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"Hooker", "whore", "prostitute", when to use which?

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What does the phrase "good for you" mean?

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Is there a historical trend towards shorter sentences?

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How do I pronounce "ratio 1:1"?

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'I was using', 'I have used', 'I have been using', 'I had used' - what is the difference amongst these?

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Is it correct to say Person A is the "spitting image" or the "splitting image" of Person B?

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Why are baseball statistics called "sabermetrics"?

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What does the word "as-yet-unknown" mean?

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How do I choose between "while" and "whilst"?

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What does "information porn" mean?

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Should I say 'What I wanted to say is' or 'What I wanted to say was'?

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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?

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a word like "visual", "auditory", except for touch

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What is the role of phrase "as many as" in "... as many as five commands ..."?

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Words with roots from different languages

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Do the Eskimo/Inuit languages really have more words for snow than English

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Should the common usage "Webmasters" be gender neutered into a separate webmistresses to describe female web site admin professionals?

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Correct usage of "Could" and "Can"

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"Time zone" vs. "Timezone"

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Difference between "get" and "take"

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Is kickassiness an accepted word?

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What is a single word to describe beating someone brutally?

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How does a signature develop?

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Need help understanding phrases of the form "x if y"

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Where and how is Geil used?

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Pronunciation of "often"

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What's the meaning of 'TRWTF '?

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"bound" or "bonded"

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Is it true that if you use a preposition and then a verb, it must end with "ing"?

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Can I get an example of statement that can be said to be Hofstadterian?

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