oosterwal

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Apr 25	awarded	Custodian
Apr 25	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Single word for the phrase “Investing more money to save the money already invested”?
Mar 28	awarded	Good Question
Jan 18	awarded	Yearling
Jan 13	awarded	Good Answer
Jan 7	comment	What are the origins for the phrases “Knock it off” and “Cut it out”? As a noun, as in "This painting looks like a knock off."
Jan 6	comment	What are the origins for the phrases “Knock it off” and “Cut it out”? Interesting. In the US "knock off" is usually used as a noun to mean "fake" or "counterfeit."
Jan 4	comment	Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object? As one of those out-of-control grammarians, I like to make a distinction between "who" and "that" in sentences like "This is the knife that was used to kill" and "This is the person who is accused." English does not have a word similar to "whose" that is used for non-humans in the way we use "that" as opposed to "who." For OOC grammarians, like me, it would be nice to have something like "We lit a fire thats fuel was old timber wood," but we'll suffer through the ambiguity.
Jan 4	answered	Froth, foam, lather or suds?
Jan 4	comment	What is the noun for “committable”? @BillFranke: Consider this: How do psychiatrists evaluate a person's `committability` before making a recommendation for that person to be committed?
Jan 4	revised	What is the noun for “committable”? Added more definition to "committability."
Jan 4	answered	What is the noun for “committable”?
Jan 4	comment	Is “What is bounty?” grammatically correct? Without a preceding article, such as in the title question, I would normally assume that "bounty" means "abundance."
Jan 4	comment	How do I say “WWI” out loud? The proper pronunciation is "dubaya dubaya one."
Jan 4	comment	How do I say “WWI” out loud? Photobombed by a cursor; that just made my day.
Jan 4	comment	Are these garden path sentences grammatically correct? Many of these can be clarified with some well-placed punctuation. "The man, returned to his house, was happy." "The horse, raced past the barn, fell." "The men, run through the arches, screamed."
Jan 4	comment	Opposite of “straight talk” In my experience, "straight talk" can also imply a high level of honesty. In that case, the opposite could include gossip, flattery, and deceit.
Jan 4	comment	Opposite of “straight talk” I like `long-winded` and `rambling`.
Jan 4	asked	What are the origins for the phrases “Knock it off” and “Cut it out”?
Dec 20	awarded	Notable Question