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Bookmark or Share- numbers - What are the correct abbreviations for millions, billions and ...I've found answers on the web but also got conflicting answers from financial professionals (coworkers). In metric, you'd use M (mega) for million, G (giga) for billion and T (tera) for trillion.
- Word to describe a personality which has many interests?Multi-faceted also works, but bear in mind that that term is used much more often than many-faceted to describe also the characteristics of a crystal or precious stone. Multifarious or diverse both work as descriptions for interests or hobbies.
- What is a word for someone who has multiple skills/talents?I'd say conversationally saying "John's good at everything" or "A multi-talented guy" comes across more conversationally than calling someone a "Renaissance man" .. which would have been the way to put in in writing 30 years ago for sure(and perhaps even today).
- How should I use quotation marks in sections of multiline dialogue?When you are quoting multiple paragraphs, closing quotations go only at the end of the entire quotation. Beginning quotes should be placed at the beginning of each paragraph, though; otherwise it would be hard to tell at a glance that the quotation was still o
- Is there a word for a person who is able to focus on multiple tasks at ...Multi-tasker is probably the most widely recognized English phrase for this. Someone able to do remarkable feats of intellect or creativity, like Leonardo writing and drawing at the same time, is often called a prodigy. That doesn't necessarily imply doing multiple things at once, but it's the sort of thing that a prodigy might be able to do.
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