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{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-524", "query": "the old switcheroo: where did the -eroo suffix come from?", "doc_id": ["160267", "160247", "160235", "198304", "196327"], "answers": ["its origin is not known", "many -eroo/-aroo endings are based on the English word kangaroo"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1965", "query": "is the -b to be pronounced in the word limb? what about thumb? crumb?", "doc_id": ["14790", "14789", "66942", "47370", "7138", "132401", "108728", "120142", "174560"], "answers": ["the rules are: don't pronounce the 'b' in any of the root words limb crumb dumb lamb thumb", "limb, thumb, crumb) are listed in my local dictionary without a b sound", "no word in the English that ends in -mb where the b is pronounced"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1318", "query": "what is the proper term for when an animal is pregnant with eggs instead of live young?", "doc_id": ["112611", "112612", "112713", "113004", "113033"], "answers": ["gravid", "Gravid"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-531", "query": "which is correct: troubleshooted or troubleshot?", "doc_id": ["186588", "1788", "1785", "50279", "119914"], "answers": ["troubleshot"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1652", "query": "what are these symbols called in the english language?", "doc_id": ["16207"], "answers": ["Tally marks, or hash marks"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1787", "query": "origins of the gaming term cheese strategy", "doc_id": ["141338", "12672", "52756", "120571", "12689", "42456"], "answers": ["This expression originated in the game Starcraft", "derivative of the longstanding American slang of \"cheesy"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-551", "query": "what is the difference between specificity and specification?", "doc_id": ["69996", "170835"], "answers": ["specificity refers to a quality and specification refers to a description of a subject"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1091", "query": "whats the literal meaning of real estate?", "doc_id": ["36626", "36623", "36630", "100602", "62448", "104033", "144857", "97295", "92798", "76878", "116736", "181272", "88111", "86834", "164605"], "answers": ["immobile / fixed portion of one\u2019s estate, that is, land", "physical property"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1205", "query": "revealing that someone else is gay \u2014 counterpart to come out", "doc_id": ["58007", "57940", "51988", "51957", "116811", "121948", "51956", "85401", "85377"], "answers": ["outing", "Outing"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1662", "query": "what does the idiom/phrase but i digress mean?", "doc_id": ["76973", "108670", "186499", "43760", "77005", "136542", "76981", "122684", "55368", "94707", "136569", "34631", "118152", "176099", "76294", "51128", "193090", "104549", "164563", "140465", "1306"], "answers": ["The phrase is indicating self-consciousness of being off-topic, and therefore a return back to the original topic", "we have strayed off topic"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-590", "query": "correct term for a person working two jobs secretly", "doc_id": ["138992", "138991", "70794", "137868", "141788"], "answers": ["moonlighting"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1259", "query": "etymology of the nick used in nickname?", "doc_id": ["137621", "137622", "137794", "137624", "173631", "117795", "140116"], "answers": ["nickname is a variant of eke-name, with eke an Old English root meaning \"a part added on", "ekename, literally meaning \"additional name", "eke name (eke means additional), misinterpreted by wrong division, as a neke name", "-ik, -ick, word-forming element making adjectives, \"having to do with, having the nature of, being, made of"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-404", "query": "what is the meaning of just enough?", "doc_id": ["128054", "46878", "98895", "42953", "173613", "14352", "44126", "19269", "7297", "176281", "198799", "176273", "149477", "195238", "31647", "120261"], "answers": ["you have your exact requirement and nothing more than is required"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-895", "query": "what does it mean when a guy says one and done?", "doc_id": ["139836", "5971", "139838", "26328", "36419"], "answers": ["done once, and then done no more"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1405", "query": "can a sentence start with because?", "doc_id": ["486", "1578", "498", "518", "1765", "58591", "14260", "50879", "10713", "45664", "30714", "67654", "57505", "30512", "100683", "110275", "152024", "110285", "165803", "37300", "67942", "47372", "120305", "173450", "61045", "65247", "179161", "21439", "43211", "120532", "171094", "37888", "80473", "183784", "123887", "62080", "187096", "47226", "67821", "183782", "32379", "65259", "78916", "176346", "32377"], "answers": ["there is nothing wrong with starting a sentence that way", "Because you asked this question here, I'm obliged to say yes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-40", "query": "is it a