
grammar - If you can say that something is pending, can you say that it ...
Sep 30, 2022 · The debit card transaction is pending. This is correct. Debit card transactions often pend for a day or two. The debit card transaction pended for two days. Are these correct?
word usage - Can "Pend" be used as a transitive verb? - English ...
Aug 17, 2021 · Probably, in this case, 'pend' lacks usage as there are other words available : defer, delay, postpone, such that we are spoilt for choice, as is often the case in English where we borrow …
Is "to pend" a verb? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Dec 22, 2016 · The word "pending" is quite frequently used in English. Accordingly, I used to think that "to pend" is a verb, and some of the online English dictionaries tend to agree. However, my copy of …
writing style - If prepend is not part of English, why is there no ...
Words are introduced into English by continual common usage. Despite what others have said, I personally find nothing objectionable about prepend, and fully expect that if that word gets used …
Is there a word meaning "append", but at the beginning, not the end?
Both dot-net and Java StringBuilder libraries, and probably comparable things in other libraries, have an "insert" function that allows you to insert a new string at an arbitrary place in a target string. Location …
"Vendor" vs. "vender" in Standard American English
Oct 1, 2016 · The spelling vendor is the standard spelling. The New Yorker, as part of its bizarre house style, uses the spelling vender. No one else does, besides those trying to emulate The New Yorker’s …
What is the meaning of the phrase "Hold the Pen"?
Sep 15, 2017 · Well, I'm in the Singapore office of an American company. The folks I've heard this from are Indian, Malay, and Scottish. Some googling told me that the State Department uses this phrase …
"Agree" vs. "concur" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between agree and concur? Which is the more common to use? For instance, someone said something to me and I want to say that he is right. Should I say I agree with you or I c...
Send, sent; end, *ent? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
The past tense of a number of verbs changes from -end to -ent: bend → bent lend → lent rend → rent send → sent spend → spent wend → went However, most do not, notably end. Granted, I say “I ent …
word choice - Do I assign something to me or do I assign it to myself ...
Jul 23, 2021 · In chatting with a coworker, I asked "Should I assign [the task] to myself " but then I got discombobulated and wondered if it should have been "to me " instead. I searched for an answer but …