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“My late friends” — they're not dead!
Context: We're discussing about how we used to get penalized in school for being late to classes, many years ago.
I wanted to say:
In my old school, it was hilarious to see my late friends get
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Objectivity vs. Objectivism vs. Objectiveness [closed]
What are some clear-cut distinctions between objectivity, objectivism, and objectiveness?
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“stop to do something” vs. “continue to do something”
A transcript of a recent speech by Barack Obama contains the following sentence:
Boston police, firefighters, and first responders as well as the National Guard responded heroically, and continue ...
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“to spread over” vs. “to spread across” [closed]
I doubt whether I should use "over" or "across" for a liquid spreading "along" a surface.
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Justice as a title … where does it come from?
In the US supreme court judges, among others, are called "justice [name]". Where is this use rooted?
Obviously the term comes from Latin "justitia" originally, but that means justice as in the the ...
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The meaning of: “Why don't you just beat it?”
I would like to know what does this phrase means:
"Why don't you just beat it?"
My dictionary says only that:
beat it: get lost
Can you beat it? : Do you get it?
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Words with multiple uses
I was posed a question the other day:
"Can you think of a word that can be used as a Noun, Verb or an Adjective?"
One such word would be "light".
Is there a rule for identifying such words?
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What the British say vs. What the British mean [closed]
There's an amusing email being sent round which has some common phrases British people use and others mis-interpret. I was actually shocked at how I often use these phrases without giving any thought.
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