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punctuation - How to use a numbered list inside a sentence - English ...
1. Instead of actual numbers, you could use"first of all","secondly", etc. Any final thing in a list (such as fifthly) would be interchangeable with Finally in the following example. You could use semicolons or comma-separated lists. This example uses semicolons: There were a few factors to keep in mind when going about the benefit cost ...
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Is there any rule of order for time, date, place, building, etc?
For example, the following list should be ordered like so: On Earth, in North America, in the United States, in Pennsylvania, in (my town), on (my street), in my house, in my room. Granted, no list should ever need to be that drawn out (save for this one), but it demonstrates the concept sufficiently. To apply it to your example, it'd look as such:
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word choice -"Todo list" or"to-do list" - English Language & Usage ...
Noun. todo (plural todos) (US) A task yet to be done; an item on a to-do list. You can use whichever you want, but be consistent. To-do is a little clearer, but hyphens are naturally lost as languages evolve (to-day, wire-less), so todo should be fine too. Edit: Waggers makes a very good point that todo isn't yet as widely adopted as to-do.
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Addressing a former office-holder by that office's title
Hmm, that article you cite makes little sense. Yes, the Constitution says that the United States will not grant titles of nobility. But what does that have to do with continuing to use an office title after you leave? If"Speaker of the House" or"Presidient" is a title of nobility, then it is just as much a title of nobility when you hold the ...
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What's the best way to use"either" on more than two options?
I've searched for whether"either" can be used in a context on which the possible options are made of more than two, and found the answer here over English Language Usage.
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Why do people use all 3 components in their gender pronouns?
There are badges and T-shirts on sale, each displaying the 3 forms of a pronoun, e.g."she/her/hers". So that sort of set of 3 forms is what people display (those people who do that sort of thing), so that's what people see, so with positive feedback that's what's become popular.
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Where do you put the suffix when listing the last name first?
I think that the correct answer to this is refer to your style guide, e.g., APA, MLA, IEEE, SPIE, etc.These should fully specify details like this, and you only sometimes get lucky and have a real human address specific concerns like this (viz., the APA link).
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To do list 桌面软件有哪些推荐？ - 知乎
6、Any. do：学习专注的时间管理工具 在「管理」上 Any.do 没有前面的工具那么强大，但是在「聚焦」上 Any.do 则提供了许多独特设计。 像是早上的聚焦今日事件提醒，手机上聚焦下一步行动的设计，还有利用类似 Trello 看板的方式，让你分配今日、明日与之后的任务，从而专注在当下的行动。
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"At hand" vs"on hand" vs"in hand" - English Language & Usage Stack ...
At refers to"x,y" location on a plane, so at hand means located at (though not necessarily in) one's hand. Anything at hand is, well, handy. On normally refers to location on some 2-D plane in a 3-D space; movement away from the plane is off. Gravity may be assumed, so such movement is normally up.
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