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I have a degree in Linguistics, but I work as a programmer. Most of my expertise about English is self-taught, plus lots of random trivia I've acquired here and there.

This is my favorite EL&U comment ever:

This isn't really a question about English so much as a question about hugs. Source


Dec
13
revised Usage differences between “than”, “to”, and “over”
edited tags
Dec
13
revised “Hail Mary”, “Glory Be” in the plural
reformatted and made clearer
Dec
13
revised Usage differences between “glum”, “grumpy”, “sulky”, “glower”, and “morose”
edited tags
Dec
13
revised Usage difference between modest vs decent?
edited tags
Dec
13
reviewed Reviewed What is the term for when one letter is lowercased when a name is in all caps?
Dec
13
reviewed Leave Closed phrase to mean “giving the exact answer”
Dec
13
reviewed Reopen Usage differences between “than”, “to”, and “over”
Dec
13
reviewed Leave Open Non-union-affiliated shop steward
Dec
13
reviewed Leave Open “Hail Mary”, “Glory Be” in the plural
Dec
13
reviewed Close The plural of “conch”?
Dec
13
reviewed Close Is “subordinated” a good translation of the Italian legal term “subordinato”?
Dec
13
reviewed Close Usage difference between modest vs decent?
Dec
12
reviewed Reviewed Is a “doozy” a good or bad thing?
Dec
12
reviewed Leave Open Comma placement in “I, too”
Dec
12
reviewed Leave Open “Masters degree” — capital M or not?
Dec
12
reviewed Close Does the word “welfare” have an abbreviation?
Dec
12
revised What is wrong (if anything) with the phrase “it don't mean nothing”?
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Dec
12
revised Is this expression correct “Don't worry about it; it is supposed be one of the features of this year's release”
fixed some typos and bad grammar
Dec
12
revised Is “most superior” correct?
edited tags
Dec
12
revised Correct way of saying a decision has been made
edited tags