May 30, 2013 · R/C – “remote control” b/c – “because” Like most abbreviations, these are less common in formal writing, although some of them (like I/O) appear often in technical writing. Some are uncommon even in informal writing; I've only seen b/c in things like text messages and tweets, for example, and those usually leave out the slash.

A.D. 1 was first calculated in the first millenium based on available knowledge at the time. Later on, it was found Jesus likely wasn't born that year, but a few years earlier (i.e., in the somewhat ironic 3–4 B.C. area). Marking it as the "Christian Era" (or more commonly, the "Common Era") allows the same epoch to be used even though the ...

May 7, 2015 · The remaining issue—how B.C. (Before Christ) triumphed over A.C. (Ante Christum)—remains unexplained, but it seems possible that writers deemed B.C. a less ambiguous abbreviation than A.C., given that "before Christ" and "after Christ" were common vernacular ways of referring to the pre–Anno Domini era.

Dec 21, 2012 · Normal usage is "A, B, C, etc." (this is the norm, a list of things that is long and generally well known), "A or B, C or D, etc." (where each letter represents some kind of distinct and clear categorical choice that will be obvious to the reader and essentially impossible to confuse -- this is probably very rare, though).

Aug 29, 2013 · One each from one or more categories of A, B, C and D (2.) Multiples permitted within one category but not across categories (A or AA or BBB, but not AB or ABB) One or more from one category of A, B, C or D (3.) Multiples permitted from one or more than one category (A or AA or AAB or AABB) One or more from each of one or more categories A, B ...

Feb 13, 2020 · 1) a < b < c. would be enough. If it a non-math audience, and the context was already established that a was less than c, then "b is between a and c but doesn't equal either" would be pretty clear. If the audience was more visual than verbal, you could draw a picture of a, b, and c appropriate for the problem space.

Sep 15, 2020 · The construction A is to B as C is to D is very specific (A relates to B in the same way that C relates to D), and probably shouldn't be linked to simpler forms. – FumbleFingers Commented Sep 15, 2020 at 16:18

I employ X excluding the A layer and the B function. Although I know that I can skip the second 'the', I use it. But I need to add one more like this. I employ X excluding the A layer, the C layer, and the B function. Or should I write this? I employ X …

Yes, in the right context it should be pretty easy to deduce. Salad dressing recipes (or any recipes) for which the ingredients may include controversial items such as anchovies, or very spicy ingredients; will often have the potentially offensive ingredients listed as optional.

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