I always thought those words could be used synonymously as nouns (when 'usage' doesn't refer to a habit). From Dictionary.reference.com: Usage: The act, manner, or amount of using; use:  the usage of a technical term; an instrument

I take "usage" as a particular standard or non-standard way of using something. It's a noun. "Practice" is almost a synonym. Breaking a raw egg into one's beer seems like a strange usage / practice. We say "the

Marcus Fox schrieb: When should I use the appropriate capitalised or uncapitalised adjectives or nouns (for example) "Chinese" and "chinese"? Or is it not correct to use the uncapitalised form? I have seen in print books

Charles Riggs filted: Not only suggest, I'd say, but require. It's that hyphen that requires it...here's what I gather: "Irish-American" - born an American citizen to parents whose ancestry is ... - of mixed Irish and

The following comes from the *Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage,* ... are several brands of Standard English in the world (end quote) I do occasionally use "brand" in this way, but only, I think, with quotation marks. It can be quite

Spelling Book (Noah Webster 1800) and "Zed" vs "Zee" Richard Maurer quoted from Wikipedia: The American English form zee derives from an English late 17th-century dialectal form, now obsolete in England. Lye's New Spelling

How would you say "donkey jacket" in American English ? Isabelle Judging from what I found it'd probably be "work jacket". I've never heard of a "donkey jacket". AmE (American English) is the kind I use.

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I'm happy I found this group - please help me! English is a second language for me. I'd really like ... is correct to the context. For example, I'd like to find out the difference between a "property" and an

> > > If it does not have to be a noun, then why was "partial" not gone with? Richard Maurer To reply, remove half Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.