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Feb 25 |
revised |
Usage of “a” and “the” in titles added 36 characters in body |
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Feb 25 |
answered | Usage of “a” and “the” in titles |
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Feb 25 |
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Usage of “a” and “the” in titles I usually see subtitles written with colons instead of a dash. |
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Nov 4 |
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What do you call something that is not first in a sequence? added 201 characters in body |
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Nov 4 |
answered | What do you call something that is not first in a sequence? |
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Oct 4 |
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Single-word synonym for a “pedantic rule-follower”? the most common form of this, AFAICT, is Grammar Nazi. |
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Oct 1 |
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When a sentence starts with “e.g.”, should the e be capitalized? @RegDwigh: "Your edition made the sentence less interesting," said the Zen Master, and thus the disciple was enlightened. |
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Oct 1 |
awarded | Cleanup |
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Oct 1 |
revised |
When a sentence starts with “e.g.”, should the e be capitalized? rolled back to a previous revision |
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Jul 21 |
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Please, don't - I'm not @SF.: thing is not all characters necessarily have to have perfect English, especially for characters of foreign origin or lower education, but even as a subtle hint to his deviance of society's norms by an otherwise intelligent character but it may even be just a particular perk of the character or the author, all of which makes up a character. However, I think it's justified to at least to be aware of those awkward forms, and then on to deciding whether or not that should be part of the character. |
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Jul 21 |
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Is it acceptable to nest parentheses? Judging by that short piece of text, Louis Rubin himself seemed to be showing a fondness of the commas as opposed to parentheses. |
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Dec 3 |
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Is there a formal term for “snail mail”? "postal mail" might be redundant in the world where only "postal service" provides mailing service. But nowadays when Internet also provides mailing service, IMO it is no longer redundant. |
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Dec 3 |
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Is there a formal term for “snail mail”? In a world where email is sent much more often than postal mail, I'm sure there will be people, especially younger ones, that would assume that "regular mail" is "email" |
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Dec 3 |
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Is there a formal term for “snail mail”? does terrestrial mail excludes air mail? |
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Oct 8 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Sep 24 |
comment |
Noun for “person with intermediate skill” @jprete: except you'll get strange looks and confused faces from other software developers if you used the phrase "journeyman software developer" |
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Sep 24 |
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Noun for “person with intermediate skill” hobbyist does not convey skill level at all, instead a hobbyist conveys that the person does not use their skill for as their primary source of income but only as a hobby. An expert in a particular field can be a hobbyist, if they do not make a living from the skill. |
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Sep 20 |
comment |
A single word for labelling someone a disbeliever in a particular religion despite them adhering to it excommunication implies that the religion's authority (forcibly) excluding certain people from practicing the religion, I don't think that's the intended meaning. |
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Sep 20 |
revised |
What do you do when a sentence ends with a decimal? remove the unnecessary quote |
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Sep 20 |
suggested | suggested edit on What do you do when a sentence ends with a decimal? |
