The abbreviation opt. meaning optional or option for is an alternative to "with or without"... This is my suggestion: If a key item is acceptable with or without a sub item then I recommend the …

Nov 18, 2011 · As others said, sans does mean without. However, in my experience it is used only to modify a noun, not a verb phrase. However, in my experience it is used only to modify a …

May 30, 2013 · I've seen w/o for without; I don't recall ever seeing w/ or b/c; I certainly wouldn't say that they are in common 'public' usage, and would suggest they are best reserved for …

Oct 28, 2018 · It’s a double negation “not without”, the not cancels the out, leaving “N̵o̵t̵ witho̵u̵t̵”, aka “with”, aka “we have”. I believe the rhetorical device is known as litotes or meiosis or …

without in the sense of "outside, on the outside, beyond the borders or boundaries of" is primarily a literary usage nowadays, but it has been used with that meaning for more than a thousand …

Jan 9, 2012 · Normally one would just say without problem, skipping the any altogether. It doesn’t really add anything to speak of, and just makes the phrase longer. But I certainly wouldn’t call …

(without a noun) This is a computer(*)related book. (before a noun) I think most authorities would say that 2. should be hyphenated. However, in case 1. it's not quite so clear. The Chicago …

Oct 29, 2015 · There is another word: truthiness, which characterizes the truth someone creates based on intuition - "a gut feeling" - without regards to logic or evidence. The word itself dates …

Sep 26, 2011 · Only in negative or interrogative the use ofdare without to and auxiliary means it doesn`t happen,it is a subjunctive.The another wise it is a common conjugate. – Mihai Antonio …

Mar 21, 2014 · US (without periods) is more common in most other national forms of English. Some major American guides to style, such as The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.), now …