User Anixx - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

bio	website
	location
	age
visits	member for	2 years, 5 months
	seen	Apr 30 at 2:20
stats	profile views	131

	650 reputation	bio	website		visits	member for	2 years, 5 months
411 badges		location			seen	Apr 30 at 2:20

8

votes

3

answers

2

kviews

History of the phrase “for Mother Russia”

etymology history

mar 2 '12 at 13:54 Community♦ 1

1

7

votes

4

answers

799

views

Are the allies always good guys?

meaning

dec 15 at 14:37 Natasha 1

6

votes

3

answers

318

views

Usage of word “meat”

meaning nouns

dec 23 '10 at 12:22 Colin Fine 23.4k

5

votes

4

answers

405

views

Should I prefer “asker” or “questioner” for a person who asked a question?

vocabulary

oct 16 at 14:56 NewAlexandria 1,358

5

votes

1

answer

455

views

Origin of the word “sport”

etymology

sep 21 at 1:36 StoneyB 20.5k

4

votes

6

answers

336

views

The name of “Scientific American” — two adjectives without a substantive?

nouns adjectives proper-nouns part-of-speech

aug 4 at 16:12 MετάEd 13.4k

4

votes

2

answers

4

kviews

Use of “in this light”

word-choice idioms

jun 19 '12 at 14:42 Ali-o 11

3

votes

6

answers

2

kviews

Russian speakers and “I feel myself to be …”

grammar sentence syntax

sep 21 at 1:23 FumbleFingers 58.4k

2

votes

0

answers

44

views

Using “whose” with non-animate nouns [duplicate]

grammaticality inanimate possessive-of-which

jan 20 at 14:41 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

2

votes

4

answers

711

views

Quoting vs Citing

differences

aug 10 at 23:59 tchrist 36.4k

2

votes

3

answers

273

views

Looking for a certain word

single-word-requests nouns

aug 10 at 23:58 tchrist 36.4k

1

2

votes

3

answers

621

views

Difference between “isolated” and “insulated” [duplicate]

word-choice

apr 25 '12 at 1:18 tanantish 757

2

votes

0

answers

310

views

Difference between “fluid” and “liquid” [duplicate]

meaning word-choice vocabulary

feb 28 '12 at 20:31 Community♦ 1

2

votes

1

answer

178

views

Double 'not' in questions - how is it correct?

grammaticality negation double-negation

sep 24 '11 at 23:49 Daniel δ 32.2k

2

votes

5

answers

347

views

Using “to fix” as synonym of “to correct”

vocabulary

sep 22 '11 at 14:02 Alain 449

2

votes

1

answer

303

views

Official/legal address

vocabulary

dec 14 '10 at 8:38 waiwai933♦ 8,565

1

vote

1

answer

383

views

Is “payless” synonym of “free”?

meaning differences is-it-a-word

mar 30 at 20:14 tchrist 36.4k

1

vote

2

answers

193

views

Should I say “domesticable” or “domesticatable”?

word-choice adverbs morphology

jan 12 at 13:14 Kris 13.7k

1

vote

0

answers

54

views

Can the word “citing” be used in the meaning “pointing to” or “referring to”? [closed]

word-usage

nov 5 at 17:58 Anixx 650

1

vote

1

answer

106

views

Use of sequences like “In modern's US” [closed]

idioms word-usage

oct 14 at 0:10 Mark Beadles 13k

1

vote

5

answers

225

views

Are monkeys a subset of apes? [closed]

meaning word-usage

aug 10 at 22:28 TimLymington 16.5k

1

vote

3

answers

216

views

What is the adjectival form of “primate”? [closed]

word-choice word-usage adjectives

jul 31 at 15:01 Mitch 23.1k

1

vote

1

answer

66

views

What is the generic word for a TV broadcast?

word-choice single-word-requests

jul 5 at 7:00 Shyam 7,785

1

vote

2

answers

80

views

Can “take” be a synonym of “attempt”, “approach” or “undertaking”?

word-choice meaning-in-context

apr 1 '12 at 1:10 J.R. 33.9k

1

vote

1

answer

174

views

What does “reputee” mean? [closed]

meaning

mar 26 '12 at 11:25 JSBձոգչ 32.2k

1

vote

0

answers

210

views

Is grammatical number dying out in English? [closed]

grammar grammatical-number

mar 19 '12 at 22:20 Community♦ 1

1

vote

3

answers

589

views

“Lifting a ban” — why does “lifting” mean “removing”?

meaning etymology verbs

feb 23 '12 at 14:26 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

1

vote

3

answers

8

kviews

You right/you are right

grammaticality verbs

feb 17 '12 at 4:17 Mitch 23.1k

1

vote

2

answers

219

views

“Has yet to be a total success.”

phrases

oct 6 '11 at 6:57 Henry 11.2k

2

0

votes

3

answers

986

views

Should you use past tense for a fact that still remains in force?

grammar

feb 20 '12 at 10:24 Pitarou 6,694

Anixx

39 Questions