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  1. differences - Are "particle" and "partical" the same? - English ...

    Dec 11, 2015 · Are particle and partical the same? When I check these two words in my dictionary at dict.cn, they look totally the same. Is there any difference or are they totally interchangable?

  2. syntactic analysis - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 30, 2024 · She took off the level. Here the off is called a particle. But I don't understand what a particle actually is.

  3. "Particulate" vs. "particle" [closed] - English Language & Usage …

    What’s the difference between particulate and particle? Should it be diesel particulates or diesel particles, and why? Could you provide three or more examples where it should use particulate …

  4. What is the difference between "practical" and "practicable"?

    Nov 13, 2015 · I use both the terms practical and practicable frequently, both in a social and professional environment, but I'd like to check the validity of my usage. To me it seems that …

  5. adverbs - Difference between "partly" and "partially" - English ...

    Jul 25, 2011 · What is the difference between partly and partially? An example of usage for each word would be great.

  6. If I quote only the middle part of a sentence, do I use ellipses?

    No, you would leave out the ellipses there. The Purdue OWL has a page about this; it lists this example: According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express 'profound aspects of personality'. …

  7. "Forgotten" or "forgot" as past participle of "forget"

    Nov 24, 2011 · The OED describes the use of the past participle forgot as 'archaic' and 'poetical'.

  8. What is the difference between "I forgot" and "I had forgot"?

    Aug 29, 2010 · "I forgot" is the simple past, expressing an action which took place once. "I had forgotten " is is the simple past perfect, used to express an action taking place before a certain …

  9. Initial capitalization of foreign surnames with 'particles' when ...

    Apr 24, 2017 · Fortunately, The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition) deals with this question on page 388: 8.5 Names with particles. Many names include particles such as de, d', de la, von, …

  10. grammaticality - Microsoft Word's "fragments" - English Language ...

    Microsoft Word loves underlining things I am typing with a green squiggle. One thing which I find rather annoying is its labelling of sentences as "fragments". Here are two which it …