When two things cancel each other out it means they "neutralize" each other, resulting in "zero." An example of this would be a sound cancelled out by another sound with inverted phase; by …

The past tense of cancel is strictly cancelled in British English (BrE). In American English (AmE), however, it is spelled (BrE spelt!) canceled. Note that cancelled is also acceptable in American …

2014年6月10日 · Some Americans spell it cancelled and cancelling, just like signalled and signalling or levelled and levelling.Don’t believe the silly stuff that Microsoft or anybody else’s …

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"With an OK and a Cancel button" correctly identified each individual button with its label. Because each button is identified separately, the use of singular is called for, even though the …

2020年5月22日 · Cancel implies the action is rescinded before it implements, possibly consequence-free. It's the word used to bow out gracefully when prompted to confirm an …

2011年5月16日 · Similarly some uses of call off can't just be replaced by cancel, for example in the expression call off the dogs. To use cancel instead, you would have to specify that it's the …

2012年12月31日 · This is a different and fairly widely-used usage, as tchrist says in his answer. Indeed, in 'would you kindly just give up your seat for my great-grandmother', kindly and just …

2012年1月5日 · I am a non-native speaker of English. When communicating with a professor, would it be better to use could you kindly send me the document or could you please send me …

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