
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 …
Term for main part of desktop computer
Apr 13, 2014 · I find your question interesting. Because non-techies often refer to everything as their desktop computer or workstation because the monitor, mouse, and keyboard are bundled with it. …
"Lowercase", "lower-case", or "lower case" - English Language & Usage ...
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 …
history - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Feb 15, 2026 · One more thing we can try is to enable case insensitive matching and rerun it to show the different casing choices as separate plots: To go beyond that you'd need to use a different tool.
How should the abbreviation for "identifier" be capitalized?
Mar 23, 2015 · I'm a programmer and I often see the abbreviation ID (capitalized) in technical documents and code. Is this correct, or should it be id?
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 by a …
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 …
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 a traffic sign or …