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punctuation - Use of asterisks in casual writing - English Language ...
In many online forums and such, including this one, surrounding text with asterisks is how you set something in italics, but it doesn't actually get rendered into italics on some other websites. Often the actions are put into "third person", so you see *laughs* instead of *I laugh*.
word choice - "available in the store" Or "available in-store ...
"In-store" is increasingly being used alongside "online": "This computer is available in-store and online". You might ring, email or text the store and ask "Is this available in-store, because I'd really like to look at it and use the one on display". If you actually in the store, you have choices including: "Is this (computer) available in this store?" (I think better than "in the store") or ...
What is a very general term or phrase for a course that is not online?
4 I'm trying to find the most general term or phrase for the opposite of "online course". When a course is not online, but in a classroom, or anywhere else people interact in the same place, not through a computer, how would I call it? I'm translating some words used in messages and labels in a e-learning web application used by companies.
phrase meaning - What does "online polarization" mean? - English ...
0 Cinelli, 2021 says Online polarization, for instance, may foster misinformation spreading. I did a search about the use of "polarization" segregation of society into social groups, from high-income to low-income But I still do not fully get what does "online polarization" mean, and how to understand the sentence of Cinelli, 2021 above.
prepositions - "Selling via the Internet" - is it correct? - English ...
There's a difference between using the internet to do the entire selling process (attract customers, agree sale, take payments), and using it for part of the selling process (e.g. attract customers but complete transaction in person; or convert real-world customers to complete the transaction online).
How to inform the link of a scheduled online meeting in formal emails ...
I am writing a formal email to someone to send him the link of a scheduled online meeting. I have already acknowledged him before about the meeting. I can not figure out the most appropriate and fo...
prepositions - Is it "on chat" or "in chat" or "over chat" - English ...
Perhaps we talk on chat because while on chat we are online, or because the text we type appears on the chat window. When referring to the chat provider by name instead of the generic chat in general, perhaps we can use over similarly to how we can say over the phone; we're imagining the chat provider as sending our messages across, or over ...
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Jobseeker vs job seeker – is there a difference in meaning?
Online dictionaries define a job seeker as a person who is unemployed and looking for work and a jobseeker as someone who is trying to find a job. Is the unemployment factor important here?
In/on/with placing an order. What's the difference?
We are in charge of helping the customer on placing their orders online. I would say that if I help the customer from the moment they have placed an order. Another usage example would be at a hotel: "On checking in the concierge will take your bags to the room." We are in charge of helping the customer with placing their orders online.
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