- 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
- grammar - If you can say that something is pending, can you say that it . . .
The debit card transaction is pending This is correct Debit card transactions often pend for a day or two The debit card transaction pended for two days Are these correct?
- writing style - If prepend is not part of English, why is there no . . .
Words are introduced into English by continual common usage Despite what others have said, I personally find nothing objectionable about prepend, and fully expect that if that word gets used enough it will come to be accepted Nevertheless, there is no board of language overseers (like the Académie Française for French) that governs what words will or will not be part of the language
- What is the meaning of the phrase Hold the Pen?
Well, I'm in the Singapore office of an American company The folks I've heard this from are Indian, Malay, and Scottish Some googling told me that the State Department uses this phrase to mean that while you may be writing something, the intellectual property and the views belong to the state department By holding the pen, you're merely a drafter This is quite a different meaning from the
- differences - Pending vs Impending. Are they synonyms? - English . . .
They are related, but they don't mean the same, not by a long shot "Pending" means something that one is waiting for "Patent pending"; a patent for this has been applied for, but it has not yet been granted Or "pending confirmation of these changes to the contract, we will sign it" Whereas "impending" means something that is about to happen soon (-ish) Hmm, I can only think of "impending
- What are the antonyms of append and prepend?
To detach would be a good word for the antonym of append, and yes, programmers need to prepend and append all day
- 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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