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I did my degree in English/French Language/Linguistics back in the '70s, but I only got a middling grade, and I've worked in software development ever since, so I'm really only an expert on English language in the same way any articulate native speaker is.

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153 “Replace with” versus “replace by” Feb 11 '14
114 An English idiom for “solve a problem that has been solved”? Sep 26 '14
96 Is there a word for a change so small that it doesn’t seem to be a change at all? Oct 10 '11
81 Looking for a word to describe the sound of the morning as hundreds of birds begin singing before sunrise? Jun 5 '18
79 What do you call money earned through unethical sources? Jul 12 '14
76 Is there a word or phrase for something that one might wish exists, but most certainly doesn't? Feb 2 '16
75 Is the term 'String' too jargony to use in a user interface? Aug 15 '11
74 “There is/are more than one”. What's the difference? Jul 23 '11
71 “Man” is to “womanizer” as “woman” is to what? May 27 '12
69 An adjective or a single word that means something is “new” and “different” at the same time Apr 8 '15
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