Employe is a rare dated alternative spelling of the more common employee (AHD) Ngram: an employe. Ngram: an employee vs an employe From French employé. Employe (plural employes). 1920, …

Oct 24, 2017 · This is an example of the very common phenomenon in English (and many other languages for that matter) of having two similar words coming from different origins. Staff is a …

A lawyer referring to the process of investigating a potential merger/investment might say: We need to perform due diligence. There is also business buzzword of "due diligence", derived from the legal …

Feb 12, 2025 · Performant: From perform +‎ -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, and adjectives from verbs with the senses of ‘doing (the action of the verb’)), possibly modelled after informant. …

IS HR an acronym? Should "a" or "an" be used in front of it in a sentence, such as: Do you have an HR question?

Feb 14, 2018 · The infinitive structure comes to us courtesy of Latin, and its useful to English language learners because many Romance languages employe the structure. For example, verbs in Spanish …

Apr 4, 2016 · Is there a notable distinction between “concerning” and “regarding”, be it in tone alone? I—a non-native—wondered about this when starting a sentence about the weather: Regarding the …

Jun 19, 2016 · I recently saw a TV show where an executive referred to an assistant as a low-level employee. Is it considered appropriate or derogatory?

Apr 12, 2014 · I'm asking about someone who's employed by a company and does different jobs (both a qualified and unqualified person). Who knows; maybe in English those two are two different words? …

Mar 11, 2014 · The phrase take a powder meaning to "scram, vanish," is probably from the 20's; it was a common phrase as a doctor's instruction, so perhaps from the notion of taking a laxative medicine or …