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	527 reputation	bio	website	tankadillo.com	visits	member for	2 years, 10 months
313 badges		location	Columbia, SC		seen	Jul 29 '12 at 3:01

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Aug 14	awarded	Yearling
Jul 29	awarded	Caucus
Jul 20	awarded	Nice Question
Jun 8	awarded	Caucus
Aug 15	awarded	Yearling
Mar 18	answered	“Discover” or “invent” in mathematics context
Mar 12	comment	Is there a more fancy name for a “kitchen hole”? I clicked this question wondering what in the world a "kitchen hole" could be.
Feb 28	comment	What is the difference between illegal and unlawful? +1 for the Grammar Girl article. Very interesting.
Feb 28	answered	What is the difference between illegal and unlawful?
Feb 28	comment	Quotations that skip paragraphs Doing this will definitely make your writing much more readable.
Feb 27	awarded	Critic
Feb 27	answered	What's the difference between 'resolve' and 'solve'?
Feb 24	asked	What's the recommended way to refer to the September 11 attacks in formal writing?
Feb 23	awarded	Enthusiast
Feb 21	comment	Is it correct to say “cold temperature”? Temperatures, prices, speeds, volumes, etc are all things that we measure, so we tend to think of them in terms of numbers. Thus why we say "high" or "low" when describing them. A temperature of 0 is colder than a temperature of 100, and 0 is lower than 100. All of the examples you listed sound natural to my ear. The only times when it doesn't work to say "high" or "low" is when the metaphor could be taken literally. You wouldn't say "the size of the house is really high" because it's unclear whether you mean the house is tall or not.
Feb 21	comment	Is it correct to say “cold temperature”? Temperature is a property of a beverage. Just as it may have a large volume and a dark color, it can have a cold temperature. Saying "the beverage is cold" has the same meaning as "the beverage has a cold temperature," it's just a matter of diction.
Feb 21	comment	What does ‘government shutdown’ mean exactly? Well, it is supposed to have a negative implication. A "government shut down" is a bad thing. In political discussion it's common to even hear people refer to it as an offensive tactic: "they're threatening to cause a government shutdown"
Feb 21	answered	What does ‘government shutdown’ mean exactly?
Feb 12	awarded	Citizen Patrol
Feb 10	comment	Is the phrase “fire and brimstone” used by Americans or it is only in Bible? It's good to note that its use isn't limited to religious situations. "The teacher gave a fire-and-brimstone talk to the mischievous boys."