Aug 7, 2012 · I am curious about the differences in meaning, connotations, style, and correctness of using conformity vs conformance. I haven't been able to find much using a simple web search, only a …

Mar 12, 2012 · Which spelling is better, queueing or queuing? Both words seem to mean the same, but there are two different spellings. My context is: Queueing Latency versus Queuing Latency If both …

For example, non-conformance is abbreviated as NC. If I am referring to a non-conformance, I may pronounce the whole word or I may literally say the letters "NC"; in my industry, they are used …

Oct 6, 2012 · The present continuous tense is normally used to express an action that is temporary in nature. If you were to say: I'm living in a flat, some might interpret it as not being a long-term …

Mar 14, 2012 · Why are phrases like "the High Middle Ages" capitalized while e. g. "the sixth century" is not? Is there a general rule?

Jul 20, 2017 · In accordance with is the more formal phrase and refers only to laws and rules; something may be said to be in accordance with some rule or regulations. According to, on the other hand, …

Oct 21, 2010 · The literal sense of rain check, which is an Americanism, is first found in the 1880s in reference to a baseball game. The practice of giving a rain check to a ticketholder was formalized in …

Apr 23, 2014 · I can't find an authoritative-reference for this, but I've often seen bug used in a more restrictive sense: a bug is a non-conformance to a detailed specification.

Is the hyphen that we often see in words such as "non-zero", "non-trivial", etc. optional? In case the answer is negative, is there any rule of thumb on which one may rely in order to recall whe...

Does "non-" prefixed to a two word phrase permit another hyphen before the second word? If I want to refer to an entity which is defined as the negation of another entity by attaching "non-" it se...