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Example of a set of 53 edged-notched cards used by Gordon Bell to gather information for a book (Computer History Museum) Example of a blank pre-printed edge-notched card designed to store bird population research data (Smithsonian) Example of a commercially-produced notched card reference database, the Isotope Datadex (1961-1970)
For example, bore and found may be past tenses of bear and find, but may also represent independent (regular) verbs of different meaning. Another example is lay , which may be the past tense of lie , but is also an independent verb (regular in pronunciation, but with irregular spelling: lay–laid–laid ).
Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are rendered in an inflected or periphrastic way to indicate a comparative degree, property, quality, or quantity of a corresponding word, phrase, or clause.
Examples of this are the English verbs lay and pay. In terms of pronunciation, these make their past forms in the regular way, by adding the /d/ sound. However their spelling deviates from the regular pattern: they are not spelt (spelled) "layed" and "payed" (although the latter form is used in some e.g. nautical contexts as "the sailor payed ...
They are questions that are often asked to obtain a specific answer and are therefore good for testing knowledge. It is often argued that open-ended questions (i.e. questions that elicit more than a yes/no answers) are preferable because they open up discussion and enquiry. Peter Worley argues that this is a false assumption.
A misspelling in English might be made by someone used to a different spelling in another language; for example, "address" is translated "adresse" in French and German. Many Spanish words are similar or identical to English words, but with an "n" inserted, or replacing an "m", leading to errors: "inmigrant" from " inmigrante ", "cementery" from ...
The blade is commonly serrated with characteristical side notches having an upward angle with an average width of 18 to 24 mm. The base is slightly concave with a narrow basal notch. Overall, the point has an average thickness of 4 to 9 mm. [5] Split Stem points predate Elko series points to between 5,500 and 3,300 years BP in the Lahontan ...
Traces is a Python library for analysis of unevenly spaced time series in their unaltered form.; CRAN Task View: Time Series Analysis is a list describing many R (programming language) packages dealing with both unevenly (or irregularly) and evenly spaced time series and many related aspects, including uncertainty.