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  1. Adjective for a person who enjoys taking care of their appearance

    Jan 31, 2019 · One is visual, the other is an attitude. You've provided both in your question—but you can't if you want a specific answer. They mean different things. Also, vain, self-conscious, and happy …

  2. Readable vs legible - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Easy to understand is non-metaphorical, but accessible is another metaphorical usage that doesn't create quite the same unease over the juxtaposition between visual and textual information.

  3. sense verbs - a word like "visual", "auditory", except for touch ...

    Dec 6, 2014 · a word like "visual", "auditory", except for touch Ask Question Asked 14 years, 11 months ago Modified 8 years, 6 months ago

  4. word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Graphic is also a noun, as in a visual graphic, whereas graphical is only an adjective. However, there are phrases where graphic is conventionally used, other phrases where graphical is the norm. …

  5. Single name to cover "drawing", "painting", "sketching" etc

    The fine or applied visual arts and associated techniques involving the application of lines and strokes to a two-dimensional surface. The fine or applied visual arts and associated techniques in which …

  6. word choice - "Glaringly obvious" vs. "blaringly obvious" - English ...

    With this interpretation glaringly would be the adverb of choice for visual events while blaringly would be the adverb of choice for audible events. I feel that both these words, glaring and blaring, have an …

  7. word choice - "Seem", "appear", "look" — how to differentiate ...

    Apr 19, 2011 · There is a semantic difference between look/appear and seem: One should use look or appear when describing an observable condition - e.g.: Rhonda looks sad - the example implies that …

  8. capitalization - Capitalisation (or not?!) of 'von' and 'de' at start ...

    Jul 3, 2024 · Capital letters are the major visual clue for the start of a new sentence. However, to demonstrate that this is a matter of opinion, I attempted to find guidance.

  9. Origin of "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I ...

    Feb 11, 2015 · The first record that I can find is from "Science and Civilisation in China" 中國科學技術史 - Page iii books.google.co.uk › books by Joseph Needham · 1954 · ‎Snippet view Found inside – …

  10. What's the origin of the idiom "to be left holding the bag"?

    Mar 10, 2017 · Perhaps the visual would be of someone holding an open bag with hopes that something would fill it, so that they could move on to the next order of business. The progressively impatient …