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| location | Portland, OR | |
| age | 30 | |
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Jul 16 |
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Usage of “since” in “Since the last release, we have integrated feature X” Since would only be ambiguous in this case if the statement had been made in the past-perfect tense: ie: "this feature has been integrated since"; the fact that past tense was used indicates that the event predated the time span. |
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Nov 2 |
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Usage of “note (bill)” and “banknote” in AmE @Josh: a banknote is a type of debt instrument, but not one that has specific performance (ie, tied to a real asset, as opposed to fiat money). |
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Sep 13 |
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Why are so many terms nautical in origin? I would be curious whether this was equally true in British and American English. |
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Jul 7 |
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Is spell-checking software becoming a linguistic authority? @Robusto: One reason I love the 'add to dictionary' option in the Libre Office context menu. =) |
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Jul 5 |
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Is spell-checking software becoming a linguistic authority? Ahh... sorry about that. Quite right--I'll edit to reflect. |
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Jul 5 |
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Is spell-checking software becoming a linguistic authority? merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbeknownst |
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Jul 2 |
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Can the term “etymology” be applied to a phrase or only individual words? Linguistic forms still seems a bit vague, and I'm not sure that just the single source is ideal, but I agree with your conclusions. Thanks! |
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Jun 2 |
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“Corner” vs. “nook” Glad to hear it--it's a find for logophiles. |
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Jun 1 |
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“Corner” vs. “nook” @becko: visualthesaurus.com |
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Jun 1 |
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“Corner” vs. “nook” Have you ever looked at the visual thesaurus? It can concisely give you a pretty good picture of word relationships |
