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Jeff Morrow
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I am now semi-retired, but in my professional life, I did a lot of writing. My academic training in the remote era when we went to school by mastodon was in European history and languages.

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What does "consequence-free chance" mean?
Oct 28, 2017
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What is the English verb/phrase/expression for cheating customers with an inaccurate scale?
Jul 6, 2017
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What's the verb to describe a good guy becoming a bad guy?
Jun 20, 2017
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Do mutiny and mutation have a common root?
Sep 29, 2017
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Is there a name for the practice of dropping articles in legal writing?
Aug 10, 2017
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What is the common term for "receiving an email but unable to give an immediate reply"?
Sep 13, 2017
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Word for the act of buying a large amount of something to reduce the supply, wait for the price to go higher and sell them afterwards?
Oct 7, 2017
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Something that sounds good but has no true meaning
Oct 25, 2017
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To abstract over something
Sep 27, 2017
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What to call value compared with the previous day's value in stock exchange?
Oct 1, 2017
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What is the brown cardboard covering coffee cups called in English?
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I'm baffled at this expression: "If I don't talk to you beforehand, then......"
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How to answer a negative question?
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What is the root word of "Refactoring"?
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"He gave the order to abandon ship." - why no article?

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