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| bio | website | teylyn.com |
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| location | New Zealand | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 2 months |
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Microsoft MVP - Excel
twitter: @IngeborgNZ
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May 15 |
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Whose window? - What's the idiom for unpredictable unknown beneficial opportunities that might come up? What is the question? |
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May 15 |
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Semantic meaning vs Literal meaning This site is about English language. In what way is your question related to English? |
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May 7 |
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Alternatives to “enthusiasm declined”? This is a site for proper use of English. If you give an answer, please try to use correct spelling. |
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May 7 |
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Alternatives to “enthusiasm declined”? Please don't use the number 1 when you want to write a capital letter "i". |
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May 5 |
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What's the difference between “big” and “large”? Can you substantiate that? |
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Apr 25 |
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Do people with a lisp write in the same way they pronounce? Why on earth would a lisper spell words featuring an "s" differently? Who would even think that? Most times, lispers are not aware of their lisp. If they were, they would not lisp. They can be trained to be aware of their pronunciation and work on the "correct", non-lisp pronunciation. If they are not aware that they are lisping, why would anyone think that they would "thpell wordth the thame way that they are thpeaking?" |
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Apr 25 |
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How to Reply That PASSPORT NUMBER is not in my remembrance at the moment What to you mean with >> NOTE -Please do not answer the straight forward English Sentences?? What language would you like the answer in? |
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Apr 25 |
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What is name for “a”, “an”, “the” grammar parts? @Chameleon, are you using a machine translator to create your English texts? With all due respect, but your contributions have terrible English. Please don't use web translators. If you are learning English, then this is not the site for you. Try ell.stackexchange.com instead. |
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Apr 7 |
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When did the expression “Poor man's <noun>” originate? Would you mind sharing a reference for that? |
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Mar 31 |
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Which word should I use to describe the noise made by an electronic device? What does the noise sound like? Click, hum, buzz, burr, beep, whir ... there's lots of electronic noises. You'll need to be more descriptive and in being that, may find your own answer. |
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Mar 13 |
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What might be an appropriate term for a long-term, very serious, girlfriend? Fair enough. I wasn't expecting to deliver the perfect answer, but wanted to share how this topic is handled in New Zealand. I'm aware that other countries and cultures will have differing connotations for "partner" (and "pot plant"). |
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Mar 9 |
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What are the functions of each part of the principal parts? With StoneyB here. Trying to get this question to be sent to EEL, but the tools don't provide the option. |
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Mar 7 |
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Word for a phase of a project after the implementation Single word is difficult. Maintenance. Operations. Two or three words as a phrase spring to mind: Business as ususal, often shortened to BAU, Continuous Improvement (CI), but there is a framework and mindset associated with that, Life Cycle, maybe. |
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Mar 7 |
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Proper punctuation? Don't ask questions about opinion. There are rules for punctuation. You may like them or not. You may find it nicer to write "I" with a lower case because it's less egotistical. It will still not be correct. The same goes for spaces before punctuation. What you may feel "looks better" sends shivers down the spines of professional type setters. Compare arguments. The typesetters actually have some. You only do it on a whim (non-business) and do it "properly" for business. Can you see that this is hyper-subjective and cannot possibly get a valid answer here? |
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Jul 18 |
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Use of definite article before phrases like Heathrow Airport, Hyde Park, Waterloo Station, Edgware Road and Parliament Square +1 for the question. I've often wondered why it's "Heathrow Airport" but "the Edgware Road", e.g. in Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell novels. |
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Jul 2 |
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Meaning of “build-up” Thanks for asking this. I've been wondering about it, too. Maybe it's just marketing speak?? My current shampoo claims it reduces build-up, but I don't seem to notice a difference to other shampoos that don't mention that phenomenon. Shampoos are probably also 100% fat free, gluten free and contain no traces of peanut, sugar or fish, but so far, the marketing people have not yet cottoned on to the benefits of printing that on the label... |
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Jun 27 |
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What's a good word to describe adults who are not yet parents? @MT_Head, that poem was my credo -- until I had kids myself. I still love it, though! I feel for my kids ;-) |
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Jun 24 |
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“Sites like Facebook do/does use …” osknows, that still is a plural verb phrase. "many sites do use that technology". The singular would be "one site does use that technology" |
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Jun 15 |
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Plural error or set phrase? — a Games for everyone Ta, FF! I was totally thrown by the identity change "Third Idiot/Ham and Bacon". After all, that is not immediately obvious. How come that everyone else seems to clock it but me? I'm starting to value the forums/Q&A sites/Discusion boards that don't allow a change of user ID after registration. |
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Jun 10 |
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Phrase for asking the obvious I've seen "Does the pope wear a funny hat?" - but depending on religious orientation this may not be PC. |
