Is there a difference between an active state and activated state? For example, if I activate an item, will it become active or activated? Does it depend on the context? How?

May 2, 2019 · What adjective can you use to say that something can be activated or enabled? (Something akin to "active-able" or "enable-able", which are not recognized words.) "You can …

Despite having heard enough times already that upon is an archaic version of the on preposition, I'm still struggling to thoroughly understand its meaning and usage. In the quoted sentence, woul...

This is a very simple question, yet I did not find anybody that could give me a satisfactory answer. I would say “go by foot”, but it seems that “go on foot” is used more often. Which one is right...

Aug 25, 2011 · For most people, however, daemon is just a computer term. The only entry in the OED for daemon is: A program (or part of a program), esp. within a Unix system, which runs in the …

May 18, 2012 · I was wondering whether 'updation' is correct English or not. Sample sentence: I was involved in the updation of the website.

Dec 10, 2010 · Gotcha actually has several meanings. All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you". Literally, from the sense of got = "caught, …

Oct 16, 2020 · The instructions are revealed by the internal routines when the link is activated (or " opened " to reveal the instructions). From this perspective I prefer " Follow the instructions in the link …

Aug 28, 2014 · As others have specified, the word by is generally synonymous with no later than when referring to a date or time. However, it is important to note (and this is why I am adding another …

Jul 11, 2011 · I am trying to write a business email and, as English is not my first language, I'm having a bit of trouble coming up with a really polite way of saying the following: Hi, It's been a week since ...