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- Corrupt or corrupted? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Should I say "the thing is corrupted" or "the thing is corrupt"? Would they carry different meanings? i e "My hard drive is corrupted, so all of my information is lost" vs "My hard drive is corr
- For computer science, are the files corrupted or corrupt?
Probably "corrupted" is more idiomatic (in the computer biz) "Corrupt" has a slight connotation of "doing evil", and 99% of the time the file is an innocent bystander
- Adjective for made of pus or corrupted by pus or something of . . .
Adjective for 'made of pus' or 'corrupted by pus' or something of something of pus Ask Question Asked 6 years, 4 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago
- What French phrase is the origin of gardyloo?
The word gardyloo is a warning cry uttered before throwing wastewater (literally and euphemistically) out of a window Every source I've found has traced this word back to some French phrase transl
- Word or phrase: To convince others to do wrong
You may use the term corrupt: if someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted Corrupt (adj): Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power (Collins)
- What is the etymology of the term form factor?
I reckon that some time after this the term "form factor" was used to describe this result, which would have been pretty famous This became later corrupted by use in forestry, ballistics and high energy physics Unfortunately I can't get hold of the book, nor (which would be more useful) the first English translation
- Is there a difference between innocent and not guilty?
3 free from moral wrong; not corrupted: an innocent child simple; naive: she is a poor, innocent young creature 4 not intended to cause harm or offense; harmless: So the OED gives precedent to innocence in a particular sense, so it is okay to say "I'm innocent of murder", and plead one's innocence to a crime
- One word for within that period of time?
Is it the sample that has corrupted "throughout", or does "throughout" refer to the period that the sample existed? To improve the succinctness without losing meaning or introducing ambiguity, I'd simply drop the "of time" expression After all, in this context could "that period" be anything other than a period of time?
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