user or an user", "doc_id": ["52777"], "answers": ["the first sound of user is not a vowel, but the consonant /j"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-988", "query": "how to describe a person who has done well in every task except one, but he has done extremely bad in that one task", "doc_id": ["116551", "116756"], "answers": ["He has an Achilles heel", "his excellence is crippled by a single, titanic flaw", "He met his Waterloo"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-268", "query": "toward or towards?", "doc_id": ["4344", "169398", "95925", "166", "169818", "177517", "147780", "8000"], "answers": ["toward\u201d is more common in the US and \u201ctowards\u201d in the UK", "toward\" is more common in the U.S. and that \"towards\" is more common in the U.K"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-85", "query": "what is it called when you believe there is a higher power?", "doc_id": ["142316", "70630", "161685", "25403", "142320", "101104", "194328", "82080", "152136", "104101", "178967", "6676", "82082"], "answers": ["The generic theist works fine here: belief in the existence of a god or gods"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-858", "query": "what is the difference between a notebook and notepad?", "doc_id": ["24478"], "answers": ["notebooks are sturdier and more likely to stay in one piece, while notepads are flimsier", "notepads are flimsier and more likely to have pages removed"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-311", "query": "how do you pronounce git?", "doc_id": ["26696", "26722", "26697", "167541"], "answers": ["a hard G and a short I, so [\u0261\u026at", "The word is pronounced [\u0261\u026at", "[g\u026at] is the expected pronunciation."]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-131", "query": "what does tl;dr mean and how is it used?", "doc_id": ["91842", "91664", "91670", "50798", "48830", "91668", "175163", "11279", "86457", "4777", "82910", "199963", "11268"], "answers": ["mean, \"Too long? Here's a summary"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-173", "query": "is there a reason the british omit the article when they go to hospital?", "doc_id": ["11369", "33097", "135829", "36952", "166409", "184493", "68317", "69544", "79126", "173461", "11322", "144183", "11349"], "answers": ["I went to hospital\" describes the wider act of having been infirmed and gone to the hospital building"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-544", "query": "why god in godparent?", "doc_id": ["176756", "176815", "176757", "176901"], "answers": ["refers to the \u201crole\u201d of the godparents as God\u2019s vicar", "Godparents, to an extent, acted as 'parents' in the eyes of god", "it was a promise before God, that said person would take responsibility for their Godchild", "to reflect the view that the sponsors enter into a spiritual relationship with the baptized person"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-332", "query": "what is the difference between desktop background and wallpaper?", "doc_id": ["35208", "35206"], "answers": ["wallpaper refers to the image, background refers to a concept in a multi-windowed environment"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-194", "query": "how is y\u2019all\u2019dn\u2019t\u2019ve pronounced", "doc_id": ["129172", "129167", "129204"], "answers": ["Yaw woot nuh\" with woot rhyming with foot"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-929", "query": "reason for different pronunciations of lieutenant", "doc_id": ["191698"], "answers": ["French word lieu had a rare variant form luef"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1027", "query": "what is the difference of labour and labourer?", "doc_id": ["76282"], "answers": ["Labor (labour) denotes work (unskilled). Laborer (labourer) is the individual(s) doing the \"labor"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-153", "query": "whats wrong with ill open you the door?", "doc_id": ["46845", "80466", "46847", "153194", "62082"], "answers": ["is ungrammatical because you won't wind up owning the door by virtue of my opening it"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-683", "query": "what the difference between folk and folks?", "doc_id": ["28502", "28501", "136944", "190109", "38895"], "answers": ["Folks is a collection of individual folk"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-514", "query": "are you sleeping or are you asleep?", "doc_id": ["35295", "187848", "35294", "79247"], "answers": ["Use asleep if you want to emphasize the state and sleeping if you want to emphasize the action"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-637", "query": "does ie have a comma?", "doc_id": ["3878", "125823"], "answers": ["in the British style of writing, a comma is inserted before but not after i.e"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-105", "query": "is toast countable or uncountable?", "doc_id": ["119564", "119517", "119521", "119692", "190612", "119507", "162715", "162714", "121509"], "answers": ["Toast is uncountable"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-861", "query": "why go off, as in alarm went