Christi

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Regional woman of mystery.

	3,171 reputation	bio	website	coraline.org	visits	member for	2 years
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May 21	awarded	Yearling
Apr 22	answered	For + verb-ing at the beginning of a sentece
Apr 22	answered	Differences between “Pay attention to” and “Keep an eye on”
Apr 22	comment	How should I use the phrasal verb “to dk around”?** Are you asking about the grammar (which seems fine) or the meaning (as indicated in the tag). Can you be a bit clearer about your actual question?
Apr 10	answered	English equivalent of Hindi phrase - छुपा रुस्तम (chupa rustam)
Apr 9	answered	When is it appropriate to end a question without a question mark?
Apr 7	answered	Looking for words similar to “lagging” and “ahead of”
Jul 24	awarded	Caucus
Jul 19	answered	“Bachelor of ” vs. “Bachelor in”
Jul 19	answered	What does “way” mean in “no way”?
Jul 13	comment	Why is “taking a biscuit” a bad thing in the UK? In summary, this is not wikipedia. There is no prohibition on original research, although obviously it is wise to back up any theories you might have with evidence.
Jul 13	comment	Why is “taking a biscuit” a bad thing in the UK? If you mean that I am saying that the graph is evidence to support my proposed explanation, then that is exactly what I am suggesting. As you have no doubt noticed I also point to the weaknesses in the evidence. It is obviously up to you to decide whether on not you believe the theorem, but offering an explanation backed by evidence is exactly what we are supposed to be doing here, and I stand by my answer.
Jul 13	comment	Why is “taking a biscuit” a bad thing in the UK? It would have been more accurate to say that "The data from ngrams suggests to me", but my meaning is quite clear from context.
Jul 13	comment	Is “fair-skinned” politically correct? The question really means "will this term be considered offensive by someone?" I wish more people asked that sort of question before saying something.
Jul 11	answered	“Reset” or “re-set”?
Jul 9	comment	How to avoid starting sentence with “And” and “But”? This question doesn't really belong here because there's no right answer to it. You are correct that starting a sentence with a preposition (such as "and" or "but" is considered bad style, but your question is too general for people to be able to provide a useful answer.
Jul 9	comment	Hypernym for “webinars” and “podcasts” I can't help but feel that the question would be easier to answer if the original posted explained what they regard as being the common and differentiating features of "webinars" and "podcasts". Most of the suggestions in the answers thus far would be unsuitable in that if you used them without first explaining the context, it would not be clear what you are referring to, meaning you might as well just have said "webinars and podcasts". It's worth noting that two similar words will not necessarily have a hypernym and as always context is king.
Jul 9	comment	Correct usage of “of which” "one of which is mine" would also work in that context. "The bank across the street, of which I am the manager, is up for sale" could not be rephrased in the same way, but I must confess I am at a loss as to the rule which means only the inverted form is appropriate in this final case.
Jul 9	answered	Correct usage of “of which”
Jun 30	comment	What's the difference between England, Britain, and the United Kingdom? This is really a geography/politics question and not an EL&U one.