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- adjectives - Indispensible: is it correct? - English Language Usage . . .
The Corpus of Contemporary American English reveals some use of indispensible, though it is not mentioned in any of my dictionaries The use statistics are: 35 for indispensible vs 1887 for indispensable, so it is overwhelmingly in favour of the latter Google ngram confirms that this is not a particularly recent trend, and that the two words were used competitively until 1840, where usage
- Indispensable, Essential, Tool of the trade, Staple item
the monkey wrench being the most indispensable item for a plumber scissors being the most indispensable item for a tailor etc A different but equally useful direction of meaning would be a term for an item which is guaranteed to be present in a certain line of business or endeavor For example:
- word choice - Indispensable for vs, indispensable to - English . . .
Oh, sorry i wrongly typed "indispensable" to "indispensible" The original sentence was " His article was indispensable to the company" But I came to wonder if it was possible to change 'to' to 'for' without changing the meaning, or if the meaning changes, what would be the difference This is kind of a same question with the second question
- meaning - whats the difference between Indispensable Amino Acid and . . .
As I have seen several times of the using of those two words in even the same book But I don't know what's the difference meaning between those two words
- Meaning of indispensable in Thoreau quote [closed]
It is indeed "not indispensable": Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind (Google Books) Thoreau was a strong believer in simplicity of living, so you are correct when you say that "not only indispensable" makes no sense
- A word for a statement that doesnt need to be said
I don't think this has the right meaning From what I understand, a "sine qua non" is something that is indispensable, but the question asks for a word to describe statements that are unnecessary
- Use of -wise in phrases or words - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What is -wise in phrases or words that end with it? How do we use it correctly? Floor is obscenely expensive computational-wise I found a similar thread here but I don't understand much
- Word for a piece of a whole - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is a word that means "parts of a whole" and implies it can be combined with others of the same word to build something greater? For example "blocks", "bricks", and "pieces" are examples I tho
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