Jun 9, 2015 · 11 Which is the preferred preposition to use after the word "augmented", as in the sentence "A is augmented with/by B"? Does this depend on context? For concreteness, I am …

Dec 2, 2013 · If a person is very social in a party, striking up conversations with different people from one end of the hall to the other end, are there some good expressions to describe this …

In the case of something like "This product features an Augmented Filter Subsystem (AFS)", I would normally capitalise it like that (and include the bracketed abbreviation) on the first …

Aug 7, 2015 · The word "by" is a versatile preposition in English, having had over a thousand years since it came to us from Old English to develop its meanings. The OED places 39 major …

I tend to use the rule that colons should only be before a list, or as an augmented period to indicate that the second part defines or gives an example of the first.

Apr 24, 2015 · The word is meant to be used as a description of the summarized number/count of something (e.g. aggregate(d) consumption of heating oil, consumed by all households in a …

When a female is described as pneumatic it means she has large breasts (possibly artificially augmented by plastic surgery). To my mind, there's also the implication of her being both well …

Dec 13, 2022 · A draw is a match/game/contest that ends with no outright winner, or both teams or players having the same score. The more usual term in North America is a tie, whereas a …

The noun cement refers to the binder in concrete which in combination with water forms a paste which solidifies into mortar, which is solid and strong. Together with sand and stone this forms …

Apr 13, 2017 · Both sources below attest that the correct more common spelling is soup-up. Suped-up and sooped-up are are just misspellings. The expression is AmE in origin and it …