RegDwighт

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Web designer since 1997. Further interests include embedded systems and static program analysis.

Oh, and you can vote for my LEGO CUUSOO project!

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What is the rule for adjective order?

adjectives word-order

apr 16 at 17:34 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Do most languages need more space than English?

writing translation

sep 27 at 20:58 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What is the origin of ZOMG?

etymology slang internet

oct 19 at 9:16 Merk 1,320

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Which is correct: “could care less” or “couldn't care less”?

expressions conversation

may 13 '11 at 10:31 Lauren 192

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Is there an English phrase for an inability to actually leave already?

single-word-requests idioms phrase-requests

dec 28 at 15:31 MετάEd 13.5k

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Why is it “geometric” but “theoretical”?

meaning etymology suffixes morphology ic-ical

oct 29 at 21:51 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Central Pennsylvanian English speakers: what are the limitations on the “needs washed” construction?

verbs syntax dialects

apr 22 at 18:18 WTW 1

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When did it become correct to add an “s” to a singular possessive already ending in “‑s”?

orthography history possessive apostrophe proper-nouns

feb 24 at 3:26 tchrist 36.4k

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What is wrong in Strunk & White's “Elements of Style?”

list-request writing-style

apr 6 '12 at 19:44 jwpat7 37.1k

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Is Valley Girl speak “like”, entering the language?

colloquialisms language-evolution filler-words

mar 1 at 2:04 Joe Z. 555

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Does the quirky spelling in English actually make it easier to read?

orthography

sep 28 '11 at 13:23 JSBձոգչ 32.2k

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What are the historical processes of preposition coining in English?

prepositions adverbs history

dec 23 at 18:11 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Is there a word to describe a highly desirable cursed treasure?

single-word-requests literary-techniques

aug 23 at 9:51 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What is the correct way to pronounce 'router'?

pronunciation

nov 2 at 19:16 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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How are 'marry', 'merry', and 'Mary' pronounced differently?

pronunciation american-english vowels

dec 23 at 18:07 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What purpose does an '-o' serve?

suffixes

may 12 at 20:59 StoneyB 20.5k

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When are “because”, “since”,“for” and “as” interchangeable?

word-choice prepositions synonyms

feb 11 at 21:16 Faraz 101

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Is there a word that means “doing the right thing for the wrong reason”?

single-word-requests

nov 25 at 23:50 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Words with a leading silent w

pronunciation orthography

jan 4 at 10:27 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Why do photons and protons exhibit such anomalous behavior?

phonology stress aspiration

jan 25 at 21:14 Alex B. 1,628

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Why doesn't “its” have an apostrophe?

pronouns history possessive

may 22 '12 at 23:03 Alex B. 1,628

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Capitalisation of nouns in English in the 17th and 18th centuries

writing british-english capitalization early-modern-english typography

nov 15 at 14:41 Stella B 21

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Is there a rule for pronouncing “th” at the beginning of a word?

pronunciation phonology

dec 19 at 18:53 tchrist 36.4k

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Where do accents and dialects come from?

accent dialects

nov 29 '10 at 14:21 Kosmonaut 31.3k

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When is “Y” a vowel?

vowels

jan 5 at 15:35 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Why is a woman's purse called a “pocketbook”?

meaning etymology nouns history dialects

nov 23 at 12:25 lex 363

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Can this convoluted bit of “tax speak” be deciphered into plain English?

legal

nov 25 '10 at 14:35 mickeyf 2,440

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How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech?

grammar passive-voice

dec 23 at 18:12 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Is there a rule for which suffix to use when creating adjectives from nouns?

adjectives morphology ic-ical

oct 29 at 21:31 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Why do we say “lowest common denominator” when we mean “greatest common divisor”?

mathematics

feb 16 '11 at 17:13 bye 6,450