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- Dictionarypropensity/prə(ʊ)ˈpɛnsɪti/
noun
- 1. an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way: "his propensity for violence"
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Jan 17, 2012 · Propensity: a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much. Proclivity: natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness. So while propensity and proclivity are close synonyms, and interchangeable, predilection means something different, and should not be used as a synonym.
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May 28, 2015 · A context would help. It's clear from the example that you've given that it's from a piece of literature. The only example I could find was from Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Jul 10, 2014 · Kevin Workman. 11.3k 1 28 39. 1. Pragmatic markers include various subsets. 'To be honest' falls neatly in the veridical (commenting on the truthfulness of the statement to which it is appended) subclass. However, as Janus is the first to say, it often paraphrases 'actually' as a mere focus marker. – Edwin Ashworth.
After Googling, I found the following here: "Pronunciate" is a word that isn't listed in most dictionaries; Dictionary.com does mention it, but it noted that "pronunciate" is used rarely. If you use it, most people will think that you meant to use "pronounce" but screwed up. Our tip is that you use "pronounce" instead of "pronunciate," unless ...
I have heard the term "CFNM" being used in sexuality, does anybody know what the term means ? (Note: OP said "CNFM", but another user edited that to "CFNM".) Actually 'googling' didn't help at all.
Jun 11, 2011 · I think correct grammar is "Write an English sentence that has ...". Since which is non-restrictive, the sentence given is telling you to write an English sentence--any old sentence you like--and claiming that all English sentences are syntactically correct but semantically wrong, which is obviously false.
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12. "Ends in" is acceptable in the sense that words can end in a vowel; end in an "a"; etc. This is often shortened to: "Word" ends in "d". "Ends with" seems to fulfill the same use: "Word" ends with "d". But I typically think of "ends with" using larger things than letters: "This phrase" ends with "phrase". "This is a sentence" that ends with ...
I'm a native speaker and it sounds fine to me, but I know several people (myself included) who have a propensity to "verb words" as described in the Calvin and Hobbes comic linked above. – KChaloux