off?", "doc_id": ["6063", "32426", "32412", "103920", "142294", "99583", "158364", "174540", "6060", "22238"], "answers": ["implies that the subject was in a state of rest, then moved off from that state into action", "used for something that suddenly and explosively changes from a resting state to one of vigorous action", "going off\" as a trap or reaction getting triggered"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-832", "query": "what is the difference between a trust and a cartel?", "doc_id": ["8685", "9329"], "answers": ["a trust would be run by a board of trustees (See 10a), whereas there is no specific organisational structure assumed with a cartel"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1285", "query": "using nor in a list without neither", "doc_id": ["33876", "84881", "95220", "37112", "30155", "5741"], "answers": ["repeat \u201cnor\u201d after each element"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1767", "query": "is it web site or website?", "doc_id": ["1729", "1726", "1735", "1728", "58658", "199807", "59978", "14438", "44186", "145804", "44187", "72032", "121245", "79941", "55067", "123961", "4662", "99276", "153755", "104112", "158737"], "answers": ["website", "website is clearly used hands-down more often than Web site"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-85", "query": "is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?", "doc_id": ["135989", "2619", "51755", "19866", "99053", "93109", "47371", "179958", "14590", "8049", "86721", "85371", "8039", "51263", "132184"], "answers": ["in the past, a small (non-breaking) space was inserted before an ! and a ?", "no"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-224", "query": "which is correct: one or more is or one or more are?", "doc_id": ["16454", "140826", "177811", "29359", "7664", "97459", "195815", "183350", "81990", "45788", "182355", "15021", "72588", "7625", "68288", "65425", "58945"], "answers": ["one or more always takes a plural verb"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1382", "query": "is from whence correct? or should it be whence?", "doc_id": ["194078", "144356", "6241", "6283", "186557", "162937", "193792", "22468"], "answers": ["It is technically redundant to say from whence"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1049", "query": "is recent past an oxymoron?", "doc_id": ["155802", "155781", "92105", "94765", "68981", "27551", "111419", "166691", "14584", "11367", "68621", "11417"], "answers": ["it is not an oxymoron"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-174", "query": "what is the difference between phonetics and phonemics?", "doc_id": ["52419", "162656", "148710", "52420", "111279", "199549", "193491", "127073", "143345", "175834", "157941", "68544", "178691", "142098"], "answers": ["Phonetics studies the sounds we actually produce in speech. Phonemics studies the way we understand those sounds"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1496", "query": "antonym of exodus", "doc_id": ["75049", "74454", "74453", "74462", "74490", "125722", "46613", "20829", "182454", "175990", "125457", "160871", "136936"], "answers": ["influx", "entrance", "Immigrate/immigration"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1031", "query": "what to answer when someone says excuse me?", "doc_id": ["17719", "9890", "9891", "106144", "132268", "185293", "46556", "8625"], "answers": ["the response is \"I'm sorry, yes?\" or something to that effect.", "Certainly"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1032", "query": "why did blake spell tyger with a y?", "doc_id": ["72605", "150021", "194218", "142908", "188537", "99608", "88275", "8570", "23327", "77608", "14710", "80538", "147029", "65381", "94007"], "answers": ["archaic spelling"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1762", "query": "irregular verbs: the history of the suffix \u201c-en\u201d in the past participle", "doc_id": ["162924", "188008", "46907", "40573", "162934", "87622"], "answers": ["In Old English, strong verbs took the \"-en\" suffix in order to form the past participle"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-220", "query": "etymology of fairy", "doc_id": ["153490", "13143"], "answers": ["f\u00e9erie was an abstract noun referring to magic or the realm of the fairies"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-901", "query": "what is the infinitive of can?", "doc_id": ["51686", "51654", "51657", "128058", "51655", "175032"], "answers": ["Can\" is a modal verb and doesn't have an infinitive", "modal auxiliary verbs, can, may, shall, will and must are defective in that they do not have infinitives", "modal verb \"can,\" meaning to be able, is invariable and defective, the latter meaning it has no infinitive", "Modals are their own unique creatures and do not take infinitive"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-725", "query": "what term can be used to describe yodas speech?", "doc_id": ["14902", "14900", "141235", "182988"], "answers": ["hyperbaton or scrambled syntax", "Yodish"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1891", "query": "what purpose does an -o serve?", "doc_id": ["42509"], "answers": ["-o marks the genre\u2014and incidentally