name a few.

Is it okay to use the phrase 'to name a few' with a colon, and also do I need to put a comma before 'to name a few'?

Question of condition (sort of)

Posted: 17 Apr 2022 11:04 PM PDT

What is the term for someone who causes/allows themselves to experience a similar pain to someone else as a way of empathizing with them or making it up to them? For example a person witnesses the assault of another person, and allows the assaulted person to attack them without resistance; as a way of making it right for the initially assaulted person? I believe there is a medical term for this, but I am not sure.

Which term to use for electrical appliances burning

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 04:01 AM PDT

Continuous power fluctuation causes electric appliances burning. I would like to know what is the best term to be used with electric appliances burning due to high voltage or power fluctuation.

I would like to use the above mentioned term in my following application

It is respectfully submitted that we are having continuous power fluctuation problem in our area 37/B Jamnagar varying between 150 to 250 V causing different home electric appliances burning. It is therefore requested that our aforesaid problem please could be fixed at your earliest possibility.

What is the difference between 'autonomous' and 'automatic'?

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 04:01 AM PDT

I would like to know the difference between

  1. autonomous sensor
  2. automatic sensor

What is the term for when a word begins with the previous word's ending sound?

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 12:14 AM PDT

What is the term for when a word begins with the same sound as the previous word's ending sound? For example, there are three instances of this in one line of the lyrics to For the First Time in Forever (Reprise) in the Frozen movie soundtrack, where Elsa sings:

Just stay away and you'll be safe from me.

  1. Just stay
  2. safe from
  3. from me

I don't think elision is the correct term, since all references I've found to elision show that letters are omitted when written, e.g., "going to" -> "gonna."

Noun for for u-shaped bend on electrical component's pin (wire) to aid in placement (Beading / Ribbing / Crimp)?

Posted: 18 Apr 2022 04:01 AM PDT

I'm trying to find the correct noun for a u-shaped bend in an electrical component's pin. Is there a generic technical term that may usually refer to a deformation to reinforce e.g. an (angle) bracket made of sheet metal, where the 90° bend has been given a groove?

If you provided a few sentences using potential synonyms I would be grateful.
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