5 In colonial times it was thought that prostitutes spread veneral diseases through contact with their pubic area, so the women were made "bald" in that area for health reasons. However, …

Usually, your local area is the area around where you currently reside since by living there you are considered a local. Your hometown is where you grew up. For some, their hometown is their …

What @TrevorD said. If "areas" is an important word here I think it needs to be retained. That's to say if the purpose of the memory audits is to identify areas where [multiple] problems occur, I …

An excellent question, which I can't do justice to but will comment: an area can be any size, a zone is a 'very special' area (it's a less common word too) and a site is also a synonym of …

Dormitory landing - the area at the top of the stairs that provides access to the bedrooms, regardless of size. Hall (home) - the area between the front door of a house and the internal …

Oxford Living dictionaries defines "pitch" as "An area of ground marked out or used for play in an outdoor team game." and mentions it is a British usage. A definition of "court" is "A …

Closed 7 years ago. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a city is "an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village"; a town is "a compactly settled …

The important word here is "living". You live in an area, whereas something exists or happens at a location. This is a nice location for a high-rise apartment building, overlooking the park, and …

A parlor is like a living room, except reserved for guests. A drawing room is the parlour of a posh house.

Thus, he should follow common practice in every academic paper, which is to define any new term or acronym when it is first introduced to the audience: "People often hit their purlicue (the …