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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a word or a phrase in a specific context, which a dictionary cannot answer. Please give as much context as possible.
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What does "for context" as a standalone phrase mean?
Providing context (for context) is giving additional information that will help to make sense of something. For example - quoting someone out of context
A more accurate phrase to have used would have …
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Naming a function — "GetThreadCounts" or "GetThreadCount"
If the result is a single number then GetThreadCount is correct. If it returns a collection of numbers then GetThreadCounts is correct. It is the number of results that determines singular/plural, not …
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The meaning of the sentence (from GRE)
They have used the - to mark the start and end of a kind of informative note. For example...
The jacket, which she had bought for a considerable amount of money, was now in ruins on the floor.
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