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MatthewMartin

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15 votes

How bad is the f-word, really?

answered Aug 10, 2010 at 13:51

10 votes

What do you call a person who started something that is later followed by everyone?

answered Jan 14, 2013 at 17:08

8 votes

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What manual of style should I use for technical writing for US Federal Government documents?

answered Aug 6, 2010 at 20:05

7 votes

What is the factual basis for "pirate speech"? (Did pirates really say things like "shiver me timbers"?)

answered Aug 18, 2010 at 2:57

7 votes

When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?

answered Aug 5, 2010 at 20:22

6 votes

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Is ‘Trust-but-verify’ a frequently quoted word?

answered Jan 25, 2011 at 1:22

5 votes

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They call me "Tater Salad." What is the part of speech of "Tater Salad"?

answered Oct 28, 2010 at 3:29

5 votes

What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?

answered Aug 27, 2010 at 17:31

5 votes

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Using Multiple Sentence Stoppers?

answered Sep 2, 2010 at 19:37

3 votes

Why are words ending in "-um" and "-us" pluralized to end in "-a" and "-i", respectively?

answered Aug 10, 2010 at 3:06

3 votes

Why do words like "expectorate" sound more posh than words like "spit"?

answered Aug 13, 2010 at 16:05

3 votes

Are there any indications that English is going to split into different languages in the next hundred years?

answered May 20, 2011 at 16:37

2 votes

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Is it ever effective to use modern and archaic grammar together?

answered Oct 1, 2010 at 22:50