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aug 29 '11 at 20:47

Why prefix a request with “I'm going to have to ask you…” — ray023 21227

aug 29 '11 at 20:07

“Open sesame”: how widely understood is it, and how else to put it? — F'x 24.8k270160

aug 29 '11 at 13:37

“Insofar” or “in so far” — Matt 1635

aug 29 '11 at 13:02

Is there a reason to use “mono” over “uni”? — Roadrunner-EX 80937

aug 29 '11 at 2:56

“Who” versus “whom” with multiple verbs — Aardsquid 735

aug 28 '11 at 18:36

Where were “should”, “shall”, and “must” in the 18th Century? — Peter Shor 23k3285

aug 28 '11 at 6:55

(post deleted or otherwise unavailable) — Benjol 2,53411120

aug 27 '11 at 22:25

What tense is appropriate when a group includes alive and dead people? — Shea Levy 1634

aug 26 '11 at 23:14

What are the words for the different parts of a ticket? — Agos 417410

aug 25 '11 at 22:28

What do you call someone who chooses to stay single for life? — Homer6 147111

aug 25 '11 at 21:08

How did “sinister”, the Latin word for “left-handed”, get its current meaning? — Daniel δ 32.2k890201

aug 25 '11 at 19:03

“Before” vs. “in front of” — perdian 24618

aug 25 '11 at 17:43

What do you call a person who is always online on the Internet? — Abid 514517

aug 25 '11 at 14:43

Is “curiouser,” in fact, a word (e.g., in the phrase “curiouser and curiouser…”)? — GnomeSlice 219210

aug 25 '11 at 1:42

What do you call a disk with a hole in the middle? — Fillet 826311

aug 24 '11 at 22:42

How to explain accent variations to students — Rincewind42 29719

aug 23 '11 at 12:55

Why “job” in “nut job” — Jan 3871310

aug 22 '11 at 21:15

More formal way of saying: “Sorry to bug you again about this, but …” — user815423426 6201713

aug 22 '11 at 17:19

Is “Thank god”, as opposed to “Thank God”, acceptable? — Rei Miyasaka 343111

aug 22 '11 at 13:14

Word for not being happy with something but having to be satisfied with it — Avi 21826

aug 21 '11 at 6:38

How did English get the “What is your name?” construction? — KitFox♦ 15.8k243112

aug 21 '11 at 3:03

Old English instead of Latin in early Britain — Otavio Macedo 1,7791620

aug 21 '11 at 2:03

Did “Mrs” originally imply possession? — Matthew 1913

aug 20 '11 at 19:28

Replacement for “God forbid” — Wesley Murch 1,1201817

aug 20 '11 at 16:23

Proverb or expression for a situation with two choices, both leading to a different kind of trouble — Speldosa 318212

aug 20 '11 at 14:08

Which is correct: “rack my brain” or “wrack my brain”? — Adam Wuerl 301310

aug 20 '11 at 11:07

“whether” vs. “if ” — ILG 513

aug 19 '11 at 17:02

Why father is called “dada” and not “fafa” — 巫妖王 7613

aug 19 '11 at 10:12

Name of castle part — asmo 1765

aug 19 '11 at 5:01

How did kool-aid come to be the drink of fanboys? — Eimantas 754522

aug 18 '11 at 13:51

Why is putting some spin on a ball described in some circles as giving it some “English”? — Billare 9,230845158

aug 18 '11 at 8:30

What is the plural of the word “index”? — Jeremy 1815

aug 16 '11 at 22:11

“That's okay” to mean “no” or “don't bother”? — ESultanik 530314

aug 16 '11 at 13:26

How do you correctly say large numbers — Zoredache 1815

aug 16 '11 at 10:35

Use of “f ” instead of “s” in historic, printed English documents — Paul Stovell 20626

aug 16 '11 at 6:55

Difference between “ability” and “capability” — igor 564616

aug 16 '11 at 4:15

Origin of “continental breakfast” — rubergly 49638

aug 15 '11 at 21:55

Is “yay or nay” an acceptable alternative to “yea or nay”? — mmyers 3,72731842

aug 15 '11 at 21:30

Is the term 'String' too jargony to use in a user interface? — Shawn D. 52937

aug 15 '11 at 18:45

In “Are you staff?” does “staff” need to be preceded with an article? — Abhishek 20115

aug 15 '11 at 15:35

What is the difference between an apocalypse and a cataclysm? — C. Ross 538421

aug 15 '11 at 15:10

Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom “carrying coals to Newcastle”? — FallenAngelEyes 41757

aug 15 '11 at 11:35

Difference between “artifact” and “artefact” — Craig Walker 635310

aug 13 '11 at 3:13

Pronunciation of “have” in “I don't have to” [do something] — FumbleFingers 58.5k659185

aug 12 '11 at 2:17

“between” vs “among” — Akin 717312

aug 11 '11 at 23:02

Pronunciation of “er” in “farmer” vs. “earth” — NL500 765

aug 11 '11 at 22:07

When I say “comment out”, does it mean to uncomment something or comment it? — genesis 565322

aug 10 '11 at 20:51

What is the name for the process which turned “iced cream” into “ice cream”? — simchona♦ 22.3k464104

aug 10 '11 at 14:21

“Cannon” as plural — Chris Dwyer 4,51352349

aug 10 '11 at 10:41

What would you call someone who makes no lasting impression? — Ferdia O'Brien 9315

aug 10 '11 at 9:16

Word for “decorated too much” — Pantelis Sopasakis 689411

aug 9 '11 at 11:55

If I help “evacuate” a building, what am I doing to the people? — Seamus 1,271322

aug 9 '11 at 11:50

What's the origin of Pig Latin? — badp 691421

aug 9 '11 at 11:25

(post deleted or otherwise unavailable) — bcmcfc 27626

aug 8 '11 at 22:09

What does “information porn” mean? — Peter Olson 3,2951928

aug 8 '11 at 17:39

“Toilet”, “lavatory” or “loo” for polite society — avc 14623

aug 7 '11 at 19:04

What is the meaning of the phrase 'Here be dragons'? — Liu 8901619

aug 7 '11 at 1:43

Why are there different ways of indicating gender for animals? — Sky Red 748211

aug 6 '11 at 18:41

A word like “hundreds” but for multiples of 10 [duplicate] — language hacker 1,91522454

aug 5 '11 at 21:35

“Do you want to live forever?” — Malvolio 8,1261129

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