"Extensible" vs. "extendible" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Nov 7, 2012 · Extensible was, through the mid-20th century, the most common form, but today it trails extendable by a substantial margin, while extendible continues to appear infrequently. …
Best word for "unable to change" - English Language & Usage …
Aug 23, 2012 · I'm looking for a word that is the opposite of "adaptable." I would like to say "unadaptable," but that's not a real word according to my dictionary. So, what's the best word …
Why "motherboard" is used to refer to main board of computer
Why is motherboard used to refer to the main board of a computer? What is the relationship with the word mother here?
What’s the term for an acronym that refers to another acronym?
Apr 8, 2022 · For example, AIM stands for AOL Instant Messenger, and AOL stands for American OnLine. This isn’t quite the same thing as a recursive acronym, which refers to itself. Maybe …
Questions about history and usage of the word "paren"
May 19, 2021 · The character lists and extensible specifications are defined at the beginning of the program file. Then come the programs for individual characters, most of which use …
What verb is best used to remedy/fill/... a lack of something?
Nov 23, 2021 · For example, in scientific articles you could see "The proposed methodology may be extensible to similar tools and tries to fill the lack of scientific studies in the validation and …
What is the difference between "practical" and "practicable"?
Nov 13, 2015 · The distinction that I've drawn in my mind is that practical means easily practiced and practicable means capable of being put into practice.
"Good at" or "Good in" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Good - I thought of "good in bed", but hadn't noticed it was extensible. But I concur that its complement must be a place, not an activity.
How do you quote a passage that has used '[sic]' mistakenly?
May 12, 2011 · The problem with anything other than the first option is that if you then quote those, into a third level of siccing or beyond, then you will be required by poetic imperative to …
A or an XML report? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
+1 - Even if the reader expands the abbreviation to "Extensible Markup Language", it would still take "an". With some abbreviations, you'd need to consider what's being abbreviated and …