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Feb 11 |
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“Center” or “centre” in sports vocabulary? Apparently a spell checker doesn't mind "vary well" either... |
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Feb 24 |
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Why do we “scotch” a rumour? @KitFox, I'm no expert, but I was told that it was called Scotch tape because it was inexpensive and Scots were stereotypically considered cheap... |
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Feb 17 |
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You quench your thirst. What do you do with your hunger? Note that your answer refers to the delay/postponing of hunger rather than the satisfying of it. (I did not vote you down but thought you might want to know why someone else had) |
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Feb 7 |
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Different pronunciations of “she's” depending on the meaning she's with an [i] (as in pit) sounds like something that hits the fan... |
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Oct 6 |
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Improper use of “Whenever” I live in Georgia and can't ever remember ever having heard whenever misused in this way. |
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Sep 27 |
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“True” is to “false” as “truth” is to… what? @drɱ65 It'd be nice, but there's another requirement for the badge that the answer must have the highest score. |
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Jun 24 |
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Is using “fruits” as the plural of “fruit” acceptable? fruits can be used to describe different variaties of fruit, ie. fruits and vegetables |
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Jun 24 |
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Meaning of “my fool of a sister can't get at you” you might want to edit that into your answer so that it answers all of the question. |
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Jun 18 |
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Can a negative be used to express a positive, such as “mangoes are sweet and so aren't papayas.” +1 simply for quoting Adams |
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Jun 17 |
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Superlatives with “the” I'm curious about elative. My spellcheck doesn't like it, and Wikipedia only shows entries for non-English languages. Would you care to share a source? |
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Jun 17 |
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How rude is “to eat like a pig”? counterpoint: Your wife eats like a pig, would be considered extremely rude, though she be absent from the room. |
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Jun 16 |
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Can I start a sentence with “i.e.”? I'd just suggest writing How do we handle the case when the list is empty (i.e. the filter matched no entries)? |
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Jun 16 |
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What is the correct way to use “neither” and “nor” in a sentence together? I can find the tool neither in the kitchen nor in the bathroom or I cannot find the tool in either the kitchen or the bathroom |
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Jun 15 |
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Get a life | You have no life @Andrey, the phrase is most often used in response to a comment or situation that suggests the person has no social life. |
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Jun 14 |
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Should anti- and counterclockwise be hyphenated? antiabortion, antialiasing, antiaircraft, antibodies, antilock, Antichrist, antithesis, antisocial, antiterrorist, antitoxin (to name a few) |
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Jun 14 |
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Should anti- and counterclockwise be hyphenated? sorry to break it to you, but dashes break nGrams. Any hyphenated word will give you 0 results |
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Jun 13 |
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Explain the choice of the verb “dip” in “dip your lights” @Joe... Finally, I would like to encourage you to be a little less scathing of fellow-users in your answers/comments. |
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Jun 13 |
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Explain the choice of the verb “dip” in “dip your lights” @Joe You may want to note that on many vehicles, when the "high beams" are lit, they are lit in addition to the "low beams," thus earning them the commonly used title (in the US) of brights (as opposed to dims, which would indicate that only a single filament is lit). A simple Google search should show its prominent use. Furthermore, I question your assertion that the ability to drive and a technical comprehension of illumination technology are directly related. |
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Jun 13 |
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Where is the root morpheme in Modern English ambassador, embassy? You've asked 6 questions and gotten (fairly good) answers for most/all of them. Might I encourage you to mark some as accepted? |
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Jun 13 |
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Is this dash correct? I would suggest just replacing the dash with a comma. Oh, and I think you mean a mobile version that allows rather than a mobile version which allows. |
