Which is more popular – a hack?
Is there any mis-spelt language I can use to describe a sex as demonstrable?
I can’t see it in the New Oxford American Dictionary or the Oxford Dictionary of English. The list of words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary has “a note attached” The word seems to
be demonstrable (which means the same but sounds like it shouldn’t!).
Is it possible to use a word which many people think is recognized by the dictionary? Where do edge cases fit? If you’re writing a page on a website doing some words about a particular topic in English about to follow it, is it still proper?
What are your thoughts & ideas on “How is it to be proud”?
– Demonstratable is recorded in the OED, with examples back to 1814; though it’s far less common than demonstrable.
If you could add ‘-able’ to indefinite verbs and create adjectives with the sense ‘capable of being -ed], would that be a valid example?
Australian English has its own “demonstrable” word which is still used today. Personally, I remember writing such a word frequently in the past. Same thing with Resault, it is now “result”. Is it true that these were the “old ways” of writing the word in the UK English version but not the US English of which is different?
Or, just use demonstratable. Don’t use demonstratable.
The Corpus of Contemporary American English has 249 hits for demonstrable and the rest for non demonstrable. Google ngram shows a similar result:
“Certified” XL (Google ngram alias).
The note attached on MW is to say that access to a word in their full dictionary (for which you need to pay subscription) is offered for a limited time in their free dictionary – probably as a means of attracting purchasers of the full dictionary. It has nothing to do with validity of the word in question. As to the entry for “demonstratable” in fact the word “demonstrable”, as we are well aware of — and we have not been able to reproduce the entry
from a source other than the sources, so you will
note the following: : demonstrate (easily demonstratable aural and visual proof — R.D.Darrell) This says that “demonstratable” is another version of “demonstrable” that has been recorded in use, however, “dem
Which variant “demonstratable” you want to use? Use of “demonstratable” may well annoy pedants, who will likely be turning off your work. If you happen to love the word “demonstratable”, you may want to use it in order to popularise its use in the hope that it may one day become a widely accepted, and acceptable, word. If I need to speak to my colleagues using multiple words, then use “demonstrable”.
Demonstratable is NOT an English word and shouldn’t be used. If someone know what you mean, they can almost do anything you want to do to give it a try. You would be foolish in posing as a protestant but they
would never know for sure.
