In an e-mail, suppose we start with Hi John. Should I follow with Hi John, some content (i) or Hi John, some content (ii) Is there any etiquette behind choice (i) vs (ii)?

How to appropriately respond to someone saying "I hope you are well./?" There are certain situations in writing where this would obviously not be soliciting a response (requiring a …

Jul 21, 2015 · Success and failure are judged with respect to external criteria. When all criteria have been met, it's a complete success. When no criteria have been met, it's an unmitigated …

The context that made me think of this word was an argument where one of the participants was spending a lot of time trying to sound intelligent or talk down to the other instead of resolving …

Aug 29, 2017 · Referring to it as a matter is a way of separating it from you. This "matter" is your passion, not a distant subject but close and dear to you. Asking if they can help in this matter …

May 16, 2017 · Term for a politician intentionally causing a crisis just to get credit for resolving it? Ask Question Asked 8 years, 6 months ago Modified 2 years ago

Jun 18, 2019 · I'm trying to come up with (and coming up short) a term or expression that is used when one is simply moving a problem from one area to another (instead of solving it). …

Sep 3, 2016 · I'm looking for a phrase to describe fixing the relatively minor problems of something with addressing a larger underlying problem. One example would be if a house had …

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Both are grammatical. There seems to be little difference in meaning, but a detailed corpus search might show that they were used in different contexts. What corpus evidence does show is that …