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Is "used in anger" a Britishism for something?

answered Jun 22, 2011 at 3:03

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What is the word for when members of the same group attack each other?

answered May 17, 2011 at 23:05

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What reasoning is behind the names of the trigonometric functions "sine", "secant" and "tangent"?

answered Sep 2, 2011 at 4:01

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Why do British people pronounce “Ibiza” as “Ibitha”?

answered Apr 17, 2012 at 2:49

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What does "no-op" mean?

answered May 18, 2011 at 21:25

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What's the difference between "big" and "large"?

answered May 9, 2011 at 19:54

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"In school" vs "at school"

answered Apr 11, 2012 at 2:05

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"Vision" is to "visually", as "hearing" is to what?

answered May 19, 2011 at 2:17

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What is the difference between "in" and "within"?

answered Aug 31, 2011 at 17:33

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Origin of "bug" in reference to software

answered Sep 7, 2011 at 2:58

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Is "believe you me" proper English?

answered Apr 11, 2011 at 21:42

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What is the difference between "none of ..." and "neither of"?

answered Dec 5, 2011 at 17:17

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Is heart-rendering correct?

answered Dec 31, 2011 at 4:55

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Why is a woman a "widow" and a man a "widower"?

answered Apr 13, 2011 at 20:05

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In what region is "thou", etc. used in dialect?

answered May 13, 2011 at 21:54

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What is the correct way to use "neither" and "nor" in a sentence together?

answered Jun 16, 2011 at 15:20

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Why is "plaid" pronounced "plad"?

answered Aug 2, 2011 at 3:26

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When did Indo-European descendants stop speaking Old English? What were the influencing factors in the shift from Old English to Modern English?

answered Aug 15, 2011 at 2:44

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Why is writing "$1" correct but writing "%100" isn't?

answered Nov 5, 2011 at 4:42

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What is the origin of "your mother" as an answer to any question?

answered May 20, 2011 at 18:15

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Difference between "transparent" and "translucent"

answered Feb 1, 2012 at 16:09

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What's the difference between "false", "counterfeit", and "forged" when describing a document?

answered Aug 26, 2011 at 17:15

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How to pronounce "nₒ" properly

answered Jul 18, 2011 at 15:28

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What does it mean: "Of no mean beauty, ..."?

answered Nov 20, 2011 at 21:58

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When and how did "momentarily" come to mean "in a moment", rather than "for a moment"?

answered Jun 2, 2011 at 23:18

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A "torque wrench" or a "wrench"?

answered Apr 18, 2011 at 0:13

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What is the origin of "when the chips are down"?

answered Jan 8, 2012 at 21:54

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Why are animal names used as vulgar slang for body parts?

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 0:52

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What does “10-4 ” mean?

answered May 7, 2012 at 16:58

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Plurality of numbers between -1 and 1

answered Apr 19, 2011 at 17:56

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Is "used in anger" a Britishism for something?

What is the word for when members of the same group attack each other?

What reasoning is behind the names of the trigonometric functions "sine", "secant" and "tangent"?

Why do British people pronounce “Ibiza” as “Ibitha”?

What does "no-op" mean?

What's the difference between "big" and "large"?

"In school" vs "at school"

"Vision" is to "visually", as "hearing" is to what?

What is the difference between "in" and "within"?

Origin of "bug" in reference to software

Is "believe you me" proper English?

What is the difference between "none of ..." and "neither of"?

Is heart-rendering correct?

Why is a woman a "widow" and a man a "widower"?

In what region is "thou", etc. used in dialect?

What is the correct way to use "neither" and "nor" in a sentence together?

Why is "plaid" pronounced "plad"?

When did Indo-European descendants stop speaking Old English? What were the influencing factors in the shift from Old English to Modern English?

Why is writing "$1" correct but writing "%100" isn't?

What is the origin of "your mother" as an answer to any question?

Difference between "transparent" and "translucent"

What's the difference between "false", "counterfeit", and "forged" when describing a document?

How to pronounce "nₒ" properly

What does it mean: "Of no mean beauty, ..."?

When and how did "momentarily" come to mean "in a moment", rather than "for a moment"?

A "torque wrench" or a "wrench"?

What is the origin of "when the chips are down"?

Why are animal names used as vulgar slang for body parts?

What does “10-4 ” mean?

Plurality of numbers between -1 and 1