- Limit, border or boundary? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which word is most apt to state that there is a (abstract but definite) border which defines the difference between two religions, philosophies or faiths? Is it limit, border or boundary? For exam
- single word requests - What is this decoration called thats found . . .
What is this decoration called that's found around ceilings and doors, as shown in the images below?
- capitalization - To capitalize or not to capitalize southern . . .
It only loosely defines a region of California and its border is not officially defined either However, I was recently advised by someone who I consider to be educated to capitalize "southern" in this context
- adjectives - East Coast, East coast, or east coast? - English Language . . .
The 'Home Counties' is the collective name given to the six counties which border London, but I am always at a loss as to whether to apply capitals I think I will compose a question on this
- single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin between the . . .
The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border between the skin and the vermilion is called the vermilion border, the wet, shiny inner portion of what people call the "lips" is called the wet vermilion or the mucosa So, you see, Elliot has given you the accurate response How do I know?
- More formal way of saying: Sorry to bug you again about this, but . . .
I assume by "Sorry to bug you again about this" that you were already given help with "X", so instead of an apology, perhaps a thank you would work better: Thank you for your help with X, but we are still having problems with it and This is most likely how I would write it, an apology seems to be an admission that you feel "bad" for asking and can sound "whiny", while a thank you gives the
- nouns - What is the word for the corner where ceiling and wall meet in . . .
Edit, for clarity: In math, two distinct planes may intersect on a line, and 3 distinct planes may intersect at a point Lines segments between two points are sometimes called edges I said "square room", but what technically meant was "cube room" I said "corner where one of the walls meet the ceiling" because I was thinking of the phrase, "Stand with his nose in the corner " I've heard the
- What do you call the land area around a pond?
Usually "shore" and "beach" are used when talking about a large body of water But what if we talk about a pond? Is the area around it still called a beach shore?
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