Usage may vary when the past participles are used as adjectives, as in burnt toast.

Usage of " naff " increased in the 1970s when television sitcom Porridge employed it as an alternative to expletives which were not considered broadcastable at the time.

Usage of the word in the medical literature predates the discovery of the chromosome, and thus its definition has not always taken karyotype into account when determining an individual's sex.

Usage of patented codecs in free software however is a still pending potential problem affecting FFmpeg, MPlayer and similar software when used in countries where software patents apply.

Usage of cannabis, also locally known as ganja ( Sanskrit ganjika ) or bhang ( when made into a drink ) is common and not prosecuted throughout India.

Usage of the terms Paiute, Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute is most correct when referring to groups of people with similar language and culture.

Usage: Temporary construction or when final decoration is undetermined.

Usage rose considerably in 1838 when the terminus of the London and South Western Railway was built at nearby Nine Elms.

Monica admits repeatedly that she doesn't pay attention when he talks about his work, but finally learns when he quits in Season 9, although he mentions his job title in " The One with the Cooking Class ," a job which inspired Chandler's oft-referenced office slang word " WENUS " ( Weekly Estimated Net Usage System ), as well as the " ANUS " ( Annual Net Usage of System ).

Usage of the word ‘ Tamang ’ It is still in the root of the research from when the word ‘ Tamang ’ has been in use to refer to the Tamang nationality of Nepal.

Usage is common in the U. S. Marine Corps as the headgear when wearing service uniforms ( the other option being the bulkier frame-type " barracks cover ").

Usage of his " Psycho Power " usually causes him to lose his ability to reason, and in one instance nearly strangles Chun-Li while enraged only to regret his actions for a moment when he resumed his previous cognitive state ... the only scene in which he ever shows a capacity for human emotion.

Usage of supercluster for populations as well as haplotypes makes the term ambiguous and may require clarification when the word is used.

Merriam – Webster's Dictionary of English Usage ( 1994 ) recommends the passive voice when identifying the object ( receiver ) of the action is more important than the subject ( agent ), and when the agent is unknown, unimportant, or not worth mentioning:

In 1927, H. W. Fowler in A Dictionary of Modern English Usage would note the phrase had been neglected by dictionaries, and that its meaning had shifted away from the one given to it originally.

Usage of the term bodhisattva has evolved over time.

Reid also refers to Matthew K. Gray's well-respected website, Internet Statistics: Growth and Usage of the Web and the Internet, which indicates a dramatic leap in web use around the time of Mosaic's introduction ( p. xxv ).

Usage of the term has developed over time.

Usage may be personal and non-transferable, for a family, or under certain circumstances, for a group utilizing a service at one time.

The next commission for the brothers was a much smaller, pocket-sized abridgement of the OED At the same time they were working on Modern English Usage ; work on both began in 1911, with Henry Fowler concentrating on Modern English Usage and Francis on the pocket dictionary.

Usage at partial-opening can consequently result in considerable flow directly into the soil surrounding the hydrant, which, over time, can cause severe scouring.

The third and last edition was published in 1931, by which time Modern English Usage had superseded it in popularity.

* Intelligence Quotient ( IQ ) and Browser Usage, another IQ-related Internet hoax, this time claiming low IQs for users of Internet Explorer 6

R. W. Burchfield, editor of The New Fowler ’ s Modern English Usage, has written that it ’ s only a matter of time before this practice becomes standard English: “ The process now seems irreversible .” Merriam-Webster ’ s Collegiate Dictionary ( 11th ed.

3 " Usage is a thing that is born of those things that man says and does, and keeps doing continually for a long time, and without being impeded < sup ></ sup >.

Usage based insurance, also known as pay as you drive ( PAYD ) and pay how you drive ( PHYD ) and mile-based auto insurance is a type of automobile insurance whereby the costs of motor insurance are dependent upon type of vehicle used, measured against time, distance, behaviour and place.

Usage is highest in Europe, East Asia, and South America.

Usage above the bundle cap is either charged per megabyte or disallowed.

A recent example of a new insurance product that is patented is Usage Based auto insurance.

Bandwidth is limited to 3GB ( 45 $/ mo ) and 5GB ( 90 $/ mo ) per month, with unlimited bandwidth from midnight till 8AM based on Fair Usage Policy ( FUP ).

In its entry on " Unification Church ", the 2002 edition of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage advised: " Unification Church is appropriate in all references to the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, which was founded by the Rev.

Usage of these terms is not uniform across the English-speaking world ( see below ).

According to Fowler's Modern English Usage ( 1965 ), the correct term is " the Received Pronunciation ".

Among leading language-usage commentators, Garner's Modern American Usage acknowledges that " website " is the standard form, but Bill Walsh, of The Washington Post, argues for using " Web site " in his books and on his website ( however, The Washington Post itself uses " website ").

In A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ( 1926 ), H. W. Fowler states that applying the word nigger to " others than full or partial negroes " is " felt as an insult by the person described, & betrays in the speaker, if not deliberate insolence, at least a very arrogant inhumanity "; but the second edition ( 1965 ) states: " N. has been described as ' the term that carries with it all the obloquy and contempt and rejection which whites have inflicted on blacks.

An F with a double sharp applied raises it a whole step so it is enharmonically equivalent to a G. Usage varies on how to notate the situation in which a note with a double sharp is followed in the same measure by a note with a single sharp: some publications simply use the single accidental for the latter note, whereas others use a combination of a natural and a sharp, with the natural being understood to apply to only the second sharp.

For voice DS1 lines, the calculation is mostly the same, except that the port ( required for Internet access ) is replaced by LDU ( otherwise known as Long Distance Usage ).

Usage in this context is almost always pejorative in intent.

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ( 1926 ), by Henry Watson Fowler ( 1858 – 1933 ), is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing.

To its users, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is informally known by the names Fowler ’ s Modern English Usage, Fowler, and Fowler ’ s.

Widely and often cited, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is renowned for its witty passages, such as:

Historically, the substantive and editorial differences among the first-edition and the third-edition versions is that the former, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ( 1926 ), is a prescriptive style guide to clear and expressive writing, whilst the latter versions, The New Fowler ’ s Modern English Usage ( 1996 ) and Fowler ’ s Modern English Usage ( 2004 ), are descriptive usage guides to spoken and written English.