- Corrupt or corrupted? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Should I say "the thing is corrupted" or "the thing is corrupt"? Would they carry different meanings? i e "My hard drive is corrupted, so all of my information is lost" vs "My hard drive is corr
- For computer science, are the files corrupted or corrupt?
When it is said that "the files are corrupt", it isn't clear whether the files were corrupt from the time they were created, due to problems with data entry, ETC , or that the files became corrupt after a problem Saying that "the files are now corrupted" implies that there was a clean state for the files in the past, and that they need to be returned to the clean state for the software to
- Word for not understandable [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
For instance: The message was staticky and corrupted, making it not understandable "Not understandable" sounds strange and like a double negative I'm looking for a single word to take the place Some results suggest "bizarre" and "alien", but that's not what I'm going for The speaker knows what it is, but can't understand it
- Word for using something good for an evil bad purpose?
For example, a man using pleasing words and kindness to use a lady for his selfish reasons Kindness in itself is good But it is being used for a bad purpose evil intention I thought of deception
- Word for when one uses the wrong word in a sentence
Specifically, I'm looking for the term for when a person uses a word correctly, but intends a different meaning For example: I empathize with you When the person really means: I sympathize w
- expressions - Polite alternatives to as soon as possible - English . . .
At your earliest convenience is, as Tim says, a common idiom that I consider quite polite, if for no other reason than "at your convenience" is hardly ever used outside of this idiom, so it seems formal and the formal sense is polite I consider as soon as you can to be a less formal equivalent, more polite than as soon as possible, even though both are technically more urgent That's strictly
- Origin of one mans trash is another mans treasure
This might be tough considering the gesture is iterated so many ways, but it's worth a shot What is the origin of the expression one man's trash is another man's treasure?
- Original Meaning and Derivation of Ever and Anon
A question posted today asks about the Use of “ever” in non-negated sentence, and one answer happens to mention the phrase "ever and anon " That phrase, with the meaning "occasionally or repeatedly,"
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