aging vs ageing - WordReference Forums
2007年3月14日 · From my perspective, ageing is a particularly nice-looking word with the "e" balancing the "g" and providing a smoothly curved bridge to the "i". Far prettier than "aging" - …
vieillissant - WordReference Forums
2006年11月15日 · Comment traduire en anglais le mot "vieillissant" quand il s'applique à une machine? Ageing/Aging convient pour une personne, mais que dit-on pour une chose, un …
The ERP system ages the accounts receivable - WordReference …
2016年9月6日 · Hay un par de hilos acerca de "accounts receivable ageing/aging", pero usar "age" como verbo complica un poco el asunto... Mejor empezamos con una definición: Age …
concerned at vs concerned with/about/by [concern]
2014年8月6日 · "However concerns at China's ageing population led to pressure for change." It was the first time to see concern with 'at', so I confused. What is the difference between …
cueing and cuing - WordReference Forums
2007年7月5日 · it's just a thought (very late!) but there is also "aging" and "ageing" - the first is more AE and the second is BE. Personally, being British, I'd use both cueing and ageing …
Way of life / way of living - WordReference Forums
2008年11月6日 · Dear all, I found two close expressions on the web: way of life and way of living. the seems close but I wonder if there is a difference anyway. According to some contexts I see …
He looked like he didn't have a tooth in his head.
2005年11月2日 · Not so long ago, ageing and loss of teeth were pretty much synonymous, so the older you were, the fewer teeth you had. So no teeth = very, very old. Think of Shakespeare's …
Collective nouns - a council <is, are> - WordReference Forums
2006年5月26日 · It seems true to say that collective nouns in American English more commonly take a singular verb. In British English, however, as GenJen says, it's more usual to treat a …
offensive term for 'old man' - WordReference Forums
2011年3月7日 · One more might be "dinosaur" - in context it is often used with disdain for older people. See this thread: old dinosaur: Is it an idiom? which mentions that "dinosaur" has the …
Mr vs Mr. - WordReference Forums
2016年5月29日 · From today's Mail Online (with apologies ): A new gender neutral title 'Mx' is to join the honorifics 'Mr, Mrs, Miss and Ms' on driving licences and other official documents, the …