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  1. Does one hyphenate height when given in feet and inches?

    Please provide the context for your quotation. Also, have you considered the audience for your work? Many non-American readers may not understand that *five-one" means "five feet & one …

  2. Height and Weight - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used Ask Question Asked 11 years, 7 months ago Modified 4 years, 10 months ago

  3. What is a single word which can properly describe age, height, …

    7 I am completing a final assignment for a statistics course, and need a single word to describe age, height, weight and BMI (body mass index).

  4. orthography - Spelling of "high" vs "height" - English Language

    Sep 3, 2011 · So height is spelled as a compromise, maintaining the pronunciation of "hight" while being spelled with ei to reflect the Old English ties. The ei form is older--as the OED notes, …

  5. Height and weight written out - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Height and weight written out Ask Question Asked 12 years, 6 months ago Modified 6 years, 1 month ago

  6. single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...

    Jan 31, 2012 · 70 When working in a 2D coordinate system you could say that X is the horizontal axis and Y is the vertical axis. Extending this to 3D, is there a similar word for the Z axis? (I'm …

  7. Origin of "height" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    According to Etymonline, Height, has many different possible origins. height (n.) Old English hiehþu, Anglian hehþo "highest part or point, summit; the heavens, heaven," from root of heah …

  8. american english - How to express someone's height in metric

    Oct 24, 2015 · 12 If someone is 169cm tall, what is the most common way of saying their height in metres and centimetres in American/Australian/British English? I'm not interested in converting …

  9. Whats the "height" version of, elongate? - English Language

    Sep 8, 2015 · I figured elongate would just mean to "make longer," and would be orientation/dimension dependent. I Googled it just to double check, and a lot of definitions …

  10. Pronunciation of the words 'height' and 'weight'

    Apr 19, 2015 · Why is "height" an "weight" pronounced differently, when the spellings are so similar? Is there any logical explanation or it evolved that way?