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| location | Toronto, Canada | |
| age | 32 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
| seen | May 19 '12 at 19:05 | |
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Nov 21 |
answered | What does “Don’t leave your brains at the door,” mean? Is this an idiom, or just frequently used phrase? |
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Nov 20 |
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Where does the phrase “get a bye” come from? In the tournaments I've seen for other games and sports, a "bye" is simply advancing to the next round for lack of an opponent, with no obligation to play solitaire while waiting. |
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Nov 20 |
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The word for “?!” or “!?” By my reading of the Unicode Consortium's rules, a huge chunk of Unicode code points are explicitly not supposed to be there (i.e. their presence clashes with the stated purpose of Unicode), but they are :/ |
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Nov 12 |
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Those or these collections? If I could vote to close, it would be as general reference: google.ca/search?q=those+vs+these |
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Nov 12 |
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Difference between “Excuse me” and “Sorry” The amazing thing is the way in which the upper class folk sound less refined than the people who are trying to pretend to be them. I mean, really, not excusing yourself at all for a belch? |
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Nov 12 |
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Is it considered proper English to say “You best be…” or “You'd best…”? This idiom sounds rather aggressive to me, carrying an implied threat that the speaker will take some undesired action if the listener does not do what is suggested. |
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Nov 12 |
answered | What are representative examples of exaggerated simile like “I never in a million years thought I’d see this.”? |
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Nov 11 |
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Why bread crumbs and not stones? @Gnawme strange, I find that my gingerbread contains quite little fiber. Maybe I should find another recipe? |
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Nov 11 |
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Difference between “Excuse me” and “Sorry” Normally one says "excuse me" when attempting to get past someone on the subway, and "sorry" when bumping into them after failing to get past smoothly. |
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Nov 7 |
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Antonym of “faction” I'm confused; are you really looking for an antonym, or a synonym? |
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Nov 7 |
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Word for viewing angle +1 important point. "Perspective" works better in more figurative or metaphorical contexts. |
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Nov 7 |
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Would 'determine' or 'decide' be more correct when talking about a target audience? "decide to" is used for other purposes, and it not meant as a replacement for "decide on". |
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Nov 7 |
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Would 'determine' or 'decide' be more correct when talking about a target audience? You would be replacing "decide on" with "determine". |
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Nov 6 |
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“When it comes to” and “with regard to” This is an excellent question because it's exactly the sort of thing that an English speaker would never think about, but would probably find impossible to explain if put on the spot. It seems we can't answer it yet with quite a bit of consideration! |
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Nov 6 |
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“Agree” vs. “concur” @Isaac it is a Google Ngram. |
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Nov 6 |
answered | Vernacular use of “Are we taking him in?” |
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Nov 6 |
answered | Closest in meaning confusion |
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Nov 6 |
answered | What is a good antonym for 'one track thinking'? |
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Nov 6 |
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What does “duly” mean in the phrase “duly noted”? @kiamlaluno Thanks for jogging my memory :) It still doesn't exactly seem like those usages are the overwhelming majority, though. |
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Nov 6 |
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What does “duly” mean in the phrase “duly noted”? "Duly noted encompasses only a tiny fraction of the usages of the word" This surprises me, as I can't recall ever hearing it used any other way. To be honest, I took it as a set phrase. |
