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Geek of all trades


Dec
14
comment What's the difference between “ledger” and “accounts”?
+1 for the (imo quite good) short introduction to accountancy.
Dec
14
comment What is a good word to mean the inverse of debounce
Isn't that just reversing the signal's logic level? The first signal is the end of incoming signals, then you act and "debounce" by ignoring the ongoing lack of signals... ;)
Oct
16
comment Has elision revised the standard spelling of any words in the past century?
Does "donut" count? The omission of sounds is marginal, I admit.
Oct
11
comment Antonyms and mutually exclusive words
Sorry, you are right, in its current form it's a non-answer (pun intended). I will consider reworking it shortly or posting it as a comment.
Oct
11
answered Antonyms and mutually exclusive words
Oct
11
reviewed Reviewed “Unregister” vs “Deregister”
Oct
11
reviewed Reviewed When did “kid” start to mean “child”?
Oct
11
reviewed Reviewed What is a book about cooking called?
Oct
11
reviewed Reviewed How can this sentence be written correctly?
Oct
4
reviewed Reviewed What is the right definition of “cheeky”?
Oct
4
comment Hypernym for various parts of a plant
Parts or components of what? What is the common group they belong to?
Oct
4
revised Is there a difference between saying “Members are” and “All members are”?
meaningful title, layout of list
Oct
4
suggested suggested edit on Is there a difference between saying “Members are” and “All members are”?
Oct
2
reviewed Reviewed Sentence completion question
Oct
1
reviewed Reviewed What is a good replacement for “ununderstandable”?
Oct
1
reviewed Reviewed Some substitution words for “up in the air”?
Oct
1
reviewed Reviewed How to understand statement like “noun + to + verb + the rest”?
Oct
1
reviewed Reviewed Is there a word to describe the unintelligent/streety way some people talk?
Sep
26
comment Can you say “hyperbolizing”?
@StoneyB Then I'm showing mine, too: I learned English in school from about 1988, so if your observation is right, the usage may have widened well before I first encountered the word.
Sep
26
revised “Travel” vs. “travels”
Updated to reflect new information supplied by op.