meaning - What does "dispositional" mean here? - English Language ...
Jun 12, 2020 · This is a technical use of the word "dispositional" in the field of psychology, e.g., see Attribution Theory, which explains the difference between dispositional and situational attribution. …
Is vs is to + verb - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Nov 30, 2022 · I saw the following sentence while reading. I realized that all my peers do is read textbooks. My question is whether the meaning of the sentence will change if the sentence is …
differences - Good decision I "made" / "have made" today - English ...
May 18, 2016 · As a non-native English speaker, I'm a little bit confused. Should I say: The only good decision I made today was to ... or The only good decision I have made today was to ... What is the …
"There appears to be" or "There appear to be" + plural noun phrase
Jul 15, 2016 · There appear to be no functional systems in place to handle this. This is correct. We can see that "there" is not a noun in "There is a dog in the garden" -> "There are two dogs in the garden." …
terminology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 27, 2025 · The bank is ill-advised or unthinking or both. The beneficiary is the person receiving the money. Cambridge beneficiary: a person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result …
Is estimatedly a word? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 16, 2020 · Is 'estimatedly' a word? My spell checker highlights it and Google returns only 35k results so I guess it is not, though I cannot "see" what is wrong with it. I am using it in this contex...
Which is correct Dr. or Dr? [duplicate] - English Language & Usage ...
Feb 22, 2017 · Recently, I was reading articles on the net and realised that there is a lot of ambiguity over the usage of Dr. and Dr, Er. and Er etc. I usually prefer the dot while writing Doctor (Dr.) or Engin...
Co-Founder, Co-founder, or cofounder? - English Language & Usage …
Mar 23, 2012 · Co-founder. Once hyphenated, the word is a single word, so only needs a capital at the beginning of the entire word. If you write Co Founder (which isn't really a word) then you'd capitalize …
expressions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 5, 2021 · What is it called when you use one, very specific example/description which implicitly includes lots of other things, for example when you are describing a person? I'm not talking about a …
What is a one-person business called? - English Language & Usage …
Feb 1, 2011 · I'm wondering what is the term for the person, that is doing business on his/her own and has tax liability. It's different in each country, I'd like to know how they are called in USA and UK.