Skip to main content
English Language & Usage
Colin Fine's user avatar
Colin Fine's user avatar
Colin Fine's user avatar
Colin Fine
  • Member for 14 years, 1 month
  • Last seen more than a week ago
Profile Activity
Stats
77,409
reputation
24.6m
reached
1,583
answers
1
question
Communities
View all
About

Retired from IT. Always played with languages and linguistics, though not formally studied any (beyond the age of 15). At one time much involved with constructed languages Loglan and then Lojban. Since my 30s, heavily involved in theatre.

Teacher of Self Esteem Enhancement and Power of Purpose courses in the More To Life programme.

Co-founder of Paradise Green Promotions, a company which runs venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Owner of The Bradford Playhouse. Morris and sword dancer.

Passions: languages, music, theatre, maths.

Badges
View all badges
1
gold badge
99
silver badges
202
bronze badges
Top tags
View all tags
879
Score
194
Posts
12
Posts %
807
Score
153
Posts
10
Posts %
752
Score
261
Posts
16
Posts %
687
Score
130
Posts
8
Posts %
534
Score
106
Posts
7
Posts %
499
Score
93
Posts
6
Posts %
Top posts
View all questions and answers
answer
112
What is the purpose of (-s) in "Don't hurts us"?
Jul 10, 2018
answer
93
Why do we call it "combination lock"?
Dec 19, 2018
answer
77
"provide" vs. "provide with"
Nov 14, 2013
answer
63
Why do sentences that start with "guess" end with a question mark?
Sep 8, 2014
answer
60
What does "vanilla" mean in the context of gaming?
Jul 6, 2014
answer
55
"In time" versus "on time"
Mar 22, 2011
answer
49
Thank thou or Thank thee
Nov 2, 2015
answer
37
"Unselect" or "Deselect"?
Mar 29, 2011
answer
37
"A cup of hot coffee" or "A hot cup of coffee"
Feb 11, 2015
answer
36
Can I say eight-gon, nine-gon and ten-gon instead of octa-, nona-, and deca-gon?
Dec 11, 2018
Top Meta posts
2
0
21
"New attribution rules"
9
Irrelevant and contentious edits
Top network posts
View all network posts
275
“GOD is real, unless declared integer.”
90
Can I use "You can" rather than "Could you" in restaurants?
70
Should I say "She is in the park" or "She is at the park"?
66
Follow me, and your urologist will be buying himself a new yacht
62
Is an "are" omitted in this sentence