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I'm a designer, web developer, artist, vegetarian, cook, and human with a passion for computers, problem solving, food, nature, technology, and outer space, among other things.
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Mar 2 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 15 |
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Differences between “price point” and “price” +1 @fortunate1 — Also the 3D effect on the chart makes it difficult to read actual values at a glance. |
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Sep 25 |
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Is there a word to describe female between 'girl' and 'woman'? Dated, but still prevalent. I hear "working girl", I think "prostitute". |
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Sep 5 |
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“What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? Don't patronize me. I know how the verb "to be" works. "Is" is in fact correct, but the reason for it (noun clauses have singular count, as Cool Elf pointed out) is not anywhere in your provided link. |
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Sep 5 |
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“What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? added 191 characters in body |
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Sep 3 |
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“What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? Ah, but you've introduced a gerund there, which is lacking in the original context. This shifts it from present to present progressive, adding an indication of an extended state of being. The initial example is a simple state assignment. The authors are giants. The authors are not being giants. |
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Aug 31 |
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“What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? You are correct, what is a nominal relative clause, a fused or compound form of "that which", in this particular case. "Giants is that which the authors are" — I still believe this to be incorrect. |
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Aug 31 |
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“What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? On what rule are you basing your comment "a what subordinate clause acts as a singular subject of the third person, even if it refers to several objects semantically, and even if the subject complement (giants) is plural or of the first person"? I was under the impression that nominal relatives were subject to number contrast. I agree that it is easy to treat it as uniformly singular, and that it seems a subconscious function to do so, but I would be interested in the specific rule upon which you base this assertion. |
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Aug 31 |
awarded | Editor |
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Aug 31 |
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“What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? Made a comment, then decided to add it to my primary answer. |
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Aug 31 |
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“What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? Migrated a comment to the main answer |
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Aug 31 |
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“What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? Ah, but your noun has a different count than the example. Your version works, but make it reflect the example more — "I like dairy products, and dairy products is what these are" — not so much. |
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Aug 31 |
answered | “What they are is x” — is singular “is” correct, and why? |
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Aug 31 |
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“View data” is to “observance” as “control data” is to what? I think we need some more context on this one. What type of data? What type of "control"? |
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Aug 22 |
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Is there a word to describe someone who tends to disagree with others only to upset them? Sounds like a real naysayer |
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Jul 26 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Jun 26 |
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What is the term for the part of a jingle that states the company name? sonic mnemonic is my new favorite phrase |
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Mar 19 |
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“Has not been updated” vs “Doesn't seem to be updated” There's also a difference in certainty. "Hasn't been" is much surer than "doesn't seem to be". |
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Mar 16 |
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“Art developer” or “arts developer” Unrelated, but interesting to note: the Free Dictionary article on "the arts" seems to be identical to the Wikipedia one. The language makes me suspect that the TFD article is directly plagiarized from Wikipedia... but in both sites, they reference "the definition from The Free Dictionary". Strange that The Free Dictionary refers to itself in the third person here. Where, then, did this definition originally come from? |
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Mar 16 |
answered | “Art developer” or “arts developer” |
