This one took me by surprise. I don’t think I’ve ever used the word discreet. Wrong, of course. Both are adjectives, but each has its own meaning and use. DISCREET is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as: “Careful and prudent in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential or to avoid embarrassment” …
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A Touch of History
“Historians consider the first touch screen to be a capacitive touch screen invented by E.A. Johnson at the Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern, UK, around 1965 - 1967. The inventor published a full description of touch screen technology for air traffic control in an article published in 1968” [https://www.thoughtco.com/who-invented-touch-screen-technology-1992535] Believe it or not, there was a …
The Oxford Comma and, …
Like it or loath it, believe in it or not, the Oxford comma can be a necessary and sometimes crucial inclusion or omission. The comma, or its exclusion, has the ability to completely change a sentence and, as I suspect most lawyers will tell you, one inserted in the wrong place, but more advantageous to …
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