
Multivariant or Multivariate? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Sep 10, 2013 · When testing performance or the output of different combinations of elements against one another - is it correct to say it's a "multivariant" test? Or is it a "multivariate" test?
Is the title of a course capitalized if it has no specific name?
Oct 10, 2019 · American history is my favorite subject. American History, with Professor Clarke, is my favorite class. Note: these kinds of sentences can be ambiguous when spoken, but when …
word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jul 20, 2011 · a given set number of values returned is fixed arity variable being n-ary or polyadic (multivariate for arguments, __multivalued for results), the range/possibilities of a given single …
Can the idiom "It is high time" be used in formal writing?
Oct 11, 2018 · It is a perfectly fine construction to use, even in formal contexts. Some other examples from academic literature: It is high time we in marketing paid even more attention to …
word choice - "hugest" grammatically correct? - English Language ...
Apr 29, 2016 · I saw an article on yahoo yesterday and thought I'd ask, is "hugest" a real word? I assume whoever wrote the article understands what they are trying to say, but it just seems …
Why is "math" always pluralized in British English but singular in ...
Feb 9, 2011 · There's a lot of debate about which is right (!), but not much about why there's a difference - good question. I found this: The word Mathematics was first used in English in …
single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
What do you call a person who will defend a point of view that she may not agree with not just for the sake of argument, but because the point of view is not represented in the argument?