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Jan 29	comment	“Fall term”, “autumn semester”, “autumn term” or “fall semester”? Are you talking about university or high school?
Jan 29	comment	Using any punctuation, how many meanings does this sign have? Just a small correction. Dead here is actually used as an adverb.
Jan 26	comment	“Scheduled to” vs. “scheduled for” I don't agree that scheduled for is better grammar. The two are just used for different grammatical structures.
Jan 26	comment	Please help explain this long sentence Gules probably has to do with the French term gueule (animal's mouth).
Jan 26	comment	Difference between get “off of” and “off” Have you considered get off from something?
Jan 26	comment	Is this a positive or negative sentence? I think you might want to expand on how you would define positive and negative.
Jan 23	comment	Can you buy things “for cheap”? @Kyudos Yes it is. On the contrary, Barrie's on the cheap sounds quite alien to me, though I would understand it. (I take it you meant Asian). Your suggestion is possible. I am not an expert on Polynesian languages, but neither Japanese nor Chinese have this literal for cheap construction. It really depends on how one translates things. I still consider British import to be the most likely source. But yes defintitely food for thought.
Jan 23	comment	Can you buy things “for cheap”? It's a common enough expression here in NZ.
Jan 19	comment	Is there a specific word for “sheet music portfolio”? Are you talking about a physical folder or a collection of your work?
Jan 8	comment	The usage of relationship @Stallman because you asked people to do the work for you without asking a real question.
Oct 29	comment	Do average people know how to pronounce the word “auteur”? I have no idea how it'd be pronounced in English, as I'd most likely pronounce it as it is found in French.
Aug 28	comment	Definite article in a question: “What is the time?” What's the time is a very common way of asking for time in New Zealand.
Jul 11	comment	“In” vs. “after” for future talk um.. I don't see the difference...
Jul 3	comment	Is it really incorrect to start a sentence with “and”? @Jay Good one :)
Jun 26	comment	Word that means “outdated name” Did you just make that word up or are you refering to anacronym?
Jun 20	comment	How did “When” become the customary answer to “say when”? Where is this phrase in the context used? I've never heard of this in New Zealand. If a waiter says this to me, I'll be like, "huh"?
Jun 7	comment	Meaning of “snapback” By the way, it's you and you're. Just so you know.
Jun 7	comment	Two main clauses one after another or another meaning? This is confusing. It leads me to think that university fees are somehow different from college fees, whereas to me the two are the same.
Jun 1	comment	Is it common to end an email with a question? I think what you are talking about here is all about your personal beliefs and experience. It has nothing to do with languages. Unsolicited marketing emails are by definition rude and whether a question is placed at the end of it is really not going to change people's perception towards it. So it's really up to you to decide.
Jun 1	comment	Is it common to end an email with a question? Where else would you place the question in the example? If a question is predicated on information supplied in the previous paragraphs, then it's only natural to place the question at the end. It's logical. Doesn't have anything to do with English in particular at all.