Training is usually a mass noun: you get training, not one training and three trainings. Ed, writing from the Phoenix School of Law, asks about the count-noun use in sentences such as “I had three trainings yesterday.” Some speakers are fine with...
Grant talks about his daily work as a lexicographer. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Lexicography Work” You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Grant Barrett. And I’m Martha Barnette. A while back...
estacode n. funds intended to cover traveling costs (of an athlete, politician, etc.). Editorial Note: The term is usually a collective noun, but is sometimes also used as a count noun. Etymological Note: Perhaps from the non-public Estacode, the...