Nov 7, 2012 · Extensible was, through the mid-20th century, the most common form, but today it trails extendable by a substantial margin, while extendible continues to appear infrequently. Writers and …

In the context of the following sentence: "This report gives an overview of x, which took place between the second and final year of my degree from xmonth to ymonth." Should I be using the word y...

Aug 23, 2012 · I'm looking for a word that is the opposite of "adaptable." I would like to say "unadaptable," but that's not a real word according to my dictionary. So, what's the best word out …

Be. The verb request can take a tenseless that-clause complement, as well as an infinitive complement (I requested that he do it, I requested him to do it). However, request can't take a tensed that-clause: …

+1 - Even if the reader expands the abbreviation to "Extensible Markup Language", it would still take "an". With some abbreviations, you'd need to consider what's being abbreviated and whether the …

Good - I thought of "good in bed", but hadn't noticed it was extensible. But I concur that its complement must be a place, not an activity.

If a new person joins our firm, should we use the word "joinee" or "joiner"? As I can see there is no word "joinee" in dictionary. And joiner says: a person who constructs the wooden compone...

You've done it again Yoichi! In this case, it is not a case of bad writing by the writer; its' a case of the writer deliberately using the word in a playful, extensible manner.

It's called a motherboard because it is the main circuit board in the computer, and it can be extended by plugging other circuit boards into it. These extensions are called daughter boards. Wikipedia …

Aug 16, 2021 · When I say I commented out a line written in a programming language, does that mean I uncommented that line or that I made it a comment?