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 alternative to …
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 additional external …
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 preceded...
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 you are …
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 is endorsing …
grammar - "And " vs "Or" when using respectively - English Language ...
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 - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Feb 19, 2025 · Presumably, if in a government office, they issue a document specifically named "Temporary Operator's Permit," they're trying to uniquely identify their temporary operator's permits …
Should "the park" be capitalized when referring to Central Park?
Aug 24, 2024 · Thus one can find the occasional (ie smallish minority usage) lower-casing of 'parliament' when it is obviously being used as a title, as in Av Dicey said that parliament can make or unmake …
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 please, and don't …
Does the next word after a colon have to be capitalized?
The O’Reilly Style Guide states “Lowercase the first letter after a colon: this is how we do it. (Exception: headings.)” The heading exceptions refer to “headline casing” rules which may apply at a sufficiently …