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Did the Tironian "et" ("⁊") have any impact on the ampersand being shift + 7 on English keyboards?
Oct 9, 2014
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Why do people say "to be honest"?
Jul 7, 2014
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Why is "brick" in "a brick house" a noun, whereas "plastic" in "a plastic bucket" is an adjective?
Mar 25, 2022
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Does the word 'clique' have a negative connotation?
Jun 26, 2015
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Should you use "who" or "that" when talking about multiple people doing something?
Oct 23, 2012
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The plural of "index"–"indexes" or "indices"?
Mar 4, 2016
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"This table has a height of 1 meter" or "this table has the height of 1 meter"?
Aug 25, 2016
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Is "unredactable" a word?
Feb 9, 2014
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Is it improper English to read the number 1100 as "eleven hundred"?
Feb 9, 2014
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Does "is potentially faster" imply "is not slower"?
Apr 16, 2015
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Call one constructor from another
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What is the point of finally in a try catch/except finally statement
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Why did the Apple IIe make a hideous noise if you inserted the disk upside down?
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What is the difference between Flash memory and EEPROM?
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Why doesn't Java 8 include immutable collections?