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Bookmark or Share- grammar - Difference between "without" and "with no" - English Language ...Really this is not quite the same thing grammatically as in the 'without sound', 'with no sound' example. We have replaced a with no as well as replacing without with with. The word no is a determiner. Determiners are words like a, the, some, any, this, that. We actually cannot replace without with with no if the noun phrase already has a ...
- Are "w/o", "w/", "b/c" common abbreviations in the US?I've seen w/o for without; I don't recall ever seeing w/ or b/c; I certainly wouldn't say that they are in common 'public' usage, and would suggest they are best reserved for private usage, note-taking, etc.
- abbreviations - How do you write "and" in very short form? - English ...Look at Glyph Number 2 in Wikipedia with the top vertical line dropped and some of the lines straightened. It's essentially a "+" sign drawn without lifting your pen from the paper.
- grammaticality - "Whether or not" vs. "whether" - English Language ...It's worth pointing out that, etymologically speaking, the roots of whether are which/either of two.It's inherently a "binary choice" word, so whereas "I don't know whether it be fish or fowl" is fine, "I don't know whether it be fish or fowl or good red herring" isn't really grammatical.
- Is there a common abbreviation for "with or without"? e.g. w/wo or w/w/oThe abbreviation opt. meaning optional or option for is an alternative to "with or without"... This is my suggestion: If a key item is acceptable with or without a sub item then I recommend the use of the abbreviation for Optional (opt.) sandwich recipe suggestion: buns, beef, onion, opt. mustard or mustard (opt.),...
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