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- single word requests - What is the counterpart of an appendix . . .
The appendix is what is appended to something What do we call something that is prepended to something else?
- 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
- Is the phrase for one of both of us grammatically correct?
If you treat "both of us" as the name of a group, then you would have to pre-pend it with a particle This makes " for one of the both of us" to be more grammatically correct, but still exceedingly awkward
- Agree vs. concur - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between agree and concur? Which is the more common to use? For instance, someone said something to me and I want to say that he is right Should I say I agree with you or I c
- Depend upon or depend on [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
Possible Duplicate: Which phrase is correct: ldquo;dependent on rdquo; or ldquo;dependent upon rdquo; Is there a difference between the usage of 'depend upon' and 'depend on' or is one consid
- 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
- 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” (
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