Jul 22, 2016 · Qua (not to be confused with the ablative feminine form of qui) is a Latin adverb meaning "where; by which route". Read it as "as" when you read it. Use it in scholarly or legal …

Jan 16, 2011 · Qua can usually be read as the word "as". It is an occasionally useful (and rarely used) link-word in English. I was just reading about qua in Fowler's (incl. the 3rd ed by …

You are correct, they are from Latin and Greek, we have simply inherited terms from both. There is a good reference for Latin and Greek roots over at Wikipedia: Uni meaning one: un-, uni- …

Apr 15, 2024 · It's hard to find a fundamental difference in how "X qua X" and "X simpliciter" are used. There might be differences in connotation though, with qua suggesting something has …

Closed 4 years ago. Some Latinisms are usually italicized in English whereas some Latin loanwords are not, even in the same text. However, I cannot find any clear pattern. Are there …

When writing an instruction about connecting to a computer using ssh, telnet, etc., I'm not sure what spacing to use in this familiar spoken phrase: "Log in to host.com" "Log into host.com" …

Oct 1, 2015 · Not is a negative adverb; no is a negative quantifier; non - is a negative prefix. Since negation is so important, thousands of idioms use each of these, among other negatives. …

Aug 27, 2019 · Because this answer was deemed too short by a reviewer I'll mention the obvious reasons to give this answer: Like cornerstone, foundation denotes a base on which another …

Aug 25, 2015 · Or, as someone else in this forum quoted, Bobby was the first pig I had met qua pig, not qua pork. Finally, to truly come full circle, per se has seemed to slip from its original …

Oct 2, 2022 · Is "tri-quarterly" a real English word meaning 3 times a year? Are there any other words that mean 3 times a year?