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| bio | website | boredwithchurch.info |
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| location | South East England | |
| age | 49 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 4 months |
| seen | Apr 27 at 12:12 | |
| stats | profile views | 129 |
25+ years in software development.
6 years on an HCI PhD.
20+ years married.
19 years a parent.
I can cope with anything.
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Mar 25 |
answered | “How about” and politeness |
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Jan 20 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 3 |
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What is this piece of children's playground apparatus called? Carousel is a great word, but it has such a variety of meanings. I think you are both right. |
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Aug 3 |
answered | What is this piece of children's playground apparatus called? |
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Aug 3 |
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Punctuation of sentence ending with the word “period” for emphasis "grammatically correct tweet" - now there's an idea. I would probably put "... great movie. End of." Which is twitterese for the same thing. |
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Aug 3 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 2 |
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Are all myths superstitions, or are all superstitions myths? @TimLymington Yes - good choice. |
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Aug 2 |
answered | Are all myths superstitions, or are all superstitions myths? |
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Aug 2 |
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“Run over XXX” or “run XXX over” Yes - I have made it "listener", which is probably what I meant. Or at least it makes sense now. |
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Aug 2 |
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“Run over XXX” or “run XXX over” added 2 characters in body |
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Aug 2 |
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“Run over XXX” or “run XXX over” @jwpat cheers. I have no idea what I meant either, so I might have to come back to it. |
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Jul 31 |
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What word is used to describe an event that will never occur? "near-zero-probability" might work. They are exceptionally unlikely, but still possible. |
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Jul 31 |
answered | Ebb - is it right to say “ebb toward”, or does this word have negative connotations |
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Jul 24 |
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What word is the opposite of Luddite? @J.R. - there are a few significant names, Jobs being one, that relate to Arkwright or Cartwright in other posts. But there are others - Berners-Lee, Gates, Bezos, for example - that specific technophobic Ludditism might be focused on. It is the same problem as the original Luddites. |
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Jul 24 |
answered | What word is the opposite of Luddite? |
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Jul 24 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Jul 23 |
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Connotations of “all the rage” The temporal aspect is good to include. It is a different sort of limitation, but just as common. |
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Jul 23 |
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Connotations of “all the rage” added 8 characters in body |
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Jul 23 |
answered | Connotations of “all the rage” |
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Jul 23 |
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“There are two parts on this spreadsheet” vs. “there are two parts in this spreadsheet” IMO, "to" is the right usage, because what you are trying to indicate is that the entire spreadsheet for consideration contains two separate parts, and you want to highlight this. One complete data set consisting of two separate parts. |
