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10 votes

3 answers

15k views

Why do people say "Happy" Halloween?

asked Oct 31, 2013 at 11:33

9 votes

2 answers

34k views

Period or colon? [closed]

asked Jan 1, 2013 at 13:52

6 votes

2 answers

1k views

Why isn't the word "Which" one of the 5 Wh-question words?

asked Dec 13, 2020 at 17:39

5 votes

7 answers

10k views

Is "unpeeling an orange" grammatically correct?

asked Oct 12, 2012 at 5:03

4 votes

4 answers

3k views

How is the sentence "The symbol % is used to represent percent" read?

asked Jul 9, 2014 at 0:23

3 votes

5 answers

43k views

Ungrammatical or Grammatically Incorrect

asked Sep 20, 2013 at 18:59

3 votes

2 answers

733 views

Are people using 'of' differently today than they were 20 years ago? [closed]

asked Nov 24, 2011 at 5:17

2 votes

2 answers

858 views

Unambiguous Way of Stating a Biconditional in Plain English

asked Jul 19, 2012 at 7:45

2 votes

6 answers

16k views

"Four plus two equals six" (or "is equal to six" or "is six")

asked Sep 7, 2012 at 11:05

2 votes

0 answers

1k views

"Season's greetings" or "Seasoned greetings" [closed]

asked Dec 19, 2013 at 13:04

2 votes

3 answers

2k views

Uniformalize vs uniformize

asked Feb 24, 2014 at 9:20

1 vote

2 answers

3k views

"For all intents and purposes"

asked Dec 13, 2013 at 18:10

1 vote

2 answers

2k views

Is it OK to pronounce kilogram as "kay gee" (/ˈkeɪˈdʒiː/)?

asked Aug 27, 2015 at 11:07

0 votes

2 answers

82 views

Word for the practical portion of my Ph.D?

asked Feb 10, 2017 at 2:59

0 votes

2 answers

5k views

What are the Differences in Meaning Between "Problem Solving" and "Solving Problems"

asked Dec 24, 2014 at 18:35

-1 votes

5 answers

2k views

How to read “A = (πr)²” so as not to mistake it for “A = πr²” [duplicate]

asked Oct 17, 2014 at 7:49