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110 Questions

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What is the difference between “simulate” and “emulate”?

differences

apr 19 at 20:16 Ron Kyle 37

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Is “as is” grammatically correct? [closed]

grammaticality

jan 4 at 14:40 Richard Rodriguez 14.5k

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Are “preaching to the choir” and “preaching to the converted” synonymous

phrases expressions

jul 19 at 7:41 Urbycoz 6,089

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Which words may start with “al-”?

etymology

jul 10 at 18:26 Community♦ 1

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“Try not to” vs “try to not” [duplicate]

grammar verbs infinitive

nov 16 '11 at 12:15 Colin Fine 23.3k

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What does the phrase “badly lit” mean?

meaning phrases

oct 7 '11 at 14:28 Fraser Orr 6,274

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Are “egotistical” and “egocentric” synonyms?

synonyms

oct 6 '11 at 21:57 Jay 19.3k

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Is it incorrect to say “…it's not, is it? Or is it?”

phrases

sep 15 '11 at 11:52 Thursagen 1

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What is the meaning of “she can be obtuse”?

meaning meaning-in-context

aug 10 '11 at 16:16 mkennedy 836

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What determines whether a numerical prefix is allowable for a unit? [closed]

nouns prefixes measuring-units

jul 22 '11 at 14:20 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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What is the origin of the phrase “caught red-handed”?

etymology phrases

jun 5 '11 at 13:49 TimLymington 16.2k

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Using superlatives for comparing two things [duplicate]

comparative superlative

apr 18 '11 at 14:29 JSBձոգչ 32.1k

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Using a comma — or other punctuation — at the start of a line

punctuation comma

oct 14 at 16:40 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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What is the correct plural of “stadium”? [duplicate]

grammatical-number latin

sep 30 at 20:24 tchrist 36.4k

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What is the term which encompasses accents, umlauts, etc? [closed]

single-word-requests alphabet diacritics

sep 2 at 18:22 tchrist 36.4k

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Etymology of “Given up the ghost”

etymology phrases

may 10 '12 at 14:47 Raku 1,736

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Is “burst oneself laughing” a valid expression?

phrases

may 5 '12 at 3:35 Yargs 1

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Suitable abstraction for Email and SMS

single-word-requests hypernyms

jan 19 '12 at 9:54 stacker 1,796

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Origins of “aluminium” [closed]

etymology

oct 24 '11 at 10:50 Community♦ 1

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Stop being so pedantic. Your (what noun?) has no place here [closed]

single-word-requests

oct 6 '11 at 19:01 PLL 13.2k

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