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| location | Norfolk, VA | |
| age | 36 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 10 months |
| seen | Nov 29 '12 at 15:16 | |
| stats | profile views | 200 |
"I have a master's degree, I interned on Capitol Hill, I helped my professor write an encyclopedia, I speak two languages, I had a 3.7 GPA and I can't find more than a part-time job," she said."
Hurrah for graduating in 2009!
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Aug 6 |
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Is there a correct gender-neutral, singular pronoun (“his” versus “her” versus “their”)? I agree with @njd (reverse elitism is common in the US as well) but +1 anyways because the wording of this answer takes that into account. |
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Aug 6 |
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What manual of style should I use for technical writing for US Federal Government documents? Interesting question, but this is really about government work, not English language usage. You could just as easily ask which brand of pen to use while doing government work, or what make of car to lease. |
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Aug 6 |
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What are the most common English usage mistakes? @Edward, there is a specific purpose for the CW feature, and it's not "being an excuse for posting polls/lists/discussions" |
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Aug 6 |
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What are the most common English usage mistakes? +1 @SR; there are loads of questions that people would find useful/interesting/funny that aren't appropriate for an SE site. |
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Aug 6 |
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What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly? These sorts of tests work because "who" is for subjects and "whom" is for objects. |
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Aug 6 |
awarded | Editor |
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Aug 6 |
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How much punctuation is appropriate when ending a sentence with a full-sentence quotation? Sorry about the lowercase "do" thing; I was so focused on the punctuation I was asking about that I got sloppy on the rest. |
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Aug 6 |
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How much punctuation is appropriate when ending a sentence with a full-sentence quotation? capitalized "do" |
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Aug 6 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Aug 6 |
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What is the correct spelling of “buyer* remorse”? Wikipedia aside, the reasoning -- based on the purpose of apostrophes -- is perfect. +1 @nohat |
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Aug 6 |
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Are actors taught to roll their “r”'s? An interesting question, but ultimately about acting, not English usage. Voting to close. |
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Aug 6 |
asked | How much punctuation is appropriate when ending a sentence with a full-sentence quotation? |
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Aug 6 |
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Should I use a semicolon or a dash to connect two closely related sentences? @Jared, that grief I referred to was suffered when I was a copy editor, so I know exactly what you mean. |
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Aug 6 |
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When should “into” be used rather than “in to,” and vice versa? +1 for the "in order" trick |
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Aug 6 |
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Should I use a semicolon or a dash to connect two closely related sentences? +1 just for mentioning en and em; correcting others' dashes used to be a not insignificant source of grief for me. |
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Aug 6 |
answered | When to use “that” and when to use “which”? |
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Aug 6 |
awarded | Critic |
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Aug 6 |
answered | When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition? |
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Aug 6 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Aug 6 |
awarded | Student |
