Jay Elston

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PhD student in search of a thesis topic.


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Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom “carrying coals to Newcastle”?
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Why is “that” used here?
8
What is a suitable word to describe a place where two rivers meet?
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Word for “letter or letter-like character”?
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What's the difference between “pervasive” and “ubiquitous”?
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Meaning and origin of “if you catch my drift”
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Origin of the saying “X wears the pants”
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“Don't mistake me”
4
What's the difference between these names of moving water?
4
How would you name this phenomenon? (about presidents' popularity drop)
3
What’s the difference between “Take yes for an answer” and “Say yes for an answer”?
3
Is “ O’Leary’s’s ” orthographically correct?
3
Term for “soft hate”
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The meaning of “Trolling around”
2
Difference between “proscribe” and “prohibit”
2
What's the inverse of “scalable” — capable to be broken down further and further?
2
The phrase “God willing.”
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What will happen if I say to my boss, ““I'm not going to kiss your ring and I'm not going to kiss any other part of your anatomy.”?
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What do you call a web advert that obscures page content forcing you to look at it?
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What is a word for “known incorrectly”?
1
“Describe with” vs. “describe by”
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Is the term “hack” more positive or more negative?
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“Nothing to tell” versus “nothing to say”
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How to tell if anything has some technical problem and therefore not working
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Is there a term for pejorative parody names of people or places?
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Is “it is no calculus” correct grammar?
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Can I say “trees were shaking” because of the wind? Or should it be “moving” or something else?
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Use of “facetious”
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What does “interstitial effect” mean?
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Has “Error 404” acquired a meaning in everyday English?