Usage of indisposed - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I have sometimes heard the word "indisposed" use as synonymous for "unavailable " Especially in the context of leaving a message For example: "Hello You have reached X I am currently indisposed
Indisposed used erroneously - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Here is something interesting I found this article on the increasing use of indisposed in the busy sense The concluding two sentences are: Rather than being used as a vague excuse, implying temporary illness, for not doing something or talking to someone, it’s now being used to mean simply “busy or unavailable ” Given a few more decades, this may become an accepted use of the word, but
meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Please help me to understand the meaning of this expression: Our climate is indisposed to favour us even this once (The Cherry Orchard) What does "even this once" mean in this phrase?
Fall, fell, felled - English Language Usage Stack Exchange How is the causative form of fall used in English? In the present tense, often enough, A tree falls in the woods, but a logger falls trees as well but in the past tense, A tree fell in the woo
Is receival a valid word for the act of receiving something? I can only speak from my own experience here, but it's common for a warehouse in Australia to use "receival slips" which show a record of the receipt of goods A Google search on the word "receival" tends to reveal it's usage on many Australian websites too In Australia receipt tends to refer to the physical slip of paper you'd get after buying something, whereas receival refers to the action
A word for people who work under a manager Where I used to work, we called the people who reported to a manager his her reports This word does not have any of the negative connotations words like subordinates or underlings carry Oxford Dictionaries Online lists this as the meaning of the word and also gives an example Report noun An employee who reports to another employee 'And, I have been a better, more consistent mentor teacher
in the same vein as vs. in a similar vein to vs. along a similar vein "In the same vein as" is the most common idiom by a long shot The other options "in a similar vein to" and "along the same vein" sound a little odd to my ear I guess you'd be better off using "in a similar way to" and "along the same lines" instead
I use to, or I used to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange As reported by the NOAD in a note about the usage of used: There is sometimes confusion over whether to use the form used to or use to, which has arisen largely because the pronunciation is the same in both cases Except in negatives and questions, the correct form is used to: we used to go to the movies all the time (not we use to go to the movies) However, in negatives and questions using
Whats the rule for pronouncing “’s” as z or s ? The word ending spelled apostrophe "s" is a phonemic z in all the instances I can think of (But English spelling is not very regular, so there could be exceptions ) However, English has a morphophonemic rule that converts a voiced obstruent (e g z ) to the corresponding voiceless phoneme (for z that would be s ) when the z is immediately preceded by a voiceless obstruent phoneme The
What do you call a person who craves fame and fortune? I don't know if you can use these, but they mean some aspect of what you have asked yearning: feeling a powerful desire for something Yearn stresses the depth and passionateness of a desire: to yearn to get away and begin a new life; to yearn desperately for recognition ambitious: having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed aspiring: directing one's hopes or ambitions