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".

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Jul 11, 2023 · Flatter means to praise someone highly. But then how to express that something is more flat than something else? Well, some sources say the comparative form of flat is just "more …

Dec 27, 2015 · TL;DR The "e" was pronounced (until it wasn't). There are many different reasons it appeared at the ends of words--including no reason at all. Generally, our spelling system has kept it …

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 …