- Why is idea sometimes pronounced as idear?
Adding r's to the end of words is something odd I first noticed as a child with my grandmother Idea became "idear," "Ella" became "Eller," etc
- Ideas on vs. ideas for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
When you have some "ideas on how to improve my team," you have ideas relating to ideas on improving the team When you have "ideas for improving my team," you have ideas which specifically supports the team For example, when you say I am for peace-making you are obviously supporting peace-making
- What is the word when people come up with the same idea independently
In history of science, this is known as "Railroad time" I e, when the economy has reached a certain state of infrastructure (coal, steel, and land available, plus steam engines and demand for transportation), it's "Railroad time", and the idea of building railroads occurs to many people naturally at the same time
- phrase requests - Is there a word to describe one who distils complex . . .
distils complex concepts into simple ideas; uses few, easy to understand words to communicate things of profound depth; helps the average person internalise wisdom by reducing it to easy to digest information; is the opposite of someone who makes ‘lay’ people feel stupid by using a whole bunch of unnecessarily pretentious words
- Get an idea on of something - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In general, is it better to say get an idea on or get an idea of something? Here are some examples: In order to get an idea on how to build this house
- Is the word ideator acceptable in public communication; is there a . . .
Ideator A person who creates productive ideas, a conceptualist A person that processes and passes on their ideas and inventions to others to help sell or publisize a commodity A solutions person, problem solver, think tank Medical Dictionary A person experiencing suicidal ideation So, my question is twofold:
- a better way to express an idea thought suddenly came to me
What are some grandiloquent, or simply better, ways of expressing "an idea thought suddenly came to me", or "an idea thought struck me", or "I was struck by an idea thought"?
- etymology - How did spitballing originate - English Language Usage . . .
As mentioned under the previous heading, The Derivative Verbs, 'spitballing' in the sense used in advertising jargon, 'to improvise; to conceive, propose and discuss ideas or topics', seems to have developed without the precursor use of 'spitball' as a noun in the sense of 'idea, topic' While my not having found use in that sense may simply
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