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  1. "Queueing" or "Queuing" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Mar 12, 2012 · Which spelling is better, queueing or queuing? Both words seem to mean the same, but there are two different spellings. My context is: Queueing Latency versus Queuing Latency If both …

  2. US and UK English: queue or wait in line?

    Apr 25, 2016 · But whether in the UK or the US, the branch of mathematics that deals with the question of how quickly things waiting in lines get to the front is called queueing theory and not *lining-up theory.

  3. verbs - Difference between "queue" and "enqueue" - English Language ...

    What is the difference between queue and enqueue given that both are verbs?

  4. Would 'sitting in a queue' be incorrect English?

    Feb 24, 2016 · Also, of course, they might mean that they were actually sitting down: this might refer to the type of queueing system where you take a ticket and sit down and wait for your ticket's number to …

  5. When do you capitalize names of groups of people?

    Mar 13, 2025 · The simplest, and most "official" answer: you capitalize proper nouns. I imagine you ask because you've seen emails with examples like you give. The best explanation for that is simply …

  6. Are "eery" and "eerie" equally acceptable spellings?

    The Oxford English Dictionary gives both. It’s of Scottish origin, and probably derived from ‘argh’, an adjective now limited to regional dialects, and meaning ‘cowardly, pusillanimous, timid, fearful’ and …

  7. etymology - Origin of Australian slang exclamation "struth" meaning ...

    Sep 28, 2025 · What is the origin of the Australian slang exclamation "struth" meaning greatly surprised?

  8. User Barrie England - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 31, 2013 57 "Queueing" or "Queuing" Mar 12, 2012 54 "To shoot out of cannon into sparrows"

  9. Defining "quain" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 27, 2018 · In "Kinds of Verse" poet Gerard Manley Hopkins writes The former [rhythmic repetition] gives more tone, candorem, style, chasteness, the latter [intermittent repetition] more brilliancy, …

  10. capitalization - Should "pandemic" be capitalized when referring to ...

    May 16, 2024 · It would be unusual, though hardly unacceptable, to capitalise the pandemic (to emphasise the magnitude). Thus Conrad Duncan, writing under the Imperial College London aegis, …