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Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used Ask Question Asked 11 years, 9 months ago Modified 5 years ago
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In the United States, most style guides that I have encountered recommend including the second hyphen in situations such as "8-foot-long bridge." Here is how some guides frame their advice. From The Associated Press Stylebook (2002): dimensions Use figures and spell out inches, feet, yards, etc., to indicate depth, height, length, and width. Hyphenate adjectival forms before nouns. [Relevant ...
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What is a single word which can properly describe age, height, weight ...
7 I am completing a final assignment for a statistics course, and need a single word to describe age, height, weight and BMI (body mass index).
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Origin of "height" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
According to Etymonline, Height, has many different possible origins. height (n.) Old English hiehþu, Anglian hehþo "highest part or point, summit; the heavens, heaven," from root of heah "hi...
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Does one hyphenate height when given in feet and inches?
Please provide the context for your quotation. Also, have you considered the audience for your work? Many non-American readers may not understand that *five-one" means "five feet & one inch"; British readers might, but even in Britain a person's height is now given in metres.
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american english - How to express someone's height in metric - English ...
Show activity on this post. If someone is 169cm tall, what is the most common way of saying their height in metres and centimetres in American/Australian/British English? I'm not interested in converting metres (meters) and centimetres (centimeters) into feet and inches, which would be “five foot six” (5'6"), I know how to say and write that.
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elevation vs altitude - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
In the airline industry elevation = height above ground and altitude = height above sea level. Altitude is used to calculate air pressure, elevation is used to make sure you don't crash into mountains.
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Which to use: "altitude" or "elevation" in regards to height above sea ...
1 The altitude is the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level; the elevation is the height above a given level, especially the sea level. The flight data include airspeed and altitude. It is a network of microclimates created by sharp differences in elevation.
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Height and weight written out - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Height and weight written out Ask Question Asked 12 years, 8 months ago Modified 6 years, 3 months ago
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What is the word used to describe things ordered by height?
I’m wondering if there is a word used for using height to order something. Just like we say alphabetical order for things arranged by their spelling, or chronological order for things arranged by t...