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Jan 14 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 11 |
answered | “Will shortly appear automatically” — what is the correct order of words in this fragment? |
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Jan 11 |
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What is the difference between “synergistic” and “synergetic”? I think there isn't a difference, they seem to by synonymous, according to the dictionaries I checked. |
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Jan 9 |
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The “of” in “the month of January” added 1 characters in body |
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Jan 9 |
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The “of” in “the month of January” Honestly, that is an artifact of my Greek, which uses the genitive of apposition more commonly. This is a common suggestion to convey the meaning into English. You might be right, the point really is that "January" is a clarification of the word "month" not an addition to it. In a sense it "adjectivizes" the noun. (Don't you just love that new verb :-) |
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Jan 8 |
answered | Is it normal to use “do” as an intransitive verb for ‘change”? |
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Jan 8 |
answered | The “of” in “the month of January” |
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Jan 7 |
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Is there a word to describe an offensive term reclaimed by the offended group @BillFranke there is certainly nothing wrong with judgement in the appropriate forum. And FWIW, in language, context is crucial to the meaning of words. It is certainly true that some words are acceptable in some contexts and not in others, and who is speaking the words most certainly in included in that context. |
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Jan 6 |
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Is there a word to describe an offensive term reclaimed by the offended group @BillFranke sorry I don't agree. "Double standard" is a judgement of the legitimacy of the process, it is not a name for the process of reclamation at all. It is consequentially political not linguistical. |
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Jan 6 |
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Is there a word to describe an offensive term reclaimed by the offended group @Nile this isn't a political forum, it is a forum about words and grammar. |
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Jan 6 |
asked | Is there a word to describe an offensive term reclaimed by the offended group |
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Jan 2 |
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Etymology of “favourite” as a verb I think it is funny when people get so animated about neologisms like this. It is very much a "get off my lawn" way of thinking. The plain fact is that English has always been very promiscuous about that kind of thing, and it has allowed us to have the amazingly dynamic language we have. How glorious that nouns verb so easily! English grammar is largely descriptive rather than proscriptive, though there is always a painful transition from street English to the grammar books. Do you have a cite for the two "abomination" and "stupidity" quotes? |
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Dec 17 |
answered | Count vs. mass — where can you look this up? |
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Dec 11 |
answered | “Is called” + article? |
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Dec 11 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 29 |
answered | “Ignored for deletion” |
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Nov 28 |
answered | What's the meaning of “direct” here? |
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Nov 28 |
answered | A word that describes goofing off at work that can be used as an adjective in front of the word activity? |
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Nov 26 |
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Is it correct to say “I write children books” (not possessive case)? added 525 characters in body |
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Nov 26 |
answered | Is it correct to say “I write children books” (not possessive case)? |
