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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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111 An English idiom for “solve a problem that has been solved”? Sep 26 '14
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82 Looking for a word to describe the sound of the morning as hundreds of birds begin singing before sunrise? Jun 5 '18
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76 Is there a word or phrase for something that one might wish exists, but most certainly doesn't? Feb 2 '16
71 “Man” is to “womanizer” as “woman” is to what? May 27 '12
70 An adjective or a single word that means something is “new” and “different” at the same time Apr 8 '15
69 Phrase for overusing just-learned skills? Jan 27 '13
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