Sorry, I saw some of your posts were deleted while in moderation. I tried to at least bring one back here, but I don't think I am able to. I'll try to answer anyway. Really? Is that why most language forums are filled with technical

Are you looking for a generic way to express the nth instance of a set of like objects? Or to hint at the size of the set in a descriptive phrase? It's about the size of the set. Is the word 'multiple' required? No, it's not. It

As I think somebody has already said, it might help us to help you if you let us know why you need the expression. I'm working on a knowledge representation. It is generally a semantic network (a directed graph in which nodes represent

Matti asked: Do any punctuation or style manuals explicitly disapprove of this question mark? here may confuse native speakers of languages lacking articles. It may even startle native speakers of English. But these are not related even loosely to

Matti asked: Do any punctuation or style manuals explicitly disapprove of this question mark? Yes. The Chicago Manual of Style, probably the most widely used stylesheet in U.S. academic publishing, recommends against it: > > *Warning! The

And, Ben proves that there is nothing unaccpetable about using multiple question marks: "Well, (whoever), the next time you use the English language in a non-verbal context you should post it. /Bill ?? How is it possible to use the English