@JSBangs: Few dictionaries will clarify that adaption is just a variant of adaptation as opposed to adaptation is just a variant of adaption. None of mine, certainly. You need to know something of existing usage to decide which is the "base" form (if that even means anything). –

May 12, 2012 · adapt: to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification. adjust: to bring to a more satisfactory state. The subtle difference here is that adjustment involves making changes within the original design parameters of the item being adjusted.

The preposition that goes with adapt is generally, to.. Adapting to your changes is fine.. Although the idea of "keeping pace with changes and adapting as required from time to time" that you seem to want to convey is understandable, "keeping pace with" and "adapting" are two distinct things.

I am used to saying "I am in India.". But somewhere I saw it said "I am at Puri (Oriisa)". I would like to know the differences between "in" and "at" in the above two sentences.

Feb 23, 2011 · In common use, based upon a true story means that the essential trajectory of the actual story remains intact. . The author/screenwriter may have made significant adaptations -- renaming characters, shifting the location in time or space, exchanging genders, compositing several real people into a single representative character, and so forth -- but the core of the …

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Nov 17, 2011 · I asked about the meaning and usage of meta a few days ago, quoting Maureen Dowd’s review of the movie, “J. Edgar” in New York Times. I received six answers. But I still don’t get a clear idea of...

Mar 24, 2011 · I’ve just come across “n.d.” used as an abbreviation, as a bibliographic reference in an academic essay, along the lines of: Smith (n.d.) discusses the subaquaeous pliability of rattan fibres… Is

Joel is mistaken when he says that as of means "up to and including a point of time," although it is often used to mean so.

When you are using the word "Dad" to refer to a specific person, it's standing in place of their name, and thus, like their name, would be capitalized.