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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

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Feb 6	comment	“The End of All Things to Come” — what does this mean? @MετάEd, this isn't really a lyrics interpretation question, but a general question about the meaning of the construction in question.
Dec 20	comment	How do you define broke and broke into? Protip: don't use the tag words.
Dec 20	comment	Single word for writing from left to right or the reverse Nit: languages are not LTR or RTL, only writing systems are. The same writing system can be used for multiple languages, and the same language can use multiple writing systems.
Dec 19	comment	Words with a leading silent w As Stoney said, this explanation has it backwards. The original pronunciation is [wr], the [w] > [v] in German is an innovation as much as the [w] > 0 in English.
Dec 16	comment	Usage of “sitting still”, “standing still” etc To specifically address the "fish" question, the most idiomatic English expression is that they are standing still, despite the fact that they have no legs at all. The same applies to most inanimate objects.
Dec 5	comment	Are there acknowledged studies about the relationship of vocabulary and comprehension of English language? The question only needed the barest editing to make it more objective, which I have done. I think this is an interesting and answerable question and deserves to be reopened.
Nov 26	comment	Is there a subtle difference between “somebody” and “someone”, “anybody” and “anyone”? @Sudhir, why don't you post that as a separate question?
Nov 20	comment	Is this construct correct? “This one something…” The construction this one article is just fine, and you can find similar examples all over the web. What made you think it was wrong?
Nov 19	comment	Word for fruitless effort? The problem isn't that I don't know what they mean, or that they're too "idiomatic" (?), but that neither of them can be plugged into the example sentence that the original post provided and make much sense.
Nov 19	comment	Word for fruitless effort? I don't think either of these actually fits in the OP's sentence.
Nov 15	comment	Greeting in different ways @ZZcat, the sound may be very reduced, but it's not omitted. It's certainly not omitted in writing, even when attempting to represent the colloquial phrase.
Nov 15	comment	Greeting in different ways How's goin' is not what anybody says in any register of English. The colloquial phrase is How's it goin'. But don't use this in format settings.
Nov 13	comment	How many tenses are there in English? @tchrist Great link! I encourage everyone to click through to it.
Nov 13	comment	How many tenses are there in English? The answer to this depends on how you define "tense". I will put together a more complete response as an answer.
Nov 13	comment	Hi! How is doing? @FumbleFingers that's another likely possibility that I hadn't thought of.
Nov 13	comment	Human verbs for things - bad style? What do you mean by "human verbs"?
Nov 11	comment	Is the [ʊ] sound pronounced with lip rounding? Great question! I've edited it slightly in order to make the question more objective and not just a poll of pronunciation.
Nov 9	comment	What is the role of the single quote sign in Hebrew transliteration? I love this question, but unfortunately it looks like a question about Hebrew, and not English.
Nov 9	comment	Regular vs. irregular verbs @khovanskiiªn You may like this explanation, with examples: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_grammar#Strong_verbs. As you can see, the OE patterns were regular but complex, which encouraged many strong verbs to become weak over time, leaving us with the detritus of strong verbs we have today, which no longer follow much of any pattern.
Nov 6	comment	“Be them” or “be they”? +1 for lollies.