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Feb 6 |
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What does “Beyoncé was outed for lip-synching” mean? typo |
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Feb 6 |
answered | What does “Beyoncé was outed for lip-synching” mean? |
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Feb 5 |
answered | Verbal strategy that requests action of someone without using a direct command |
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Feb 5 |
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A better way to phrase “his masterwork” or “his epic”? @PinkElephantsOnParade I actually typed "oe" and the site elided them. In standard typography separate letters are more often used. |
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Feb 5 |
answered | Difference between “now” and “right now” |
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Feb 5 |
answered | How would I change the following sentence to active form? |
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Feb 5 |
answered | “On the third attempt” vs. “in the third attempt” |
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Feb 5 |
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Origin of “Knee-jerk” grammar |
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Feb 5 |
answered | Origin of “Knee-jerk” |
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Feb 5 |
answered | Returning for the nth time |
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Feb 4 |
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Verb to describe “to enable or to disable” @Randomblue How can the word describe, as you put it, "change mode or . . . change state" but also encompass "staying in the same state"? |
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Feb 4 |
answered | Verb to describe “to enable or to disable” |
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Feb 4 |
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Who says “mummy” and “daddy”? @coleopterist While I am not an expert on Southern dialect, it may be slightly more common there, but still not prevalent (I checked with a Southern woman friend). There may be also be a slightly higher use of daddy by women, especially young women, but it seems to be very much in the minority. |
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Feb 4 |
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Who says “mummy” and “daddy”? In American English, mommy and daddy are generally reserved to children, while mom and dad are regularly used by adults. Since most literature is written by adults, the higher frequency of the adult version is not unexpected (except, of course, where the author is channelling a younger self), |
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Feb 4 |
answered | A better way to phrase “his masterwork” or “his epic”? |
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Feb 4 |
answered | What's the English equivalent for the French expression “veille technologique”? |
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Feb 4 |
answered | What voice should I use when explaining how to program a computer? |
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Jan 31 |
answered | A person who chooses one of two opposing sides of an issue |
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Jan 31 |
answered | Someone who comes across as “airheaded” but is really quite the opposite |
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Jan 31 |
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“Majority” is to “plurality” as “minority” is to what? typo |
