Jon Purdy

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I like programming, language, and collecting hobbies. You should read my awesome blog or watch my equally awesome videoblog.


216 Answers

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Is there a rule about double negations that aren't meant as double negations (e.g. “We don't need no education”)?
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Is there a historical trend towards shorter sentences?
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Did English ever have a formal version of “you”?
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“you” versus “You” as polite form of writing
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What is a good, short, word to describe a software engineer?
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What is the antonym of the prefix retro-?
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The times they are a-changin'
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Is employing hyperbaton correct in English?
20
Why is “does” sometimes pronounced “is”?
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What is “won't” a contraction of?
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“I park my car in the yard”
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Meaning of “I'll make due”
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How do the tenses in English correspond temporally to one another?
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In “Are you staff?” does “staff” need to be preceded with an article?
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“Between A and B” or “from A to B”
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Is it correct to say, “Jamie and I look forward to seeing you and Kate on Friday?”
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When traveling abroad, are you “oversea” or “overseas”?
16
Why “go off”, as in “alarm went off”?
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Does the quirky spelling in English actually make it easier to read?
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What does the door do?
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Why do people pronounce “Naomi” as “Niomi”?
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Why is X used when we pronounce it Z?
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Where did the “odd” in “N odd years” come from?
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What is it called when an interjection is inserted inside another word?
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What is the proper word to say “terrorist hood” in English?
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Substitute X for Y
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Is “authentification” a real word?
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Why are “sugar” and “sure” pronounced with an SH?
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“Woman is the 'n-word' of the world”?
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What's the most common way of referring to the gender of a friend?
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