provides the balladmaker additional melodic opportunity"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-702", "query": "what does trodie mean?", "doc_id": ["133079"], "answers": ["someone who habitually electrically stimulates the brain's pleasure centres via an implanted electrode"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1361", "query": "best before says 11 ma 23; is it may or march?", "doc_id": ["12527", "12529", "12540", "171669", "65419", "160829", "147928", "150039"], "answers": ["May", "MA=May"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-588", "query": "using utilize instead of use?", "doc_id": ["131405", "25342", "110407", "3953", "11446", "3952", "11448", "11447", "157930", "100369"], "answers": ["utilise is (in principle, at least) a somewhat more precise word than use"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-791", "query": "where in the bible does it say quiver?", "doc_id": ["96454", "180595"], "answers": ["Psalm 127"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-629", "query": "what does arruginated mean?", "doc_id": ["160629", "160548"], "answers": ["grooved"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-502", "query": "what is the difference between so far and thus far?", "doc_id": ["57505", "39478", "83795", "97220", "97168", "10823"], "answers": ["no significant difference between the two"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-436", "query": "have an ax to grind origin?", "doc_id": ["73253", "167664", "101803"], "answers": ["originates from the act of sharpening an axe with a grinding wheel"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-806", "query": "your flies are undone meaning?", "doc_id": ["157801", "157828", "197039"], "answers": ["your fly's open"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-603", "query": "has similarities with or to?", "doc_id": ["138243", "151761", "51563", "78179", "170852", "24373", "159617", "107003", "125412", "51588", "190415", "175277", "97625", "174049", "92039", "175914", "341", "71881", "44305", "78182", "34282", "82523", "114355"], "answers": ["Similarity to is the more idiomatic"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1672", "query": "why do you say friend of mine instead of friend of me?", "doc_id": ["925", "7143", "103722", "48278"], "answers": ["Mine is used to refer a thing belonging to (or a person associated with) the speaker", "Since it is about a friend (who is associated) mine must be used instead of me"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-913", "query": "what is the origin of daemon with regards to computing?", "doc_id": ["18075", "18078"], "answers": ["inspired by Maxwell's daemon, in physics and thermodynamics"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-627", "query": "is it gonna or going to?", "doc_id": ["72271", "58322", "123285", "110409", "113860", "18316", "1208", "62961", "83861", "123224", "150160", "25360", "56869", "54770", "167109", "91610", "94837", "173033", "62956", "141145", "150158", "55359", "1186", "31037", "185843", "6956", "80751", "22420"], "answers": ["Gonna\" is shorthand for \"going to"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-839", "query": "what is the difference between tire and tyre?", "doc_id": ["127312", "46135", "55784"], "answers": ["Tire is the preferred spelling in the U.S. and Canada. Tyre is preferred in most varieties of English outside North America"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1310", "query": "is using the possessive s correct in the cars antenna?", "doc_id": ["602", "607", "53987", "117251", "90912", "114917", "44755", "161196", "49322", "120397", "166577", "83444", "3784", "54527", "20820", "102261", "51426", "50388", "186798", "28546"], "answers": ["Using -'s is correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-23", "query": "what is the difference between give in and give up?", "doc_id": ["2696", "2690", "99046", "120624", "38666", "55858"], "answers": ["Give up indicates cessation as well as forfeiture, whereas give in denotes surrender to something"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-714", "query": "what is the best format to use when writing out dates?", "doc_id": ["238", "241", "321", "181370"], "answers": ["YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY-MM-DD is pretty good for getting across universally"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-735", "query": "is it often or frequently?", "doc_id": ["48408", "2095", "1883", "83911", "31714", "9330", "31718"], "answers": ["often has a broader meaning that includes frequently but goes beyond it"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-973", "query": "what is the difference between list and roster?", "doc_id": ["135192", "183402"], "answers": ["roster contains names, whereas a list can contain names but does not have to", "In a roster, the order is generally not important. In a list, the order may have some meaning"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-329", "query": "what is the first part of a joke called?", "doc_id": ["40555", "137615", "66811", "109377", "40552"], "answers": ["the setup", "Set-up"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-835", "query": "buddy