In Rihanna's song "FourFiveSeconds", this line is sung in the chorus:
Now I'm four, five seconds from wilin'...
I searched on Google for the definition of "wilin'" and got this:
wildin' (also wilin') verb
to have fun, act crazy with a group of friends
Source: Online Slang Dictionary
Whilst this definition sounds accurate, I would like to know if there are any other meanings.
Also, how common is "wildin'" in spoken American English, and in what dialect or culture?
I want to stop changing my mind, I've used all three of the forms cyber security, cyber-security or cybersecurity at different times. There have been previous discussions on this (e.g. here and here) and I'm looking for a reasoned recommendation. I know there is never a simple answer in language due to the constant evolution of speech, but a reasoned consensus should be possible. Don't waste time on what cyber means, concentrate of the usage form. Why not the cybersecurity form, common in the America's, yet tagged as a misspelled in my UK version of Microsoft Word. The cyber security form is common in Europe yet I come across many documents in which both versions, and all three versions are used interchangeably. My preference would be to use the hyphen form to strengthen the specific computer/software related version of security. The single word form seems incorrect since I can think of no other security word without a hyphenated prefix (self-security is a rare hyphenated example). Other types of security are separated words, e.g. information security, financial security, physical security. Usage without the hyphen makes sense in other forms, e.g. cyberphobia. Let's see the consensus :)
Which form is correct (or more correct): reimplement or re-implement?
And to extend the question a little bit, are there any rules concerning both, e.g. re-scan or rescan, re-evaluation or reevaluation?
Edit:
The primary question is if both versions are correct (or which one is more correct from the English grammar's point of view). I know that both are in use, it's easy to do Google search for example to find out that "reimplement" is even more widely used than "re-implement". But in that case, why LibreOffice marks "reimplement" as incorrect? Is the construction informal? Incorrect? Because clearly is quite popular.
The second part of the question is somehow answered by the other question pointed to in the comment, e.g. I may use the hyphen if that makes the meaning more clear (which doesn't apply to this case IMHO).
Answer
Thanks for all the answers, but I found what I was looking for in the Hyphens with the Prefix re article:
Rule: Use the hyphen with the prefix re only when re means again AND omitting the hyphen would cause confusion with another word.
The article then provides some examples (which I am not copying here).
In other words, "reimplement" is the grammatically correct version because there is no other meaning associated with the word "reimplement" and therefore the use of hyphen is not necessary.
This somehow confirms why there is more results in favor of "reimplement" than "re-implement" on Google - the later (less correct, if not incorrect) form is probably a result of the confusion around the usage of hyphen with re.
This is of course based on the assumption that the article is trustful.
Edit: Cater for re-examine
The same page mentions an additional Rule:
Rule 3. For clarity, many writers hyphenate prefixes ending in a vowel
when the root word begins with the same letter.
Example: ultra-ambitious semi-invalid re-elect
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/hyphens.asp
Would you let me know the difference between the following sentences?
- The company’s third loan payment is expected from ABC Bank on Friday.
- The company’s third loan payment is expected by ABC Bank on Friday.
- The third loan payment is expected from the company on Friday.
I think #2 and #3 have almost the same meaning, but I can't understand #1.
I don't know why 'from' is used in #1. #2 and #3 is much more clear than #1.
(Sorry, there is no context, so please make up some contexts for the above sentences.)
So this is still a mystery to me. Can someone help me please? This is the question:
It was only when electric motors ______________ to become portable
that vacuum cleaners became common household items.
1) became advanced sufficiently
2) sufficiently became advanced
3) had sufficiently become advanced
4) had become sufficiently advanced
And please tell me why the 3 wrong answers are wrong. Also, can we put an adverb like "sufficiently" between "had" and "become"? Does the answer to the last question only apply to this sentence or is it always like that?
And one last thing, please choose one of the answers given. This was a test, so no other answers were available.
Answer
The fourth one is the correct one.
Reasoning:
First of all, let us focus on why the fourth alternative is the correct choice. In the sentence, we are talking about the order of two events in which the second occurred after the first one had already happened because the second event was conducive only due to the happening of the first one. Hence, we need to use past perfect tense here leading to the cancellation of the first two options.
Now the question is about "advanced sufficiently" or "sufficiently advanced". Here we are trying to focus on the word "advanced" since if the electric motors hadn't become advanced, we wouldn't have seen portable vacuum cleaners. In order to focus the word "advanced", we need to put the adverb "sufficiently" just before it (since we are interested in the advancement of the technology).
P.S.: The third law of British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke states: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws)
Can't seem to figure this one out:
Of course, it is more difficult to analyze those signs if you yourself is/are stressed beyond belief.
Both seem to sound wrong (or maybe I'm overworking). Removing yourself solves it; yet I'd like to still keep the emphasis. As far as I'm concerned, the double pronoun is perfectly fine to use, and also is present in different languages: German "Sie selbst"; Russian "вы сами"; Latvian "jūs paši"; etc.
Answer
It's are.
You goes with are and the emphatic yourself (or yourselves if plural) doesn't change that.
Of course, it is more difficult to analyze those signs if you yourself are stressed beyond belief.
Title is a quote from Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. In this section he goes through a bunch of London slang terms and what they mean, but I don't understand his definition. What does it mean to watch vacant motor-cars? The only thing I can think of is someone who you pay when you park who makes sure nobody steals your car when it's gone. But how does that work? What assurance does the driver have that the person watching won't just leave or steal the car themselves?