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English (the language) always gives an impression of being positive. This is not really a property of the language per se as the surrounding culture in which it exists. It is still very if not …

Verbs that aren't infinitives are finite.

I hear something like the following occasionally and it seems most natural to me as an AmE native: My eyesight is 20/20. I have 20/20 eyesight. He has 20/20 vision. "20/20" is a common phrase, but a …

You are wanting to mark items that are able to be deleted, but not yet actually deleted. The term deleteable will work. So normal, deleteable, deleted. Of course, this term would not be appropriate …

Are is the sentence's verb, the head word of the verb phrase are going. You is the sentence's subject. The order is V-S instead of S-V because it's a question.

Synthesizer does not have to mean "something that synthesizes sound". Synthesis is not really synonymous with addition. When you synthesize A and B, ideally you get something that is no longer A or …

Plaintext as a single word in the software industry is used to mean "not encrypted." If you simply mean unformatted text, you should use plainText. Even better is being more specific and using unfor …

Nouns can be used attributatively. From that link: In English grammar, an attributive noun is a noun that modifies another noun and functions as an adjective. Also known as a noun premodifier …

Cyclus isn't a common term. I never heard that word before this question. If the context is medical you should use menstruate. Period is the common term. One who is menstruating is said to be on h …

What is a modal, really? A miserable pile of words that together form a verb phrase. Seriously, though, first look at how English can be considered to have "verb forms" that consist of two or mo …

A meaning of formal is "not casual" or "strictly following protocol or rules of etiquette/politeness" and that's what is meant here. Formal does not mean "form-oriented" for any of the meanings of …

Age might work, even though typically age is used in terms of days/months/weeks, or something not recent in relation to the context. Recentness seems to be a word (or recency) that you can use if the …

The text appears to be defining pareto-inferior by way of exposition. Another name for "The changes that make everyone in the two person society worse off, that would not be expected to occur in …

It's best to think of legislate here as meaning something close to "to decree or command through a text-based work or body of text." It's pure practical reason in Kant's terms, which legislates a …

X has maximum absorbance means X has the maximum ability to absorb something, as in capacity. The amount of something actually absorbed may be less than the maximum. X has maximum absorption means X …