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- adjectives - Indispensible: is it correct? - English Language Usage . . .
The use statistics are: 35 for indispensible vs 1887 for indispensable, so it is overwhelmingly in favour of the latter Google ngram confirms that this is not a particularly recent trend, and that the two words were used competitively until 1840, where usage seems to have settled on indispensable
- word choice - Indispensable for vs, indispensable to - English . . .
Oh, sorry i wrongly typed "indispensable" to "indispensible" The original sentence was " His article was indispensable to the company" But I came to wonder if it was possible to change 'to' to 'for' without changing the meaning, or if the meaning changes, what would be the difference This is kind of a same question with the second question
- Indispensable, Essential, Tool of the trade, Staple item
the monkey wrench being the most indispensable item for a plumber scissors being the most indispensable item for a tailor etc A different but equally useful direction of meaning would be a term for an item which is guaranteed to be present in a certain line of business or endeavor For example:
- meaning - whats the difference between Indispensable Amino Acid and . . .
As I have seen several times of the using of those two words in even the same book But I don't know what's the difference meaning between those two words
- Meaning of indispensable in Thoreau quote [closed]
It is indeed "not indispensable": Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind (Google Books) Thoreau was a strong believer in simplicity of living, so you are correct when you say that "not only indispensable" makes no sense
- Importance of _ to or Importance of _ for?
I think these two may have slightly different interpretation The first one is about how one thinks of the importance of money in general (or in some particular context not necessarily related to that someone personally), the second one is about how money is important to someone
- A word for a statement that doesnt need to be said
I don't think this has the right meaning From what I understand, a "sine qua non" is something that is indispensable, but the question asks for a word to describe statements that are unnecessary
- prefixes - A word that means most important? - English Language . . .
Indispensable is a statement of necessity not importance Things can be indispensable yet trivial, due to their availability My own suggestion would be vital, as in "it is vital your organs remain connected and inside your body"
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