ChatterBank6 mins ago
How do you say..........
7 Answers
Enveloped..........
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by girlygirl. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Ah, but The Oxford English Dictionary lists the possibility of using 'envelope' - colloquially - as a verb! So, "All these letters are enveloped now, sir" would mean the letters had been put into envelopes. In such circumstances, the stress would be on the 'en' and the 'ope', just as happens with the noun form.
Having said that, I've never actually heard anyone saying such a thing. I am merely being mischievous since - though it's probably of little interest to anyone else - this is my 9,000th response here on AnswerBank.
Having said that, I've never actually heard anyone saying such a thing. I am merely being mischievous since - though it's probably of little interest to anyone else - this is my 9,000th response here on AnswerBank.