Which of the following is the correct usage of the word, and why? The user can use pre-defined lists. The user can use predefined lists.

2022年10月24日 · The thing a blue arrow points at is called a "checkbox", right? What do you call the round elements, the ones that look like bullet points?

2020年3月4日 · In other contexts, "full" and "complete" mean different things. "Full" is normally used when speaking about something with a predefined capacity, for example, a jug could be full of liquid, …

2025年9月23日 · I stumbled upon a YouTube video on language learning, describing why it ‘sucks’. At 05:16 the speaker uses an expression I have never heard: "my left ass cheek". Only …

2024年1月10日 · The gender of "you" is not predefined, it could be a man (he), woman (she), intersex or gender fluid (they or it if that is someone's preferred pronoun). The CGEL example above is highly …

2024年5月7日 · I might use 'youngsters' to refer to the younger of two predefined groups. But only if scientific rigour isn't required. And if I'm contrasting three or four groups, I'd use a more specific term.

2022年8月26日 · I'm inclined to think he's right (otherwise "that soap" suggests some predefined quantity somewhere). But note that the resulting phrase "a lot of that brand of soap" is logically a …

2021年5月7日 · Just to add to the answers: just "a line" would be fine for a solid line outside of the context of non-solid lines (most people would assume you're talking about a solid line if you say, for …

The as much as X construction is more or less equivalent to up to X, but imho that second alternative has slightly stronger implications the it won't be higher than X. That's simply because the phrasing …

2015年8月18日 · To divert means to force off the predefined path, emphasis on the fact that it is not the original way, it's different now. To re-route means to put on a different path, emphasis on reaching …