
Renumeration vs Remuneration (reimbursed financially), which is correct?
Remuneration is much more commonly used than renumeration (https://goo.gl/44GQRa). Remuneration is first cited c.1400, comes from Middle French (remuneracion) and Latin (remūnerātiō), and means …
When does the word 'months' get an apostrophe? [duplicate]
Jul 10, 2020 · Twelve months' remuneration is a noun phrase - its head is the noun remuneration and so the modifier can be a possessive. Syntactically, it doesn't have to be a possessive, but it can be. This …
Is it "Yours faithfully" or "Yours sincerely"?
Feb 21, 2011 · This is called " complimentary close ". As reported by Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence: If the letter begins with Dear Sir, Dear Sirs, Dear Madam, or Dear Sir/Madam, the …
Differences between Verb + to be + adjective and Verb + adjective
The first one that comes to mind is To be, or not to be, of course. The to is required because infinitives starting sentences require a complementizer to mark subordination (remove it and see what …
"At a hotel" or "in a hotel" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 28, 2012 · What is the difference between at a hotel and in a hotel? The NYTimes seems to be using both of them. I looked up the ngram on google and it seems in a hotel is used more often than …
pronunciation - How does one pronounce the '@' symbol? - English ...
Sep 7, 2010 · How can I pronounce @, At or At the rate? Can I use it in a sentence? Please explain with an example.
What does the idiom/phrase "but I digress" mean?
I was going to ask a similar question today: why is the phrase always in that same form "but I digress", writers seem to go out of their ways sometimes just to fit the "idiom" in that exact form, why not other …
vocabulary - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Nov 26, 2014 · The best choices are "reparations" and "compensation", which have already been mentioned in other answers. "reparations" is the best choice for money paid by a country that loses a …
single word requests - "corollarily" or equivalent? - English Language ...
Your answer made me curious about other words that are hard to pronounce, so I did a quick search and got some interesting results. Here's a few of them: Entrepreneurship, Remuneration, …
What is a word for someone who abuses their workers?
Mar 7, 2022 · I have been trying to find a word to describe someone who routinely abuses their workers, and perhaps even more than that, scorns them and sees them as inferior. My first guess was despot …