Jun 26, 2017 · Is there any significant difference between sortation and sorting? Amazon's local distribution center is called "Amazon Sortation Center". I hadn't seen sortation used before.

Jun 25, 2019 · 1 Sortation refers to the process of sorting. Separation refers to the process of separating. So, let's reveal the difference between Sorting and Separating. Separating (verb) means …

May 17, 2023 · Is there a non-gendered term for manning a station, as in manning the desk? The only ideas I can come up with are "stationed at" the desk or other clunky things. Finding the right gerund …

Aug 21, 2025 · The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has a bit of information related to this. The OED entry for X notes that the /z/ pronunciation is evident from spelling variants with z- for x-, some of …

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 …

Apr 9, 2015 · What does the word "hooky" mean in the phrase "play hooky" (skipping class/truancy) and where did it come from?

Apr 4, 2011 · I found the first entries during history, not the exact origin of the expression, unfortunately. They are around the 17th Century. by the by (earlier by a by, on or upon the by): by a side way, on a …

May 13, 2015 · In a formal letter addressed to one or more unknown recipients, "Dear Sir or Madam" is the customary salutation. As a German native speaker, who is used to "Sehr geehrte Damen und …

Apr 5, 2020 · Blue has nothing to do with color in this expression, and everything to do with alliteration, as @HotLicks pointed out. Blue blazes is just a more emphatic version of the euphemism blazes for …

Oct 7, 2011 · I hope you can enlighten me. I get varying answers in Google and I need to find out which is the correct grammatical structure for these sentences. The rest of the staff is/are on leave at the mo...