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  1. synonyms - Is "connexion" synonymous with "connection"?

    Feb 23, 2011 · Is connexion synonymous with connection? Can I use it, for example, in an ethernet connexion?

  2. Why are "connection" and "connexion" both used in the same work?

    The instances of connexion (84) are listed here, and the instances of connection (9) are listed here. I think what I am reading is the author's 500-page condensation of the work linked. My …

  3. Connexion pronunciation & verb - English Language & Usage …

    Connexion is the original and variant spelling of "connection", common until at least the 19th century, and still occasionally used in British English (it was the house style of The Times of …

  4. “Connect to” vs. “Connect with”: Which is better?

    Feb 25, 2017 · Which is better for this situation? Connect to your target audience. Connect with your target audience.

  5. Use of the conjunction “before” - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Oct 17, 2025 · Experimentally, you can find out that it is not acting as a conjunction here simply by taking it out of the sentence and seeing that it is still a good sentence. The connection …

  6. grammaticality - Born - an adjective/verb/passive voice - English ...

    May 16, 2019 · I'm rather confused about that word - 'Born' According to Cambridge it is a verb. According to this Quora's answer it is an adjective. According to someone in ELL it is a verb in …

  7. history - Is the etymology of "salary" a myth? - English Language ...

    Jun 3, 2018 · Since, perhaps forever, I had always ‘known’ that the English word salary was derived from the Latin salarium, to the time when Roman soldiers were paid in salt for their …

  8. How and when did American spelling supersede British spelling in …

    Oct 24, 2012 · When did connexion supersede connection in British English? Answer: Around 1820. But it only did so for around 30 years, up through around 1850. Ngram colored vs …

  9. etymology - Why did the word, “shellac” come to mean “to defeat ...

    Mar 29, 2016 · la connexion française The verb, 'to shellac', in all its senses, derives from the noun 'shellac', which itself translates French laque en écailles, "lac in thin plates".

  10. orthography - What's the standard rule for the use of hyphens and ...

    I found that diaeresis is used on the word reelection in the following sentence of the article titled “Rational Irrationality” in the New Yorker magazine (April 27). This morning’s news that econo...