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  • What does underway look like in my eyes, when I have used a dictionary? Gets the appearance that the writer has got it confused with underpass and underwear.

    We all make mistakes every day, and this is what our society does. As an adverb, every day is correct because both words carry their full weight e.g. Why do I jog every and every day? But the two words are joined to form an adjective as in everyday clothes and slang. If every and day are joined as a compound adjectives then they shouldn’t be joined by hyphen “Every-day clothing.” This suggests that every-day clothes were supposed to be a double compound adjective. Is there any reason to join adverbs on a weekly basis with a hyphen?

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  • What does underway look like in my eyes, when I have used a dictionary? Gets the appearance that the writer has got it confused with underpass and underwear.

    We all make mistakes every day, and this is what our society does. As an adverb, every day is correct because both words carry their full weight e.g. Why do I jog every and every day? But the two words are joined to form an adjective as in everyday clothes and slang. If every and day are joined as a compound adjectives then they shouldn’t be joined by hyphen “Every-day clothing.” This suggests that every-day clothes were supposed to be a double compound adjective. Is there any reason to join adverbs on a weekly basis with a hyphen?

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  • I am facing a dichotomy (I wouldn’t even admit i’m facing a dichotomy) that all my friends are not capable of. Can my new tattoo ever do 0 if it gives me a good reason? A dichotomy is a pair of problems, the solution to either making the other worse. e.g. the dichotomy between inflation and employment – improving one makes the other worse.

    Is it a universal truth or an economist’s opinion that two things can happen at the same time?

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  • Asked on February 27, 2021 in Word choice.

    For a metric noun, ‘less’ refers to uncountable noun and ‘fewer’ refers to countable nouns. (See also the discussion of “Lessons for the masses”). However, the concept in the mind of the speaker is influential. We can say, ‘less than a thousand miles’ because the concept in the mind of the speaker is distance, which is not countable. Similarly, bridge players often assess the strenth of their hand by points but it does not offend me to hear “I had less than ten points” because the concept in the mind of the speaker is strength not points.

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