single word requests - Is ‘casing’ a valid alternative to ...
Oct 11, 2017 · Because casing is commonly used here on the English Language 🙵 Usage SE to ask whether a word is capitalized or not, I'm still wondering whether casing is a valid …
What is the outer metal/plastic box of a device called?
Feb 19, 2020 · 1 Case and Chassis are used pretty often as some of the comments indicate. Other similar words are tower, system unit and cabinet. Also, holder is often used for …
What's the etymology of English letter casing terminology?
The popular consensus around the web (i.e., Wikipedia) seems to be that "upper case" and "lower case" originate from typesetting convention of upper and lower drawers for letters, possibly …
orthography - "Lowercase", "lower-case", or "lower case" - English ...
Feb 27, 2012 · Of, printed, or formatted in lowercase letters. | tr.v. -cased, -casing, -cases To put (type or text) in lowercase letters. — lowercase n. (It might for a moment appear that AHDEL …
punctuation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 28, 2023 · I'm not finding the answer to this on the internet after searching. When writing dialogue, do you use capital letters to spell out words? Jamie said, "I said P-L-E-A-S-E …
A verb meaning "to look around making sure no one sees you"
Jun 1, 2015 · So if you were to rob a post office you might 'case' it the day before to get an idea of who comes and goes, likely problems, escape routes and so on. Perhaps this is not quite what …
When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation?
May 2, 2023 · Basically, I am somewhat confused when a quotation should be capitalized. My understanding is that if a) one quotes the full original sentence and b) this quotation is set off …
grammar - "And " vs "Or" when using respectively - English …
Jun 17, 2024 · I want to reduce my sentence to a shorter sentence. My actual intention is: In real-type representations, k is 1, in complex-type representations, k is 2, and in quaternion-type …
capitalization - In a title, do I capitalize "on" in the prepositional ...
Feb 22, 2024 · Some titles are sacrosanct, and lower-casing when the original isn't could lead to problems. Legal cases were brought against people lower-casing (genericising in this case) 'Biro'.
punctuation - Why are "i.e." and "e.g." written in lower case with ...
Jan 1, 2023 · The often-swapped i.e. and e.g. sit mid-sentence, whereas NB always begins sentences to announce a key pointer. So that justifies at least the initial initial. And it's a bit like …