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“indispensable" and "indispensible"
Are both "indispensable" and "indispensible" OK?
Are they the same?
10 feb 2017 12:00
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"Indispensable" means the same thing as "necessary". "Indispensible" isn't a word.
10 febbraio 2017
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What's a word? Some (but very few) would say "a glyph-for-glyph duplication of a dictionary entry". Others would say "an unambiguous unit of communication." By the latter standard, "indispensible" is a misspelled word. Of all the sins of spelling and grammar, I'd call it an unusually understandable and forgivable one. :)
I'd say that if you ever see either of those words written, the same thing is meant. But be aware that "indispensable" is considered to be the standard (or correct) spelling of the word and that anything else is non-standard (or incorrect). :)
10 febbraio 2017
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Cinese (mandarino), Inglese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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