The phrase "a proper usage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the correct or appropriate way to use a word, phrase, or concept in language.
Example: "In academic writing, it is essential to demonstrate a proper usage of terminology to convey your ideas clearly."
Alternatives: "an appropriate use" or "a correct application".
Secondly, the paper highlights the importance of a proper usage of definitions through quantitative comparison of different reflectance products with special emphasis on wavelength dependent effects.
Commissioner Goodell expressed an openness to consider the issue in January 2014, saying: "We will follow medicine and if they determine this could be a proper usage in any context, we will consider that".
Of course the debate over whether dictionaries should be prescriptive -- asserting that a word has relatively determined meanings and a proper usage; or descriptive, asserting that a word has shifting meanings determined by its popular use -- has been raging for several decades.
Cautious not to give an outright endorsement, Goodell said, "We will follow medicine and if they determine this could be a proper usage in any context, we will consider that".
Make a proper usage of the space you have, and try being creative about it!
Consult a dictionary for proper usage and a style manual, such as Strunk and White's.
George Orwell, as a defender of proper usage and an explorer of politics and the English language, always insisted that the title of his Nineteen Eighty-Four be written out in full; the informality of the abbreviation "May '68" is emblematic of the spirit of the events of that year: May '68 was supposed to be a liberation from useless tradition and constraint.
Before long, they found themselves cobbling together a system of proper usage and protocol.
One example of an action taken was making the guidelines for contacting the EPC centre easily accessible to the public, and thereby trying to make a norm for proper usage.
"As the direct purpose of a statement is to evoke in the interlocutor a certain judgment", says Marty, "a presentational suggestive also and especially a name primarily in its proper usage aims at awakening in him a certain presentation, and as that primary intention is ultimately designated as the meaning of a statement, the analogue is called the meaning of the name" (Marty 1908a 384 f).
What follows is an overview of the proper usage of the PROQOLID web site through a series of FAQ's collected directly from users of the web site.
