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| bio | website | lucas.tiz.ma |
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| location | San Francisco, CA | |
| age | 28 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 4 months |
| seen | Apr 24 at 23:32 | |
| stats | profile views | 38 |
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Mar 28 |
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Is there a word that means “as its name would suggest?” @FumbleFingers Interesting word. Out of curiosity, would you provide examples of both of the use cases you mentioned? |
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Mar 28 |
asked | Is there a word that means “as its name would suggest?” |
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Jan 31 |
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Words that are pluralized in the middle? @Cerberus Right, well, it's good to know that there are rules established for things like this. That's some comfort! |
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Jan 30 |
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Words that are pluralized in the middle? Gah! So many exceptions in this language! This form of pluralization always bothered me, but then again, I am a rather persnickety individual! |
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Jan 26 |
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Why is “primer” pronounced with a short “i” sound? Removed the title-style capitalization for the question title |
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Jan 26 |
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Is there a technical term for the degeneration or evolution of words? Ah, thanks for the comment. Yeah, I wasn't really sure what the best term was, so I took a chance. :) |
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Jan 26 |
accepted | Why is “primer” pronounced with a short “i” sound? |
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Jan 26 |
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Why is “primer” pronounced with a short “i” sound? That's interesting that our personal experiences differ completely. I guess I'll stick with the short "i" sound because of its seemingly ubiquitous nature in American English, but it'll always bother me. :) |
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Jan 26 |
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Why is “primer” pronounced with a short “i” sound? Added clarifications based on answers and comments |
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Jan 26 |
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When should I use an em-dash, an en-dash, and a hyphen? I actually wrote a blog post about this recently: lucastizma.com/a-dash-of-grammar I'm all about using proper punctuation, but would you say it has become acceptable to effectively use a hyphen in place of most dashes? |
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Jan 26 |
accepted | Is there a technical term for the degeneration or evolution of words? |
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Jan 26 |
asked | Why is “primer” pronounced with a short “i” sound? |
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Jan 26 |
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Is the expression “may or may not” semantically void? Is there any reason to believe that using this phrase in formal writing or speech is less appropriate than a more direct expression? "I don't know if I will go to bed tonight," for example. |
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Jan 26 |
accepted | Is the expression “may or may not” semantically void? |
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Jan 26 |
asked | Is there a technical term for the degeneration or evolution of words? |
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Jan 26 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Jan 26 |
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Is a whole cake still a “piece” A very good, thorough explanation. You illustrate well the simultaneous frustration and beauty of subjective-laden concepts like language. :) |
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Jan 26 |
asked | Is the expression “may or may not” semantically void? |
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Jan 25 |
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Should I use “ related” or “-related” Interesting. I always thought that the same rules for "regular" adjectives applied as well to predicate adjectives, since—per my understanding, anyway—predicate adjectives are merely a means to rearrange word order. I think I'd have to prefer the British style for consistency's sake! |
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Jan 24 |
accepted | Is there a classification for words combined with hyphens used as adjectives? |
