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Bookmark or Share- AM/PM vs a.m./p.m. vs am/pm - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIf the correct usage is a.m./p.m., how does this affect punctuation at the end of a sentence? Should we meet at 4 p.m.? Let's meet at 4 p.m.. (Let me know if these should be split up into individual questions, but I figured that because they were all related to these initialisms in particular, it might be okay to ask them all in one question.)
- What is the difference between 20$ and $20? [closed]Does English forbid using non-dollar currencies? "The dollar sign ($), originally called the peso sign, is a symbol primarily used to indicate the various peso and dollar units of currency around the world". There is nothing in its definition stipulating its relative position as well as it is only for dollar.
- What does "if and when" mean, and is it the same as "when and if"?Some people might complain that "if and when" is redundant, because the "if" carries with it a sense of "when", in that you don't know whether X is going to happen until it actually does. But it's sometimes possible to know to some degree of certainty that something is going to happen, before it actually occurs - and in fact this is often the ...
- Meaning of "by" when used with dates - inclusive or exclusiveIf, in a contract fr example, the text reads: "X has to finish the work by MM-DD-YYYY", does the "by" include the date or exclude it? In other words, will the work delivered on the specified date
- What is the difference between "thee" and "thou"?Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns.Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy/thine is the possessive form.
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