terdon

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Son of a Greek mother and an American father. I may have grown up in Greece, but since my father is a publisher/editor/writer and lover of "Correct English", conversation around the dinner table often centered on English grammar and vocabulary games.

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1d	comment	What is the correct way to format an author's name in an APA citation when only a username is known? You should just cite the webpage you got it from. At least, that is the case for many scientific journals, you did not specify where you are citing.
May 20	answered	If the rule is “such (a) + adj. + noun”, why is “such fun” correct?
May 20	comment	Understanding sentences with double-negation @ColinFine what do you mean? Would you not understand this isn't not hard (clumsy as that may be) to mean this is hard?
May 20	comment	Make/take a photograph? That wasn't a correction @Lukas, I was just intrigued by your point and thought I'd mention that the case of Spanis is even stranger! On a side note, (modern) Greek is also in the take camp.
May 20	comment	Make/take a photograph? The Spanish are in both camps since you can use tomar, sacar, or hacer una foto.
May 19	awarded	Excavator
May 19	revised	What are some examples of awkward sounding but grammatically correct sentences? Perpetuating misinformation is a trend for which I will not stand.
May 19	comment	Word similar to “indecisive” but more conflicted @BraddSzonye there is no dilemma in the OP. The definition of ambivalent I posted is pretty much how I would answer the question "How would you feel if the Westboro Baptist Church were attacked by terrorists?". Vacillating implies indecision with respect to the correct action to be carried out rather than an internal conflict of opinion.
May 19	revised	Understanding sentences with double-negation deleted 5 characters in body
May 17	revised	Understanding sentences with double-negation formatting, the code blocks look fine on other SE sited but they're just weird on EL&U
May 17	suggested	suggested edit on Understanding sentences with double-negation
May 17	answered	Word similar to “indecisive” but more conflicted
May 17	comment	Understanding sentences with double-negation No more annoying (indeed, considerably less so) than the double negative. A double negative with isn't is just plain wrong, with ain't you can hide behind you own quaintness.
May 17	answered	Understanding sentences with double-negation
May 17	revised	Successfully submitted vs Submitted Successfully used quotes instead of code blocks, this is ELU not SO :)
May 17	suggested	suggested edit on Successfully submitted vs Submitted Successfully
May 17	answered	Successfully submitted vs Submitted Successfully
May 17	answered	How do I compose an imperative sentence that tells a parent to “Ask” a child?
May 16	awarded	Nice Answer
May 16	revised	I can't make heads or tails of this paragraph. It's a complex pun. (Warning: mildly “bad language” and urban lingo.) corrected the idiom and improved the format