The usage a is augmented with b implies that b is what a is augmented with, by an unspecified subject This is a predicate adjective verb phrase. If a person is very social in a party, striking up conversations with different people from one end of the hall to the other end, are there some good expressions to describe this person Make (something) greater by adding to it He augmented his summer income by painting houses when you use augment, you mean that you are adding to something by adding in something else The word is generally used with a prepositional phrase starting with by or with
Increase doesn't have that sense In the case of something like this product features an augmented filter subsystem (afs), i would normally capitalise it like that (and include the bracketed abbreviation) on the first reference I think using such a convention makes it just that little bit easier for the reader to recognise what the abbreviation refers to. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring locations) [and may also be far more substantial,] including piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships Augmented] fishing platforms are more often nearer square in proportions [kedel plastics]:
Per @z7sg's answer and @jimi oke's comment, aldous huxley particularly favoured the word, using. A decree of augmentation being obtained, the question occurred, how the augmented stipend was to be localled The lords found, that the stipend modified was to be divided equally betwixt the parishes, effeiring to their rentals proven And that each patron has right only to allocate his proportion thereof within his own parish. The expression is ame in origin and it most likely derives from supercharge As world wide words notes
Increased as a past participle merely means augmented relative to some prior value, e.g., a car traveling at 20 mph that was previously going at 10 mph Increasing means that the rate has been going up, and continues to go up. I tend to use the rule that colons should only be before a list, or as an augmented period to indicate that the second part defines or gives an example of the first Don't ask jim to fix your car That sort of thing would be better handled by steve.
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