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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. 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 …

  4. 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?

  5. grammaticality - Which is correct: "drive safe" or "drive safely ...

    Jan 10, 2011 · When someone is going to drive their car somewhere, I always used to say "drive safely" to them. Recently I was told I should say "drive safe." (From: Would you ask someone to drive safe …

  6. 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 …

  7. 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?

  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. Is 'useable' preferred in certain regions, or just an alternate ...

    Jun 2, 2012 · I think this one has to do with the long vowel, as in biteable, blameable, cueing, dyeable, dyeing, hikeable, hireable, hoeing, likeable, queueing, saleable, shakeable, sizeable — many of …

  10. "Reschedule to" or "reschedule for"? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Jul 28, 2011 · In American English in my experience, you schedule "on" or "for" and reschedule "for". You move an appointment "to" a different day/time.