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This tag is for questions about choosing the best word FROM A GIVEN SELECTION for a particular context or meaning. The selection to choose from must appear in the question. If you do not know the word already, use single-word-requests.
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"Ground floor" vs. "first floor"
These are usually interchangeable, but I was recently visiting a relative at a major hospital on the shore of Lake Erie and when I came down the elevator I pressed "G" and found myself one floor below …
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Peculiar vs peculiar to itself
“Most men have peculiar manners.”
...seems like reverse sexism to me. (A statement like only a rank femininist would make.) But in this use the word 'peculiar' definitely has the connotation of " …
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