word usage - Is "augmented with" or "augmented by" preferable ...
May 22, 2020 · The usage "A is augmented by B" indicates that B is the implied subject in the passive-voice construction "A is augmented". That is, B is doing the augmentation: "B …
What's the difference between "increased" and "increasing"?
Aug 4, 2015 · Increased as a past participle merely means augmented relative to some prior value, e.g., a car traveling at 20 mph that was previously going at 10 mph. Increasing means …
"Suped-up": is it a real idiom (vs souped-up)
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 …
'With' vs 'by' - where to use these two preposition in an English ...
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 …
Is it ever more appropriate to use "cognizant" over "aware"?
Jun 12, 2012 · Personally, I eschew utilization of an over-augmented, trisyllabic linguistic unit like "cognizant" to express a paradigm when diminutive constructions are accessible. I applaud …
capitalization - Should I capitalize the phrase that has its ...
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 …
single word requests - How do you call wooden extension above …
A pier may be built of wood, but many are constructed of steel pillars. The term does certainly, however, overlap with 'jetty'. It is usually pretty substantial. The jetty is typically long, often …
“Is this understanding correct?” anything more polite than this?
Do we have a more polite way to say “Is this understanding correct?”. I often find it a little tough question to ask to clients. Anything that sounds more polite and means the same? And also, is …
implement something for/in/on/with something?
Jan 5, 2014 · Which preposition is correct to use in the following sentence?: Implementation of this technique for/in/on/with complex objects is complicated (meaning: it is complicated to …
word usage - What's the difference between "dictator", "tyrant" …
I use Cambridge online dictionary as my reference. In this dictionary, the explanations say: dictator: (disapproving) a leader who has complete power in a country and has not been …