The specialized U.S. term criterium, criteriums is again per Oxford “a one-day bicycle race on a circuit road course.” The singular noun corresponding to the plural noun criteria is criterion. These are from …

Feb 12, 2011 · I came across several forums and articles saying that criteria is plural and criterion is singular. Some gave me the impression that criterion is used to denote a set of rules. What is the …

Feb 16, 2012 · There is however another, much more recent sense of criterium in contemporary English. The crowd-sourced Wiktionary entry gives this sense as (bicycle racing) A mass-start road-cycle …

Jun 21, 2020 · Other than the negative connotation, cherry-picking also implies taking elements one by one, evaluating those selections individually and consecutively; which is different from applying a …

Mar 9, 2023 · Criteria are abstractions set up by advisory boards. They can't be done anything with, except ignored. Tests can be passed, expectations can be met or exceeded; criteria are handwaving.

May 10, 2012 · I usually see 'satisfy the criteria' and 'meet the requirements', but is it acceptable to use 'meet the criteria', or 'satisfy the requirements'?

Aug 23, 2024 · My daughter just submitted a college app and said her pronouns were "she/they". I told her, in the nicest way that I didn't want to be demeaning, but your …

Feb 18, 2016 · The word ending spelled apostrophe "s" is a phonemic /z/ in all the instances I can think of. (But English spelling is not very regular, so there could be exceptions.) However, English has a …

Aug 3, 2018 · you have helped me (Present Perfect) you helped me (Past Simple) Which one is correct and why?

Feb 27, 2011 · What does it mean when someone or something is referred to as being "86'd"?