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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
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
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” (
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
Vendor vs. vender in Standard American English The spelling vendor is the standard spelling The New Yorker, as part of its bizarre house style, uses the spelling vender No one else does, besides those trying to emulate The New Yorker’s style Of the 45 examples in COCA, only 17 were actual uses of the spelling vender outside of The New Yorker (compared with over 2000 examples of vendor, a ratio of over 100 to 1) Two were proper names
Agree vs. concur - English Language Usage Stack Exchange What is the difference between agree and concur? Which is the more common to use? For instance, someone said something to me and I want to say that he is right Should I say I agree with you or I c