May 12, 2015 · Buff/debuff seems like a good pair of words for the enhance/downgrade contrast that the terms stand for in role-playing games, and they probably are well understood in that environment.

Dec 29, 2018 · Your example sentences confuse two different problems. For nouns that are plural (such as "boys"), the possessive is formed in writing by adding an apostrophe after the plural -s. This is …

I don't think there is a difference in meaning, only in usage. This blog post details it: “In contrast” and “by contrast” mean the same thing: the act of comparing in order to show differences. The difference lies …

Apr 19, 2012 · One-to-one is used when you talk about transfer or communications. You may use one-to-one when you can identify a source and a destination. For eg., a one-to-one email is one sent …

If you mean both in the sense of anticipating something, both are equally valid. However 'I look forward' is more formal; it's the kind of thing you would write in an official letter. A typical example is the …

Aug 9, 2010 · Actually, to my understading, the form with double l (e.g. "travelling") is more common in British English, while in American English the spelling would be with single l ("traveling"). It seems …

Dec 8, 2011 · Suppose I have the following sentence: I lived in a communist country during the fall of communism in 1989. Should "communist" and "communism" be capitalized?

Sep 15, 2023 · Google ngrams show that both 'our heart goes out to' and 'our hearts go out to' are used, the latter being much the more common, emphasising the level of concern rather than the unity of …

Mar 19, 2025 · There is a lid for every pot is a saying that essentially means "There is someone for everyone", most commonly used in the context of romantic relationships. Variations include …

I often see "replace with" and "replace by" used interchangeably, but this doesn't sound right to me: I replaced that component by this one. I would use "with" in such a sentence. "By" only seems