"Queueing" or "Queuing" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Mar 12, 2012 · Which spelling is better, queueing or queuing? Both words seem to mean the same, but there are two different spellings. My context is: Queueing Latency versus Queuing …
US and UK English: queue or wait in line?
Apr 25, 2016 · But whether in the UK or the US, the branch of mathematics that deals with the question of how quickly things waiting in lines get to the front is called queueing theory and not …
grammaticality - Is the sentence "Queueing is so thoughtful of you ...
Sep 8, 2017 · Thanks for posting an answer! I didn't try too hard to understand the use of the technical terms in the quoted paragraph because to me, it sounded like the author was …
Which is correct: "standing on line" or "standing in line"?
He says you can't pin down why you would use one or the other. If I'm standing in line, I'm standing in the line I am in. On the other hand, even if there is a line on the floor, that is not the …
verbs - Difference between "queue" and "enqueue" - English …
—Christopher Kimball, Cook's Illustrated, January & February 2008 and The crowd was queuing at the snack bar. And now look at this definition of 'Enqueue' as a verb from the Oxford …
Would 'sitting in a queue' be incorrect English?
Feb 24, 2016 · Yes it is, but generally more so in certain contexts. For example, if I'm stuck in traffic I would say "sitting in queue", but I probably wouldn't use the word 'sitting' if I was talking …
What's the proper word for a person waiting in a queue?
Jul 31, 2012 · I have tried to use candidate or queue member to indicate a person waiting in a queue, but the former is not accurate and the latter is not a noun. Is there a better word for a …
Is "re-enqueue" or "reenqueue" a proper word?
Is this a proper word? Yes, it is the proper "word" if enqueue had already been defined in the document with a specific meaning of an activity/task. Say, the glossary lists enqueue . "The …
meaning - To outstay vs. overstay one's welcome - English …
Jan 30, 2015 · I came across the expression "outstayed my welcome" in the following excerpt of a novel I glance around and see that the café has filled up with people ordering lunch and that a …
Where does the phrase "No ifs, no buts, no coconuts" come from?
Jun 3, 2017 · I've seen various entries for "No ifs, no buts, no cuts", but no explanation of the other phrase. What is the etymology?