- 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
- Adjective for made of pus or corrupted by pus or something of . . .
Adjective for 'made of pus' or 'corrupted by pus' or something of something of pus Ask Question Asked 6 years, 5 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago
- etymology - Where does the e in appear come from? - English . . .
[Peer is an easier form to pronounce than pear, so it's become corrupted, in much the same way as Antipodean English might change the pronunciation of pear to be less like English pear and more like peer ] Apparent has a more direct route from aparoir apparere (that is, from the OF aparant), and never changed to e: it's always been a
- 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?
- etymology - Is the alleged original meaning of the phrase blood is . . .
Its meaning has thus been corrupted over the centuries, probably by the English nobility of the Middle Ages to whom the ‘blood line’ was all important Albert Jack (2005)
- What French phrase is the origin of gardyloo?
To make its meaning utterly clear and immediately apparent, those online sources should state "Gardyloo" as coming from French "se garder de," literally "guard oneself from" [=protect oneself from; take cover shelter], corrupted into "Garder" in old, colloquial French
- 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
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