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Bookmark or Share- word choice - "Three quarters" vs. "three fourths" - English Language ...the cast and crew returned to Los Angeles with three-fourths of the film finished; an aggregate area of more than three-fourths inch in diameter; the ratio of 3:4 is the diatessaron or fourth, producing an octave lute that is three-fourths the length of the descant, which in turn is three-fourths the length of the tenor
- Equivalent of "both" when referring to three or more items?Interesting, thanks! Unfortunately that doesn't seem to me to be usable either, as "There are several recommendations I have to further improve the sites — all three to improve their profit, decrease their cost and improve their usability." sounds like the "three" counts the recommendations. –
- punctuation - What is the proper way of using triple dots and spaces ...The Three-Dot Method, which uses three ellipsis points to indicate all omissions of text from quoted extracts, "is appropriate for most general works and many scholarly ones," according to Chicago. The Three-or-Four-Dot Method, Chicago says, "is appropriate for poetry and most scholarly works other than legal writings or textual commentary."
- Is there a word analogous to "dual" for three or more options?Three-way has connotations of some sort of physical object or direction, that I don't want either. Triadic might work but it is of Greek origin, whereas dual and trinal are from Latin. Paucal, is not specific to three, but is a good alternative to multiple.
- What's the best way to use "either" on more than two options?Either--Or statement is used to choose between two given options , in the sentence you mention , there are three given choices , so . Either remove one option or. Write the sentence simply like : I can classify all pitches as fast balls , breaking balls and/or off-speed pitches.
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