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It's 2013, where's my flying car? While it's impossible to know for certain the writer's intent, it's common to hear those phrases said with sarcasm. Therefore I agree with this answer: the sentences are most likely ironic. |
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May 15 |
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Parts of speech for “indoors” vs. “outdoors” @terdon I don't recall. It's in the Ngram corpus somewhere. ;) |
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May 15 |
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Parts of speech for “indoors” vs. “outdoors” I have another one: "David Rakoff 1964-2012: Writer penned lauded, darkly comic essays" |
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May 15 |
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Parts of speech for “indoors” vs. “outdoors” @Jeremy Yet this sort of thing does happen, often with trademarks. See xeroxed in the 1960s. (I googled that.) |
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May 15 |
answered | Parts of speech for “indoors” vs. “outdoors” |
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May 15 |
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What is the difference between “skeptical” and “cynical”? I think you could also make the change in the last example too. John has a skeptical attitude means John doesn't take everything at face value — he investigates the truth. However, I believe your point was that you could not make the change without altering the meaning. |
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May 3 |
awarded | Generalist |
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May 2 |
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How to correctly name these percentages? What is the cause of the additional percentage? Does it depend on something? That's where I'd start with coming up with the word. If it's an RPG game it could be a character skill bonus or class modifier, or perhaps it's a weapon modifier. If the number doesn't change then it would be part of the base percentage – so why does the number change? |
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Mar 14 |
answered | Usage: dismiss someone's concerns |
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Mar 4 |
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How to know when the z can't be used instead of s in an ending? Use a dictionary? |
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Mar 1 |
answered | Homeland vs Motherland vs Fatherland |
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Feb 27 |
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Term for “Free to play” Videogame that Isn't Free @theUg Most Freemium games I'm aware of (or the most popular ones) aren't particularly competitive. I'd love to see a counterexample of a Freemium game where the premium portion doesn't give a significant advantage to game play. What would be the point of the business model if this were not the case? I'm not sure why you believe the definition is lacking. |
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Feb 27 |
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Does English have words to describe the lowest rank member of society? Actually I believe hoi-polloi does have pejorative connotations. |
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Feb 27 |
awarded | Civic Duty |
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Feb 26 |
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Languages understandable to English-speakers without learning @T.E.D. I don't think any linguist believes Portuguese is "a dialect of Spanish". Galacian-Portuguese and Castilian (modern Spanish) have been diverging for over a thousand years, overtaking and absorbing their sister languages while diverging from each other. Mutual intelligibility aside, they have important pronunciation and vocabulary differences. |
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Feb 26 |
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Is the last comma in “A, B, and C, do X” correct? "generally you don't" need the serial comma? Bah, I say. Generally, you do. |
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Feb 26 |
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What is the moon zenith called? @JAM Nope. Midnight tracks the sun, not the moon. The moon is only occasionally opposite the sun. |
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Feb 20 |
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Antonym for “prestigious” added 7 characters in body |
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Feb 20 |
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Antonym for “prestigious” edited body |
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Feb 20 |
answered | Antonym for “prestigious” |
