User Terry Li - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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Can “thanks in advance” be considered rude?

politeness business-language

feb 24 at 9:58 Bill Franke 18.9k

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What's the difference between the adjectives “strategic” and “tactical”?

jun 11 '11 at 12:17 powtac 151

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Idiom: People caring about minor stuff while something terrible is happening

idioms expressions colloquialisms

sep 26 '11 at 21:15 Daniel δ 32.2k

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Antonym of “recommend”

verbs antonyms

aug 20 at 7:42 good_computer 122

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Is “Just a friendly advice” grammatical?

grammaticality uncountable-nouns

feb 12 at 3:48 hippietrail 3,054

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When your 10-year old boy says “It’s meta,” what does it mean? In what situation and of what sort of object they use this phrase?

phrases

dec 6 '11 at 7:29 muntoo 590

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Words with opposite meanings in different regions

american-english vocabulary meaning british-english antonyms

may 18 at 11:29 Darling 17

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What does President Obama’s phrase “We don’t need to spike the football” mean?

meaning-in-context

jun 22 '12 at 9:16 Community♦ 1

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Single word for people who are like “a frog in the well”

single-word-requests nouns adjectives

dec 14 '11 at 7:36 Community♦ 1

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What is the correct way to pronounce 'router'?

pronunciation

nov 2 at 19:16 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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How should I phrase a question that must be answered with an ordinal number (e.g., the third prime)?

questions ordinals

nov 27 at 9:42 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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What is a better way to name “The Wrong Question”?

adjectives phrase-requests saying simile

oct 18 '11 at 19:38 Itamar 191

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Why “Greater Toronto” rather than “Great Toronto”

word-choice etymology adjectives names comparative

aug 31 at 17:11 MετάEd 13.4k

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What do you call the time period between notification of an event and the event?

time nomenclature

sep 5 at 10:32 Matt Эллен 14.3k

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What is a synonym for “girlfriend”?

synonyms

nov 18 '11 at 16:08 kiamlaluno 28.7k

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Are there any words I can use to disambiguate “biweekly”?

word-choice single-word-requests

dec 12 '11 at 4:25 Hugo 30.8k

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Why don't Americans write “devor” instead of “devour”?

american-english orthography

dec 15 '11 at 17:49 Community♦ 1

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What should I call a place that sells “street food”?

single-word-requests

dec 13 '11 at 17:04 Marcin 3,015

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Term for something that appears complex but is actually very simple

single-word-requests phrase-requests

nov 18 at 12:23 FumbleFingers 58.4k

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Is there a single noun that describes “need not”?

single-word-requests nouns

dec 13 '11 at 19:40 Daniel δ 32.2k

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Alternative to “Merry Christmas”

phrases greetings christmas

dec 25 at 3:14 tchrist 36.4k

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What is “double history”?

meaning british-english

oct 20 '11 at 14:02 A Lion 201

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Difference between “smart” and “clever”

meaning differences adjectives offensive-language

dec 27 at 9:49 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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What does ‘Break out the corsages’ mean?

phrases

nov 27 '11 at 12:58 Community♦ 1

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Is there such a thing as a “pre-anniversary”? Or a better word?

word-choice nouns time

dec 25 at 5:48 tchrist 36.4k

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Can you outfish, out-fish, or out fish someone?

hyphen

dec 14 '11 at 19:12 FumbleFingers 58.4k

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Using “if” or not in a sentence structure when expressing doubt

grammaticality conjunctions conditional if-that

oct 2 at 14:01 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Origin of the phrase “drink you under the table”

etymology phrases history

nov 14 at 15:00 Hugo 30.8k

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“I ain't got no money”

meaning double-negation

nov 7 '11 at 23:39 T.E.D. 8,811

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What does it mean: “Of no mean beauty, …”?

meaning

nov 20 '11 at 22:41 Hugo 30.8k

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