"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 …
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.
grammaticality - Is the sentence "Queueing is so thoughtful of you ...
Sep 8, 2017 · Thanks for posting an answer! I didn't try too hard to understand the use of the technical terms in the quoted paragraph because to me, it sounded like the author was bloviating to avoid …
verbs - Difference between "queue" and "enqueue" - English Language ...
—Christopher Kimball, Cook's Illustrated, January & February 2008 and The crowd was queuing at the snack bar. And now look at this definition of 'Enqueue' as a verb from the Oxford Dictionaries- …
Would 'sitting in a queue' be incorrect English?
Feb 24, 2016 · Yes it is, but generally more so in certain contexts. For example, if I'm stuck in traffic I would say "sitting in queue", but I probably wouldn't use the word 'sitting' if I was talking about waiting …
Which is correct: "standing on line" or "standing in line"?
He says you can't pin down why you would use one or the other. If I'm standing in line, I'm standing in the line I am in. On the other hand, even if there is a line on the floor, that is not the line being …
What's the proper word for a person waiting in a queue?
Jul 31, 2012 · I have tried to use candidate or queue member to indicate a person waiting in a queue, but the former is not accurate and the latter is not a noun. Is there a better word for a person waiting …
Where does the phrase "No ifs, no buts, no coconuts" come from?
Jun 3, 2017 · I've seen various entries for "No ifs, no buts, no cuts", but no explanation of the other phrase. What is the etymology?
meaning - To outstay vs. overstay one's welcome - English Language ...
Jan 30, 2015 · I came across the expression "outstayed my welcome" in the following excerpt of a novel I glance around and see that the café has filled up with people ordering lunch and that a couple is …
american english - Is "ageing" the only exception? - English Language ...
May 22, 2017 · There are a small number of words aside from ageing that retain silent e before -ing; for some of them, this spelling is mandatory in American English as well as British English. For others, it …