Dec 13, 2011 · Can the word "referable" be used to denote something that can be referenced and what is the difference between "referable" and "referenceable"?

Mar 23, 2015 · Referenceable isn't a real word, but is there a word that means the same as "able to be referenced" that I can use? An example of how I'd like to use it: "The nice thing about …

May 25, 2011 · What is the correct adjective form of the word hire? I have seen references to both hireable and hirable. I checked using Google's Ngram viewer book search and it appears that …

Oct 31, 2016 · I would like to describe something (that I did) as batshit crazy, but that term may not be appropriate in my workplace. (I'm a college professor.) Is there a vivid but non-profane …

Jul 19, 2013 · If you anthropomorphise an animal enough to enable it to use a first-person pronoun (i.e., give it speech), them you anthropomorphise it enough to be referable to as ‘who’.

Apr 8, 2020 · When the 't' is a part of stressed syllable and is preceded by a vowel, it is doubled in present participle and past participle. For example: Submit has two syllables, the 't' is a part of …

Oct 19, 2018 · I think this is sort of half right. The stress-related rule about consonant doubling is why inferred has two Rs. But in fact, the rule about consonant doubling doesn't apply to all …

Why is transferred written with two R's? I am a native speaker of Dutch, and in my point of view this isn't logical; there are other words like coloured and endeavoured that only have -ed …

Oct 17, 2024 · I am aware that in the context of surfing, these words are derogatory but in this thread I'd like to focus on their connotation in broader everyday contexts. Based on the …

What is the difference between sparsely and thinly? Can these words be interchangeable? May I use thinly furnished or thinly populated as well as sparsely furnished and thinly populated.