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  1. nouns - "interactible" or "interactable" - English Language & Usage ...

    Nov 13, 2019 · I can find references to both interactible and interactble used as nouns to talk about objects in video games; however, "interactable" with an "a" appears to be more common. For …

  2. nouns - Appropriate word for "interactibility" - English Language ...

    Jan 27, 2014 · I am looking for a word for "the ability of being interacted to/with", expressing that something is interactive, its interactive nature/quality. Specifically looking for a noun.

  3. grammar - "interaction" vs. "interacting" vs "to interact"? - English ...

    Oct 26, 2017 · Interacting is present tense for Interact Interaction "is the situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from …

  4. What's the difference between "ones", "the ones", "those", "one", "the ...

    Jan 10, 2019 · Yes, that's exactly what I thought! We use plural nouns to mean something specific all the time: Cars made in China are worse than those (the ones) made in Korea. Here, it can be argued …

  5. Which is it: "1½ years old" or "1½ year old"? [duplicate]

    Feb 1, 2015 · It would come much more naturally to a native speaker to say not "That man is a 50-year-old" [note also the hyphenation here] but "That is a 50-year-old man"; similarly, not "That kid is a one …

  6. What is the correct terminology for a person who presents awards ...

    Dec 28, 2024 · According to Merriam-Webster, it is a presenter: one who presents something : a person who formally gives or bestows something (such as an award) or who brings something before the …

  7. Idiom for something that appears to be easy but is in fact hard

    May 16, 2017 · In your particular example I think “anything but child’s play” could be appropriate (if not overly/cheesily so!). However, just as the usage in the first sentence of the linked article refers to …

  8. A word for people who work under a manager

    Oct 6, 2015 · Where I used to work, we called the people who reported to a manager his/her reports. This word does not have any of the negative connotations words like subordinates or underlings …

  9. Why is “bloody” considered offensive in the UK but not in the US?

    Jul 22, 2022 · Why is the word bloody considered offensive in Britain — where it is used as an adjectival expletive — but not so in the US?

  10. differences - "Lept" vs. "leapt" vs. "leaped" - English Language ...

    Jul 27, 2012 · After reading this discussion, I'd like to know what example sentences distinguish the meaning of the words lept, leapt, and leaped from each other?