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meaning - Is there a difference between "treble" and "triple ...
According to the Cambridge Corpus of American English, Americans strongly prefer triple as an adjective, noun and verb. British and Australian writers, on the other hand, seem to use both triple and treble, but with treble more frequent as a verb and triple as a noun and adjective. Fowler distinguished between treble meaning that something had become three times as large in size, and triple ...
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word choice - Is "triple" the proper counterpart of pair when ...
'Triple' can be used as an adjective: triple crown in horse racing, triple score in a video game, a triple scoop for an ice cream cone. As a noun or adjective, triple is probably the best of all the examples (the others have more context restricted usage).
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Where does the expression "triple-A" come from?
The term "AAA" or "triple-A" is a term mainly used nowadays in the video game industry, according to Wikipedia, ... for video games produced and distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher,
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Are there examples of triple entendres in English?
There are many triple entendres in HipHop, although not respected by most writers and english enthusiasts, HipHop has produce some of the most wittiest lines I've personally ever heard.
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word choice - Double of, double than. Triple of, triple than - English ...
Do Double/triple use "than" or "of" after them? eg: the monthly-averaged discharges flowing through that river are as nearly as triple than/of those flowing in the Mississippi river
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What comes after quadruple? [duplicate] - English Language & Usage ...
I know: Single Double Triple Quadruple But what comes next? Up to 10 would be fine.
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etymology - Why is the word "triple" spelt with 1 p although tri is an ...
Plenty of English words have a non-doubled consonant letter after a short vowel. The only time when you can expect consonant doubling to systematically apply after a short vowel is before certain suffixes (such as -ing, -ed, -er, -est, -ist). But in a non-suffixed word like triple, there isn't an easy way to predict the spelling from the pronunciation or vice versa. The spelling "tripple" was ...
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punctuation - What is the proper way of using triple dots and spaces ...
What is the proper way of using triple dots and spaces before/after them? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 6 months ago Modified 5 years ago
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How can I form a word like "quadruple" for any number I want?
The usual way is just to find the Latin root and add the suffix: quintuple, sextuple, septuple, nonuple, etc. For numbers beyond eight or nine, the -uple construction sounds rather strained, if not downright silly. (Duodecuple? Really?) I'd recommend -fold as an alternative ("a ninety-fold increase"), or substitute another counter noun altogether: an "eighty-one piece orchestra"; "a sixteen ...
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Is there another word for five times, such as triple, quadruple?
I forget what the word for 5 times is. I know it is single, double, triple, quadruple but forgot what the one for 5 is.