Mar 15, 2017 · An arbitrary rule is one that is indistinguishable from any of the others which could be plucked from the infinite hat containing all possible rules, & no one can see why it was introduced. If …

May 20, 2020 · Is there any rule that explains why Data can be arranged arbitrarily. (1) is much more common than Data can arbitrarily be arranged. (2) according to the google search results (23M vs …

Feb 14, 2019 · People who didn't/don't spend time thinking about English grammar tend to think of comma usage as an arbitrary rule that just needs to be memorized, but as @KaiNoack pointed out, …

Collective nouns and subject-verb agreement: general rule or arbitrary, looking at 'police' specifically? Ask Question Asked 13 years, 4 months ago Modified 2 years, 5 months ago

Jun 15, 2022 · 2 The point of punctuation is to help readers more easily grasp the intended relationships between or among words or groups of words on a page. If a particular punctuation mark doesn't …

Apr 22, 2016 · This is not an arbitrary rule. Nouns of address need to be separated because they are grammatically independent of the rest of the sentence. Leaving out the commas can completely …

Oct 16, 2022 · So what is with English that there's this arbitrary "rule"? Why doesn't it sound quite "right" to say something like "I saw two Japanese at the market yesterday" or "There was a blond British at …

Nov 20, 2014 · That's why the "don't end a sentence with a preposition" rule is stupid. It forces us to make sentences that are more complex and harder to understand just to comply with an arbitrary rule.

Feb 27, 2017 · Why can't we have some arbitrary rule to avoid this ambiguity? Something like if there's a contracted form of are not then it means one thing, otherwise the other. Or some other such rule …

Nov 14, 2014 · I'm afraid not. I'll throw in cool, cozy and counter as hints that the simple combination co is absolutely arbitrary and no base for any rule that can be useful. There is the pronunciation of the c, …