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13 Questions

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18 votes

4 answers

13k views

"open mike" vs. "open mic"

asked Aug 3, 2011 at 3:43

15 votes

3 answers

20k views

Why can humour be dry but not wet?

asked Jul 25, 2012 at 9:02

8 votes

2 answers

25k views

What is the difference between "vouch" and "guarantee"?

asked Jul 31, 2011 at 3:30

6 votes

3 answers

2k views

Is "girls" a suitable complementary term to go along with "guys"?

asked Jul 14, 2011 at 9:34

6 votes

2 answers

12k views

"Improviser" or "improvisor"?

asked May 26, 2012 at 11:41

4 votes

4 answers

16k views

"Stand up comedy", "standup comedy", or "stand-up comedy"?

asked Apr 28, 2012 at 7:56

4 votes

11 answers

2k views

Is there a word for preparation with a negative connotation?

asked Aug 10, 2012 at 4:03

2 votes

1 answer

2k views

Separating Quoted Questions into Separate Sentences

asked Aug 10, 2012 at 4:20

2 votes

2 answers

677 views

Is it correct to use quotes before a comma when not representing spoken text?

asked Apr 28, 2012 at 8:21

2 votes

2 answers

5k views

What's a suffix that means to find something cute or adorable?

asked Jun 7, 2014 at 6:55

2 votes

1 answer

384 views

The author writes that he “couldn't understand why..." — a comma needed before the quote?

asked Jan 28, 2014 at 5:59

0 votes

3 answers

2k views

Is "paraphrased" the correct way to express an attributed quote with known origins?

asked Apr 14, 2014 at 12:41

0 votes

2 answers

1k views

Why does the contraction of "I will" sound strange in certain sentence constructions? [duplicate]

asked Dec 27, 2013 at 6:58