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- word usage - Can Pend be used as a transitive verb? - English . . .
Probably, in this case, 'pend' lacks usage as there are other words available : defer, delay, postpone, such that we are spoilt for choice, as is often the case in English where we borrow other words from other languages and which duplicate concepts
- Is to pend a verb? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The word "pending" is quite frequently used in English Accordingly, I used to think that "to pend" is a verb, and some of the online English dictionaries tend to agree However, my copy of Oxford
- grammar - If you can say that something is pending, can you say that it . . .
The debit card transaction is pending This is correct Debit card transactions often pend for a day or two The debit card transaction pended for two days Are these correct?
- writing style - If prepend is not part of English, why is there no . . .
Why there are no words postpend, subpend, sidepend, uppend? As Robusto’s answer says, words are introduced into English by common usage, at least within some group of speakers But one can trace this back further Why do some words come in to common usage in a group, and not others? There are several factors that can cause a word to catch on: They fill a gap in the language They’re easily
- differences - Pending vs Impending. Are they synonyms? - English . . .
They appear to me to mean almost if not exactly the same thing, but I am not sure Are there differences in meaning between them?
- Send, sent; end, *ent? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The past tense of a number of verbs changes from -end to -ent: bend → bent lend → lent rend → rent send → sent spend → spent wend → went However, most do not, notably end Granted, I say “I ent up” (
- What is the meaning of the phrase Hold the Pen?
Well, I'm in the Singapore office of an American company The folks I've heard this from are Indian, Malay, and Scottish Some googling told me that the State Department uses this phrase to mean that while you may be writing something, the intellectual property and the views belong to the state department By holding the pen, you're merely a drafter This is quite a different meaning from the
- What are the antonyms of append and prepend?
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