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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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What's a positive phrase for "stating the obvious"?
This is somewhat of a dual to Word for "stating the obvious?", but what would be a good word selection to say that someone's point is obvious in hindsight, but without any sort of negative connotation …
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Tense of "lie"/"lay" in a clause
I've been using "lay" but many people have looked at my sentence dubiously.
However, while in secondary school, I abandoned my higher scientific aspirations because I became more focused on a care …
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