Sep 6, 2016 · In fact, it seems that inobtrusive is just a variation of unobtrusive, and many dictionaries cite unobtrusive as a definition for inobtrusive. According to Google Ngrams, the variant inobtrusive is almost nonexistent. The spellchecker for this very editor doesn't even recognize inobtrusive as a word. In general, I'd stick with unobtrusive.

He is dressed/behaving/acting unobtrusively because he doesn't want to [upstage] the main singer.. The synonym inconspicuously fits nicely too.

Aug 6, 2010 · The question of "a" vs "an" is always decided by the pronunciation of the word that follows the article. Thus, various geographical regions that have different pronunciation rules may use a different article for the same word. Words that begin with a vowel sound, such as "apple", "egg", or "hour" are preceded by "an".

Aug 23, 2014 · @WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”.

Jul 21, 2019 · 'inobtrusive' is much more common. 'obtrusive', while not actually being disgruntled, is far from being ...

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Good question. I hear it in British films used very casually, and the Aussies seem to use it the way the Brits use mates — or at least in the same context.

May 26, 2011 · Edit: Another Wikipedia page:. The big Z. It is a convention in American comics that the sound of a snore can be reduced to a single letter Z.

Mar 27, 2014 · And here is another "warsh" from West Somerset. It might be a past linguistic quirk which has only left one trace on the language, kind of like the former dialectical variant British pronunciation of "er", which has persisted in England in clerk and Berkeley, but appears only in sergeant in the U.S.

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