"A lot of ideas" is or are? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Mar 24, 2012 · The original meaning of lot as used here is "a number of units of an article, a single article, or a parcel of articles offered as one item" (Merriam-Webster) and is thus clearly …
What is the word when people come up with the same idea …
Nov 28, 2014 · In history of science, this is known as "Railroad time". I.e, when the economy has reached a certain state of infrastructure (coal, steel, and land available, plus steam engines …
Why is "idea" sometimes pronounced as "idear"?
Jul 3, 2011 · Adding r's to the end of words is something odd I first noticed as a child with my grandmother. Idea became "idear," "Ella" became "Eller," etc.
"Get an idea on/of something" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Dec 18, 2013 · In general, is it better to say get an idea on or get an idea of something? Here are some examples: In order to get an idea on how to build this house...
etymology - How did spitballing originate - English Language
Apr 6, 2017 · As mentioned under the previous heading, The Derivative Verbs, 'spitballing' in the sense used in advertising jargon, 'to improvise; to conceive, propose and discuss ideas or …
Word for generating ideas or hypothesising that's not too …
Apr 14, 2022 · a group problem-solving technique that involves the spontaneous contribution of ideas from all members of the group. also : the mulling over of ideas by one or more …
a better way to express "an idea/thought suddenly came to me"
Dec 12, 2013 · What are some grandiloquent, or simply better, ways of expressing "an idea/thought suddenly came to me", or "an idea/thought struck me", or "I was struck by an …
single word requests - What is a term to refer to two ideas in exact ...
Jun 2, 2016 · It may be good to use said term if you wanted to generalize the a number of ideas, and/or the type of ideas, however, the specifics of the question fall under 2 conditions: 1. Two …
vocabulary - Is there a word for a person with many creative ideas …
Sep 22, 2015 · It's not really what I was looking for, because, according to Wictionary, a head-in-the-clouds is someone with fantastic or impractical that are impossible or difficult to fulfill. …
"Ideas on" vs. "ideas for" - English Language & Usage Stack …
When you have some "ideas on how to improve my team," you have ideas relating to ideas on improving the team. When you have "ideas for improving my team," you have ideas which …