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  1. "Queueing" or "Queuing" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    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 …

  2. US and UK English: queue or wait in line?

    Apr 25, 2016 · But whether in the UK or the US, the branch of mathematics that deals with the question of how quickly things waiting in lines get to the front is called queueing theory and not *lining-up theory.

  3. verbs - Difference between "queue" and "enqueue" - English Language ...

    What is the difference between queue and enqueue given that both are verbs?

  4. Would 'sitting in a queue' be incorrect English?

    Feb 24, 2016 · Also, of course, they might mean that they were actually sitting down: this might refer to the type of queueing system where you take a ticket and sit down and wait for your ticket's number to …

  5. Are "eery" and "eerie" equally acceptable spellings?

    The Oxford English Dictionary gives both. It’s of Scottish origin, and probably derived from ‘argh’, an adjective now limited to regional dialects, and meaning ‘cowardly, pusillanimous, timid, fearful’ and …

  6. What is this idiom: "I'm going to start taking names and..."?

    Mar 24, 2011 · There is some idiom that starts out like, "I'm going to start taking names and..." I can't remember the rest of it. What is it and when is it used?

  7. User Barrie England - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 7, 2013 · Q&A for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts

  8. In which cases would you say, "I am seeing" instead of "I see"?

    Nov 30, 2010 · It should usually be for a process in progress. Should you send a quick message from a movie theater during the projection of a film, you would type: "I am seeing this movie (as in "right …

  9. capitalization - Should "pandemic" be capitalized when referring to ...

    May 16, 2024 · It would be unusual, though hardly unacceptable, to capitalise the pandemic (to emphasise the magnitude). Thus Conrad Duncan, writing under the Imperial College London aegis, …

  10. punctuation - Ending a sentence with "?!" or "!?" - English Language ...

    Feb 3, 2013 · When ending a sentence with a ? and a !, is there a rule which one comes first? That is, ?! or !?? If either is okay, are they interchangeable, or for difference circumstances?