word usage - Is "augmented with" or "augmented by" preferable ...
2015年6月9日 · 11 Which is the preferred preposition to use after the word "augmented", as in the sentence "A is augmented with/by B"? Does this depend on context? For concreteness, I am …
How do "augment" and "increase" differ? - English Language & Usage ...
2015年12月7日 · Definition of augment by Dictionary.com: to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase Definition of increase by Dictionary.com: to make greater, as in number, …
capitalization - Should I capitalize the phrase that has its ...
In the case of something like "This product features an Augmented Filter Subsystem (AFS)", I would normally capitalise it like that (and include the bracketed abbreviation) on the first reference. I think …
expressions - What is the best way to describe someone who is very ...
2013年12月2日 · Another phrase is "belle of the ball." "Social butterfly" might have a slightly negative connotation in certain contexts. "Belle of the ball" literally means the "the beautiful one at the dance" …
'With' vs 'by' - where to use these two preposition in an English ...
2015年8月7日 · The word "by" is a versatile preposition in English, having had over a thousand years since it came to us from Old English to develop its meanings. The OED places 39 major meanings, …
idioms - Idiomatic stress: phrasal verbs - English Language & Usage ...
2025年10月19日 · The hall filled up when the band arrived. and It was pouring. It was pouring down. But in the first augmented sentence, the particle 'completive up ' is stressed, while, as pointed out, the …
What's the difference between "increased" and "increasing"?
2015年8月4日 · Increased as a past participle merely means augmented relative to some prior value, e.g., a car traveling at 20 mph that was previously going at 10 mph. Increasing means that the rate …
grammar - Be supposed to and its meanings - English Language
2025年9月14日 · Merriam-Webster [augmented, especially with further examples, below] asserts that there are six, not just two, senses that should be distinguished. The ones showing deontic modality …
"Suped-up": is it a real idiom (vs souped-up)
2017年4月13日 · Both sources below attest that the correct more common spelling is soup-up. Suped-up and sooped-up are are just misspellings. The expression is AmE in origin and it most likely …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2025年1月7日 · The evaluation of conduct involves some amount of generalization. [here, the non-count usage allows for generalisation in the strict sense† to be applied in certain cases] Vocabulary.com …