"Multitasking" is a commonly-used word in computer science and has a lay meaning as well. What is the opposite of "multitasking?" I tried "unitasking" in a recently letter to a colleague and was ...

Dec 20, 2017 · May I ask whether or not to use a hyphen after a prefix only depends on individuals' editorial style, but not that of British or American English? E.g., multi-tasking or multitasking?

Mar 28, 2011 · I thought of the word 'multi-tasker' but is there a better word which can express focussing on multiple tasks with equal efficiency? For instance, it is said that Leonardo Da Vinci, a polymath, …

As a matter of fact, the word multitasking did originate in the computer realm, but it is older than you estimate. According to the OED, the first citation of the word is from 1966, in a magazine called …

Jun 3, 2019 · In short, prefixes with a hypen, e.g. "pre-" should be avoided unless it will not be clear to the reader what the word is. This is even more the case if there is an existing word so, in your case, …

A colorful idiom for someone who can only do one thing at a time is he can't walk and chew gum at the same time Obviously, this only makes sense if you know what the heck chewing gum is. Was ther...

Jun 4, 2024 · What is the correct spelling of this word? See the discussion at (Codespell) false positive: unparseable.

Apr 21, 2020 · I'm a translator and at one translation bureau where I work one of the editors changes the preposition "of" or the word "dated" in time-related constructions to "dd", in this way: "Document Versi...

Jul 10, 2019 · In “Toward a Cognitive Semantics”, Leonard Talmy writes: I walked through the tunnel in 10 minutes. I walked along the shore for 10 minutes. In both sentences, the time period is the s...

Aug 8, 2024 · This depends on the style guide. While perhaps not the exact same type of writing, a blog about contract drafting cites A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (MSCD): MSCD 5.37 says “place …