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What is this famous example of the absurdity of English spelling?
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Is "throw in an ape" an expression?
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What is the word for always YES (100%) or always NO (0%), never in-between
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Substitute X for Y
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When talking to American clients, should I say "smoothie" or "milkshake"?
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Which is correct: "rack my brain" or "wrack my brain"?
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"Extensible" vs. "extendible"
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Etymology of the use of "Drive" to refer to a digital storage medium
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What is a feminine version of 'guys'?
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Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not?
Awarded Mar 25, 2022 at 21:09
How to say that food is hot (temperature) without the listener thinking that I mean "spicy"?
Awarded Jan 24, 2022 at 6:31
What's it called when you get a type of award because you didn't get the award you were supposed to get?
Awarded Nov 16, 2021 at 12:16
"Compared with" vs "Compared to"—which is used when?
Awarded Aug 30, 2021 at 21:56
What is "musset"?
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The act of baiting someone into (incorrectly) calling bullshit
Awarded May 24, 2021 at 18:48
"Have a look" vs. "Take a look"
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What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?
Awarded May 18, 2021 at 6:56
What is it called when you raise a problem and someone else makes it seem like you're entitled by bringing up something far worse?
Awarded Mar 25, 2021 at 17:02
What does "something 101" mean?
Awarded Mar 20, 2021 at 20:57
When is it necessary to use "have had"?
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How to describe a person who has done well in every task except one, but he has done extremely bad in that 'one' task
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Alternative terms to "Blacklist" and "Whitelist"
Awarded Dec 27, 2020 at 21:32
Which is correct: "Filename", "File Name" or "FileName"?
Awarded Dec 4, 2020 at 15:13
Which is correct, "you and I" or "you and me"?
Awarded Nov 9, 2020 at 14:51
"A few" vs. "few"
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"To camouflage" is to sight as "to ____" is to sound
Awarded Aug 4, 2020 at 5:18
What is the difference between "till" and "until"?
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Etymology of *spreadsheet* / an anachronistic use
Awarded Jul 28, 2020 at 5:09
Why is "cupboard" pronounced with a silent "p"?
Awarded Apr 29, 2020 at 7:40
Why should the first person pronoun 'I' always be capitalized?
Awarded Apr 27, 2020 at 19:48
Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object?
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"Which" vs. "what" — what's the difference and when should you use one or the other?
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Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?
Awarded Feb 27, 2020 at 13:20
Was "man" a gender-neutral word in common usage at some point?
Awarded Jan 17, 2020 at 15:20
Why is it "geometric" but "theoretical"?
Awarded Jan 10, 2020 at 13:45
What is a feminine version of 'guys'?
Awarded Jan 2, 2020 at 16:35
"log in to" or "log into" or "login to"
Awarded Nov 2, 2019 at 21:35
English equivalent of the Malayalam saying "don't stab/poke the dead body"?
Awarded Oct 31, 2019 at 14:05
When should com­pound words be writ­ten as one word, with hy­phens, or with spaces?
Awarded Oct 29, 2019 at 14:55
What does "To die quietly of old age would be to go there on foot" mean?
Awarded Oct 28, 2019 at 23:20
What is the word for things that work even when they aren't working (e.g. escalators)?
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A word that refers to saying something in an attempt to anger or embarrass someone into doing something that they don’t want to do?
Awarded Sep 25, 2019 at 13:35
Why would "an mule" be used instead of "a mule"?
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When I say "comment out", does it mean to uncomment something or comment it?
Awarded Aug 30, 2019 at 13:05
What is "ass door"?
Awarded Jul 25, 2019 at 1:00
Why is there paternal, for fatherly, fraternal, for brotherly, but no similar word for sons?
Awarded Jul 4, 2019 at 10:05
What is the difference between "complicated" and "complex"?
Awarded May 23, 2019 at 10:35
"Whatever a Russian does, they end up making the Kalashnikov gun"? Are there any similar proverbs in English?
Awarded Apr 27, 2019 at 17:45
How come people say “Would of”?
Awarded Apr 11, 2019 at 23:15
Should I always use a comma after "e.g." or "i.e."?
Awarded Apr 6, 2019 at 23:20
What is the opposite of 'gravitas'?
Awarded Mar 26, 2019 at 19:40
Is this toilet sign, "Please leave the toilet properly," correct?
Awarded Mar 25, 2019 at 17:10
What does the phrase "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish" mean?
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"Here's looking at you, kid" meaning?
Awarded Mar 6, 2019 at 17:35
What is the wife of a henpecked husband called?
Awarded Mar 5, 2019 at 16:45
What is the wife of a henpecked husband called?
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"What would you with the king?" -From the book "Eats, Shoots and Leaves"
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What does "stay in vegetables" mean?
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Is there a word used to describe a weekend plus a one-day holiday?
Awarded Jan 21, 2019 at 9:20
How do you say "in all directions" in a single word?
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