usage - Whos that book by? vs. Whoms that book by? - English Language . . . 16 The simplest way to ask that question is: Who wrote that book? The original "Who's that book by?" is a clunky, unnatural construction You've got the who whom thing going on as well as the often maligned "ending a sentence with a preposition " "Who wrote that book?" is simple and direct It is clear and natural
word choice - Under the name of OR in the name of? - English . . . under the name of specifies that something uses the name of belongs to a person, while in the name of indicates that something someone is representing another thing another person available as doesn't get its own dictionary entry, and is used in a variety of situations, ranging from someone available to do something, an alternate name for something (usually preceded by also), to something
How do you read this mathematical expression aloud? Well, I can read this aloud in Japanese which is very simple - イーのエックス乗 括弧 ルート 括弧 コサインエックス 括弧閉じる 足す 一 引く エックスの四乗 括弧閉じる If a math teacher read this aloud in a Japanese high school math class, students would have no trouble dictating it and writing this down on their note pads You should be able to do
prepositions - explain this vs explain about this - English . . . Yes, the sentence is much more fluent without the about The simplest answer is "because that's not how we generally speak in English"; you can see how much more common explain this is than explain about this is It is not impossible to use explain with about, but explain usually takes a direct object, which is the thing that you are explaining "explain about X" carries a sense of "to speak
SHALL vs. MUST in technical documents The simplest way of indicating a requirement, as per the RFC, is the use of the word "must" The alternatives mentioned in the RFC exist to allow for slightly more natural English avoiding the repetition of the word "must" "Every car MUST have a key, which shall be made of metal and is required to weigh less than 100g" The RFC was trying to codify existing practice, in which words like "shall
Word or phrase for something that is not moving " Still " — This is one of its meanings, and probably the simplest word to use here " Stationary " — This word means the same thing, though it sounds a bit more formal " Stopped " — This one implies that it had been moving at some point, which for all of your examples is most likely true It won't necessarily start moving again, though