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| location | Toronto, Canada | |
| age | 32 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
| seen | May 19 '12 at 19:05 | |
| stats | profile views | 76 |
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Aug 18 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Apr 17 |
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Difference between “does have” and “has” It's never really necessary, but it would sometimes be odd not to add the emphasis. "How is she going to get there when she doesn't have a car?" "But she does have a car!" You could also answer "But she has a car!"; it's perfectly grammatical, but it's not quite idiomatic. |
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Apr 11 |
answered | Plural of “advice” |
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Apr 11 |
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Can Present Perfect be used for Past Conditional Also, "I thought as if" is not idiomatic in most dialects of English I've heard. "I felt as if" is more usual. |
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Apr 11 |
answered | “Continue existing there” or “continuing existing there” |
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Mar 22 |
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Don't you think we went @MattЭллен what is an oyster card? |
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Mar 21 |
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“At least make this” vs “make this at least” - which is grammatical? "Schroedingers Cat" commenting on a question about making cats predictable... ! |
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Mar 20 |
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Is “Please to” proper English? @BenJackson I'm pretty sure I've also seen Russians do this a fair bit. Probably others as well. |
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Mar 17 |
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Word regarding a lyric remembered wrongly I can certainly think of occasions where the artist quite simply did not sing the official lyric. Not to mention occasions where the official lyric is clearly less poetic than what I hear. :) |
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Mar 17 |
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Meaning of “one in his/her own underwear” In the workplace, there is a definite risk of that, yes. It's not an overly common expression; best policy is to not be offended if you hear it, and avoid using it if you aren't sure you won't offend. |
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Mar 6 |
answered | Once or Ones what is correct use in this sentence? |
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Mar 1 |
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“Rounded”, “heaping” and other types of teaspoon(fuls)? General reference for the first part (seriously, try putting "rounded teaspoon" into Google); no difference for the second part. |
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Feb 26 |
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“I can't help it.” Why help? @ivancho sorry(,) I couldn't help (it). ;) |
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Feb 26 |
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“I can't help it.” Why help? There's nothing to explain. It's just one of the things that the verb can mean. |
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Feb 26 |
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“I can't help it.” Why help? As far as I can tell, it's simply one of the ascribed meanings. |
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Feb 23 |
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What is the word for an applied template? Why is the fact that it came from a template relevant? Is the created-from-template nature evident in the final result (and if so, is the intent to point that out)? Why not just call it whatever you'd have called it otherwise? |
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Feb 23 |
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Stop if you feel faint or pain! In other words, faulty parallelism. :/ |
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Feb 23 |
answered | “Lifting a ban” — why does “lifting” mean “removing”? |
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Feb 22 |
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What is the the origin of the expression “chop chop”? sources for preservation in their own right, surely? Speaking of eggcorns... |
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Feb 22 |
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Another word for “apply”? Why do you want to use something else? |
