Jonathan Leffler

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Long-time Informix user and developer, experienced in C and Unix (many variants). Email: jonathan.leffler@gmail.com

105 Answers

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17
How long does it take to mull something over?
feb 9 '11 at 7:48
15
“Woman is the 'n-word' of the world”?
nov 28 '10 at 16:51
12
Difference between 'obliterate' and 'eliminate'
mar 15 '11 at 11:14
12
“Worse comes to worst” or “worst comes to worst”
jan 17 '11 at 23:59
12
Is it true that
dec 5 '10 at 7:36
12
Is it ever worth the time and effort to correct someone else's grating grammatical mistakes?
nov 27 '10 at 1:54
11
When does a mistake become standard usage?
jan 19 '11 at 20:20
10
Use like something in a sentence
jan 17 '11 at 7:14
9
“Awfully” or “awful”?
oct 12 '11 at 5:03
9
“Ice possible” or “Possible ice”?
feb 4 '11 at 5:16
9
Apostrophe in “beginners guide”
nov 28 '10 at 17:38
8
Meaning of “a wisp in the ether”?
sep 3 '11 at 5:49
8
“Forgot” vs “Forget”
jan 15 '11 at 0:50
8
Cultural connotation of American English - some examples?
dec 6 '10 at 5:31
8
Children were sitting on their parents' lap or laps?
dec 5 '10 at 17:47
7
Is “unexpected repercussion” repetitive?
feb 21 '11 at 15:18
7
What's the difference between “yet another” and “another”?
jan 14 '11 at 4:38
7
Use of the superlative when only two items are present
nov 27 '10 at 4:24
6
using phrase “weekend of”
aug 7 at 0:41
6
“Referer” or “referrer”
sep 20 '11 at 23:05
6
“convey” vs. “say”
apr 5 '11 at 23:30
6
An adjective to describe a substance consisting of smaller-size grains
dec 5 '10 at 19:29
6
Should there be a comma before “though” when it occurs at the end of a sentence?
jan 18 '11 at 0:03
6
Why is it “on *the* one hand”?
jan 16 '11 at 2:28
6
What is the difference between “that's odd”, “that' s weird”, and “that's strange”?
jan 9 '11 at 4:00
6
Need a word that has the opposite meaning of “nominal”?
dec 4 '10 at 2:10
6
Is it “dressing” if I cooked my “stuffing” outside of the turkey?
nov 30 '10 at 4:45
5
Is there a word for the act of dimming an oil lamp?
aug 23 '11 at 18:37
5
Meaning of “build-up”
jul 2 '11 at 5:53
5
How does one write the name of a married female and spouse in a list of classmates?
mar 20 '11 at 5:19
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