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- How much should I trust Wiktionary? - English Language Learners Stack . . .
Wiktionary theoretically has the same vulnerabilities as Wikipedia These include people engaging in internet vandalism, people editing a wiki to push an agenda, people who are editing Wiktionary in good faith but who are biased, and lack of editorial oversight
- Suffixes -ee vs -or - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
http: en wiktionary org wiki -ee#English: Added to verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb Less commonly added to verbs to form words meaning a person or
- Is compromisation actually used, or is there a better word?
Keep in mind that Wiktionary is not created by lexicographers, so when you come across a word there that you can't find in other dictionaries, you should look at the "Citations" page and the "History" page to get a better understanding of how the word got into Wiktionary When I look over the edit history for the entry, it doesn't seem like compromisation is a good word to use
- British pronunciation of privacy - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
According to wiktionary, the British pronunciation is ˈpɹɪv ə si and American pronunciation is ˈpɹaɪ və si Recently I watched a British show, one of the people on the show, who is from England, used the later pronunciation
- Can the word genocide be used as a verb? If it cant, what are the . . .
Here, on Wiktionary, it says we can use "genocide" as a transitive verb to mean "To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely " In other dictionaries though, I couldn't find any descriptions that define "genocide" as a verb
- When is the suffix -tor and -ter used? - English Language Learners . . .
Can someone help me in understanding the suffix -tor and -ter? I am not able to understand it properly and I always mix the spelling like: "computor" when it should be computer "administrater" whe
- meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
The most common use of "a good deal" is to mean "An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot" (Wiktionary) However, in your context, this is a different definition of "deal" (also in Wiktionary): A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain Alternatives: That sounds like a bargain That sounds like a good
- word choice - copy pasting or copying pasting? - English Language . . .
The modern notion of copy-paste is new enough in the nomenclature (barely a few decades old, roughly the same age as word processors) that I don't think this matter has been settled yet Personally, I'd be apt to use hyphens with "and", rather than a slash: I am copying-and-pasting the text That said, I'd have no problem with either of your versions This might also depend on the formality of
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