Jun 2, 2012 · Which is why "useable" is considered at best an alternate spelling for "usable"; namely, there is no confusion either in the meaning or the pronunciation of "usable".

May 4, 2025 · The collocation seems to have its origins as a 19th century synonym for the now-deprecated idiot savant, a person who is "neurodivergent" I doubt that is true -- a useful idiot and an …

Jun 4, 2024 · What is the correct spelling of this word? See the discussion at (Codespell) false positive: unparseable.

Dec 16, 2014 · What is the difference between in event of, on event of and upon event of? This is a question on the basics preposition, and should not have been asked here.

Apr 16, 2020 · Something like a remnant of a system that originally had a purpose, but has since lost its purpose, to the point of having a negative impact on the current system. Think of something like an …

When I was at technical college in England in the 1970s, the ex-tradesmen/lecturers used the spelling cill which seems to tie in with the references here (window cill, cill of lock gate) to the use of cill as a …

Feb 24, 2019 · The OED lists two categories of words which begin "by" or bi; -see below. By-product belongs to the second category and is spelled with a hyphen. To the first category belong such …

Jan 31, 2012 · Updatable vs updateable: Both of them are correct and acceptable. Google Ngram shows that updatable is more prevalent than updateable. However, the plausible answer would be: if the …

The only situation that comes to mind where an -e- is absolutely required before -able is when it modifies the pronunciation of a consonant, typically g or c: Manageable (g as in giant) versus **managable* (g …

Feb 6, 2013 · To express a fraction of 3 out of 4, how and when would you use three quarters, and when would you use three fourths? To me, three quarters is what I would have used all the time — but I'm …