compounds - Life cycle, life-cycle or lifecycle? - English Language ...
2012年5月18日 · So I would say in medical literature fields, where the context would be something like the life cycle of a parasite, it's still two words. And I'm not sure that lifecycle and life-cycle are nearly as common as life cycle. Here's the NGram for …
Carry on vs Carry out - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2019年5月6日 · With enough light, plants carry out a normal life cycle. (i.e, with enough light, plants can sprout, grow, and reproduce) But plants do reproduce, and they occur in groups with different cycles, so there is also a continuity that allows the use of carry on. With enough light, plants carry on a normal life cycle.
Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supported
2013年12月12日 · The problem is that the end of software is not as distinct as it's start. On a legacy device old software might run just fine long after the developers have moved on and forgotten about it. The exact end of the software's life (or life cycle) depends largely on the attitudes of the person naming the software's demise.
Why is it called a literary cycle? - English Language & Usage Stack ...
2018年9月17日 · The expression “epic cycle” in the sense of a poetical collection does not occur before the Christian era; the word κύκλος (“cycle,” “circle”) is used of a special kind of short poem and also of a prose abstract of mythological history; the adjective has the general sense of “hackneyed,” “conventional,” and is applied ...
grammar - When to use "lives" as a plural of life? - English …
Which form you choose (life or lives) depends on which meaning you are going after. One meaning of "life" is: life (n.) The period from birth to death. But a separate meaning is: life (n.) A particular type or aspect of human existence. The events and experiences that are typical of a particular place or group of people.
When to use "once-in-a-lifetime" and when to use "once in a …
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phrases - "at this stage" Vs. "in this stage" - English Language ...
2018年12月12日 · Going through a document for proof reading, I came across the phrase "In this stage, the model is put into operation" and was kind of confused. Mostly I had heard "At this stage ...", i.e. "at" ins...
If annual means one year, is there any word for two,three, four.. year
2011年7月29日 · From WordWeb: Annual: Occurring or payable every year What is the corresponding single word for occurring every two year, three year, four year etc.
Using Life or Lives - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2015年3月30日 · This sense of life is that given by RHK Webster's: a particular aspect of existence: an active sex life. It doesn't pluralise too idiomatically when two aspects are listed:?'Solve Challenges in Your Personal and Professional Lives' (and would be ambiguous anyway). However, ?'Solve Challenges in Your Personal and Professional Life'
Word for "animals, including humans"?
2015年7月10日 · 1. Any of numerous multicellular eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Metazoa (or Animalia) that ingest food rather than manufacturing it themselves and are usually able to move about during at least part of their life cycle. Sponges, jellyfishes, flatworms, mollusks, arthropods, and vertebrates are animals.