is used for girl or boy?", "doc_id": ["178044", "71112", "59622", "8098", "69270", "14746", "11217", "69300", "69301", "164236"], "answers": ["any combination of genders", "male and female"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-249", "query": "what is the meaning of first quality?", "doc_id": ["108036", "108035", "122619", "185780", "184112", "18981", "36773", "57396", "131231", "59804"], "answers": ["It means that the quality is excellent or \"first class", "i.e. of the best quality or in the highest division of quality", "Foremost in quality, rank, or importance. or First Time Quality"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-553", "query": "is it grammatically correct to use two exclamation marks?", "doc_id": ["6652", "58855", "2343", "6644", "59647", "46912", "28689", "56591", "6645", "56204", "30797", "22943", "23593", "180978", "43676", "6259"], "answers": ["No"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-375", "query": "is it grammatically correct to say done right?", "doc_id": ["6955", "164199", "52422", "124669", "38391", "171641", "115881", "124317", "59061", "185538", "97564", "162877", "57584", "96236", "81684", "29736", "117898", "115502", "117191", "94653", "42230", "21458", "27862", "4967", "146203"], "answers": ["done right\" is very commonly used in informal contexts in American English to mean \"done correctly"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-223", "query": "definition of someone who knows what they want?", "doc_id": ["178174", "178172", "36589", "106706", "88446"], "answers": ["purposed\" or \"purposeful\" to describe such a person", "(of a person) relentlessly compelled by the need to accomplish a goal; very hard-working and ambitious"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-676", "query": "should the number 0 be pronounced zero or oh?", "doc_id": ["9122", "9118", "81519", "59380", "148625", "16421", "9120", "52306"], "answers": ["Both are correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-648", "query": "should i use related or -related", "doc_id": ["3472", "1702", "46650", "172973"], "answers": ["If it appears before the word it modifies, include a hyphen"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1347", "query": "why dont we use the indefinite article with software?", "doc_id": ["47497", "189836", "125694", "52851", "169630", "169633", "94280", "38925", "7452", "69215", "145132"], "answers": ["software is uncountable, or a mass noun"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1785", "query": "what is the noun for someone who receives a referral?", "doc_id": ["44095", "44090", "44166", "26256", "160242", "172476", "108702", "166117", "21963", "53962", "85739", "199109", "67870", "73865", "182921"], "answers": ["referee", "referent", "referral recipient"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-762", "query": "what is the reasoning for the idiom in and of itself having the meaning it has?", "doc_id": ["144439"], "answers": ["originally associated with academics wishing to emphasise something in its existential totality"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1003", "query": "on a page or in a page for a web page", "doc_id": ["4659", "157599", "168893", "128825", "78847", "168987", "78909", "44187", "4662", "65465", "147182", "4658", "40765", "68363", "127798", "140136"], "answers": ["talking about something that you are able to view on a page, you will use \"ON\""]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1028", "query": "is legit a legitimate word?", "doc_id": ["71659", "71585", "71555", "122726", "60512", "53472", "180334", "60528", "4742", "138458", "127580", "5315"], "answers": ["it's a colloquial abbreviation of legitimate"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-740", "query": "is seafood inclusive of seaweed?", "doc_id": ["152894", "152958"], "answers": ["plant products are not included in the category 'seafood"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-187", "query": "why is distro, rather than distri, short for distribution in linux world?", "doc_id": ["72565", "72130", "72132", "72133", "72136", "29644", "29650", "105741"], "answers": ["-o\" is a much more natural-sounding ending for a singular noun in English than \"-i", "An abbreviation doesn't have to use an unbroken sequence of letters"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1409", "query": "why was the th combination chosen for the th sound?", "doc_id": ["16189", "65381", "81452", "77608"], "answers": ["there were no typefaces for thorn \u00fe or eth \u00f0, and English printers were forced to use \"th\""]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1153", "query": "is it a good practice to refer to countries, ships etc using the feminine form?", "doc_id": ["120556", "7240"], "answers": ["optional figure of speech, and is advised against by most journalistic style guides"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1134", "query": "comprise or comprise of", "doc_id": ["53888", "53884"], "answers": ["active voice, COMPRISE is not followed by OF but when used in the passive voice, it is followed by