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- Corrupt or corrupted? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Ordinarily, "corrupted" should be emphasizing more that this is something that happened as opposed to the present state If we say "The leader was corrupted," we start wondering when it happened, who corrupted him, how, etc "The leader was corrupt" simply describes how he is now But computer tech is different
- For computer science, are the files corrupted or corrupt?
"Corrupt" and "corrupted" have different meanings, and these words sound different when applied to politicians A "corrupt senator" feels different than "corrupted senator" The second feels like something has been done to his moral character, while the first describes him as doing immoral things
- Adjective for made of pus or corrupted by pus or something of . . .
Both putrid and putrescent derive from the same root as pus Per etymoline, pus is related to the Latin puter (rotten) and putere (to stink)
- Word for not understandable [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
The message was staticky and corrupted, making it not understandable "Not understandable" sounds strange and like a double negative I'm looking for a single word to take the place Some results suggest "bizarre" and "alien", but that's not what I'm going for The speaker knows what it is, but can't understand it
- Is there a noun meaning: person who accepts bribes?
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- Word for when one uses the wrong word in a sentence
I was hoping for something more technical than "the wrong word" The wikipedia page you linked (and the example you supplied) seem to indicate that Lexical Selection Errors tend to me more of "slip of the tongue" issues, where the speaker knows what the tend but trip over themselves (and select the wrong word)
- Reason for different pronunciations of lieutenant
'Lieutenant' comes from French lieu ('place') and tenant ('holding') Some sources claim that 'lieutenant' had alternative spellings such as leftenant, leftenaunt, lieftenant, lieftenaunt etc , and that the ModE pronunciation with f (BrE mostly) is a holdover from those spellings
- grammar - As of late or as of lately? - English Language Usage . . .
The title pretty much summarizes my question For example, in the following sentence She has developed an accent while living overseas, which as of late(ly) became more pronounced I usually hear
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