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Bookmark or Share- word choice - "Is it right?" or "Is it correct?" - English Language ...Correct implies something is absolutely true. Right can be used in matters of opinion. edit for referencing. Let's consider the math problem 2+2. We can use right and correct as follows: "2+2=4, is it right?" "2+2=4, is it correct?" Both are acceptable. However, let's now introduce a matter of opinion - "George Bush invaded Iraq, is it right?"
- Why is English written and read left to right?Many languages that existed before the invention of ink were written right to left since this is the more natural for right handed people to hold a chisel in the left hand and the hammer in the right. After ink became the main method of writing, writing from left to right became preferable since it avoided smudging the ink.
- "right" vs "correct" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIf the speaker suspects that there are multiple possible right answers, then this ought to be OK...yet it sounds wrong. Perhaps there's an implicit assumption that there is an optimally right answer (i.e. one that is somehow more right than the others), which is specific enough to justify using "the" rather than "a". –
- "Definitely" vs. "absolutely" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeYou are definitely right. means that it is certain that you are right. You are absolutely right. means that you are completely right. One couldn't be "more right", as it were. So, grammatically, I'd say that in the first sentence, definitely modifies the whole sentence (the verb), whereas in the second absolutely modifies right.
- word choice - What is the name of the symbols "<" and ">"? - English ...@sumelic You’re right that there is a large difference between manuscript use, typewriter use, and professionally set type. There is also a substantive difference between common names used by laymen treating the computer keyboard as though it were a 19th-century typewriter and professionals who, making this sort of thing their business, would ...
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