2012年2月16日 · Dictionaries usually give these as synonyms, but there is a nuance: legible tends to refer only to the presentation, e.g. penmanship, while readable is broader. If what I'm looking at is a hard-to-read scrawl, that's illegible; if it's nicely typed but the grammar and punctuation are all wrong, such that it's hard for me to understand, that's ...

2018年9月25日 · Legible means that a text satisfies the most basic requirement for the act of reading: that the symbols — in English letters, words, and punctuation — can be deciphered. Scrawled on the inside lid of the old discolored Chocolate Box from the late 1800's was a barely legible message, expressing the last wishes of a loving mother. — C.

2016年6月23日 · Full Definition of legible. 1 : capable of being read or deciphered : plain . 2 : capable of being discovered or understood... an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face. As does AHDEL, Plainly discernible; apparent: a legible weakness in disposition. Collins, and RHK Webster's:

2019年3月28日 · And here's some for "legible" along the same lines, for good measure: Font sizes less than 16px are too small to be legible and require mobile visitors to “pinch to zoom” in order to read. —[SEO Audits] Document uses legible font sizes. Make plots large enough to be legible, and size similar plots to be consistent. —Writing up Results

2012年3月29日 · My postman brother tells me I'm atypical because I always put a slash through 0's in addresses to distinguish them from the letter O. But as Peter says, if we all omit both the serif on 1, and the dash on 7, there's no problem with those two. The continental system is no more "legible" in real terms.

2011年2月7日 · Here is the discussion of reliable and dependable in Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms (1942):. A person or thing is reliable when one can count on him or it not to fail in doing what he or it is expected to do competently (as, she is a very reliable servant; one of the most reliable of our employees; a reliable washing machine), or to give or tell the exact truth (as, a …

2015年9月17日 · If legible, handwriting can be read and communicates to the reader who speaks the same language. Art is not direct communication but is interpreted. So who's qualified to say whether a piece of art is good or bad?

In formal usage, it should definitely be is:. Neither of these options is available. This is the traditional rule (iirc, Fowler’s discusses this at length).

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2011年7月18日 · I am filling out some employment forms and came across the following sentence that I don't fully understand: Print your full legal name, address, date of birth and social security number. Plea...