I am unsure whether to use "a" or "an" in the following sentence: Video games have become a/an ubiquitous part of American culture. For me, saying the two sentences out loud makes "an" …

Oct 25, 2015 · I wouldn't use so before ubiquitous. I would use ubiquitous alone and hope that readers would understand that I was using ubiquitous in the sense of "present everywhere in …

Dec 18, 2012 · I think the difference is given in the definitions above; the difference between pervasive and ubiquitous is the difference between somewhere and everywhere. But if you …

Sep 12, 2014 · The difference between mentions of "ubiquitous" and "pervasive" is the largest, probably because of the greater difference in meaning. Note: @DanBron's original comment …

Omnipresent connotes a single entity that is everywhere at once. Ubiquitous usually is used when many instances of a thing can be found everywhere. And I think the "seemingly everywhere" is …

Dec 28, 2016 · 'Ubiquitous' is largely synonymous with 'commonplace' and is poor stylistically in most sentences using both. 'Commonplace' is actually the more appropriate word to use here; …

You'd be more likely to say that computers got faster or got more powerful than got more ubiquitous. A side issue is whether ubiquitous is in fact scalable; I don't particularly object to …

Dec 13, 2014 · Word for something so familiar or ubiquitous that it goes unnoticed? Ask Question Asked 11 years ago Modified 3 years, 2 months ago

Mar 18, 2013 · I noticed this sentence in many patents: Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter. What exactly are the authors trying to say by …

Sep 21, 2025 · 1 This is challenging because eternal can mean "applies equally over all of time", but ubiquitous will be understood to mean " present over all of space".