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Bookmark or Share- The least or the fewest? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange"Fewest" is an adjective, not an adverb; it applies only to count nouns, so it would not be usable in this sentence. Compare the following two sentences: Our family has the fewest people of any in the village. ("fewest" as an adjective modifying the noun "people") She is the least polite person in our family.
- singular they - "his or her own" vs. "their own" - English Language ...The choice of pronoun in this case is a vexing one, that English has struggled with for generations. There is no single, universally accepted pronoun to use in this case. No matter which pronoun you choose, you will likely annoy somebody. The two examples you quoted will offend the fewest people, on average. Walking through our choices:
- meaning - Starting a sentence with "of note" - English Language ...It's scientific text. I found the idiom ("of note") from M-W but it seems to be used somewhat differently in dictionary examples ("many of his comments are worthy of note"; "Roman historians of note include Livy, Tacitus, and Sallust") than in this text (to paraphrase the dictionary examples, "Of note, Livy, Tacitus and Sallust were Roman rather than Greek historians"; "Of note, he made many ...
- Am I telling the time correctly on the analog clock?Those are nearly right, but when it's not a multiple of 5 minutes we almost always say the word "minute(s)". So:
- When talking about computing, are "not enabled" and "disabled" same?If you are instead designing an interface, look at comparable interfaces and use the same. In this case, the Principle of Least Astonishment should be your primary guide. (TL:DR; Do what surprises the fewest people. It's kind of off-topic for this side, but please google it if you're building any kind of interface and haven't already.)
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