Jonathan Leffler

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

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Do Brits understand rhyming slang or are they sometimes puzzled by it too?
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What's the difference between “You have my word” and “I promise”?
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Is it proper grammar to refer to four digit number in hundreds?
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What are the important differences between Canadian and American (USA) English?
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Which preposition to use in “communication [over, by, through, via, with] email”?
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Why is a bad bowler called a 'pie-thrower'?
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Starting a sentence with “In Winter 2010,”
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What reasoning is behind the names of the trigonometric functions “sine”, “secant” and “tangent”?
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“Undertake” and “overtake”
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'where they would all' vs 'where they all would'?
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Correct punctuation of a phrase?
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Why do many forms ask for initials instead of full names?
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To have behavior?
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How to read a year?
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“Between A and B” or “from A to B”
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Is “it is no calculus” correct grammar?
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Is “litter” correct on waste bins?
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What does “yield to” mean in the following sentence?
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“file name” or “name of the file”?
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Is the apostrophe (') supposed to be omitted in names like 'King's Cross', 'King's Singers'?
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Is “of course” just a warning that something is NOT obvious?
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Which of these sentences using “can” or “could” is better?
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“The world forgetting, by the world forgot.”
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“Give me one half of that” Vs. “give me half of that”
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Italics and punctuation
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Issues with articles
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Were contractions less common in olden days?
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Is there a hypernym for debit/credit?
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How can I give a project quote politely?
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Punctuating and constructing a confusing list
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