OF"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-283", "query": "when ending a list with etc., should there be a comma before etc.?", "doc_id": ["899", "91000", "92508", "50026", "856", "145023", "186652", "159939", "83565", "111852"], "answers": ["the correct version is: red, green, blue, etc"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-662", "query": "is the word hitherto outdated?", "doc_id": ["165575", "165638", "179690"], "answers": ["by no means"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-737", "query": "what are the specific parts of eating utensils called?", "doc_id": ["180673"], "answers": ["A fork merges at its neck into a root carrying prongs or tines"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-269", "query": "what is the purpose of using the word automagically when we already have automatically?", "doc_id": ["123056", "15341", "15342", "15370", "15356"], "answers": ["used jokingly, implying that something happens both automatically and as if by magic", "implication of a deep appreciation of the cleverness of whatever secret process makes the system work"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1654", "query": "difference between warm regards and best regards", "doc_id": ["26310"], "answers": ["Warm sounds a bit warmer than best, but basically the two are interchangeable"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1170", "query": "what does the idiom \u201cfunny as hell\u201d mean?", "doc_id": ["171205", "171206", "11172", "45498"], "answers": ["very funny", "very, very funny"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-32", "query": "is it front-end, frontend, or front end?", "doc_id": ["19882", "75231", "63508", "139072", "106197", "172146", "19972", "177717"], "answers": ["front end\" or \"front-end\" would be valid", "front end\" (noun) \"front-end\" (adjective"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-854", "query": "are mad and upset the same thing?", "doc_id": ["21744", "21724", "21725", "16530", "3625", "64304", "36921"], "answers": ["Mad means: enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry. While upset means: to disturb mentally or emotionally; perturb", "upset\" could be just very sad and tearful, whereas \"mad\" implies acting irrationally", "upset\" is not quite the same as being \"mad"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-314", "query": "what is the difference between the parent and parents?", "doc_id": ["65549", "194527", "79452"], "answers": ["parents is plural for parent"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1656", "query": "what is meant by pun intended?", "doc_id": ["18508", "18502", "18500", "178867", "82979", "176817", "51650", "138648", "157821", "143879", "27334", "43821", "33286"], "answers": ["There is a pun (a play on words) in this sentence, and I put it in intentionally", "to make it clear to the listener that yes, they are using wordplay to make their point"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-428", "query": "how are perimeter and circumference related?", "doc_id": ["45972", "45981", "166652"], "answers": ["Circumference is a special case of perimeter", "circumference specifically refers to the perimeter of a curved figure or arc", "Circumference is a special example of perimeter", "The perimeter of a circular area is called its circumference"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1474", "query": "is et al. used as a singular or plural subject?", "doc_id": ["45003", "50300", "159644", "50307", "66063", "50297", "13572", "152049", "179501", "94800", "31527", "49772", "185982"], "answers": ["it would be clearly plural", "I would treat it as plural"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1928", "query": "is he is risen correct?", "doc_id": ["101420", "101398", "96236", "170166", "195977", "38391", "10440", "37671", "58786", "150516", "47291", "196582", "70117", "101414", "59061", "111289", "145514"], "answers": ["It is correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-757", "query": "ugh how do you say?", "doc_id": ["186950"], "answers": ["/\u0259g/"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1982", "query": "meaning of \u201cgive a pony\u201d", "doc_id": ["38812", "41713", "154871"], "answers": ["in America to talk about a child wanting a pony as a request or demand for an extravagant gift"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1534", "query": "word when two people use two different languages in a conversation", "doc_id": ["174901", "174886"], "answers": ["code-mixing", "cross-language"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1005", "query": "what does wrt mean?", "doc_id": ["7928", "7930", "59678", "73725", "73864", "107628", "102308", "85493", "89734", "87142", "135229", "107107", "94518", "132168"], "answers": ["with respect to", "with regard to"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-198", "query": "can example be a verb?", "doc_id": ["180018", "64550", "154567", "42536", "42587"], "answers": ["You don't use example as a verb"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-860", "query": "the past participle of split: split or splitted?", "doc_id": ["172978", "35302", "61026", "166755", "30202", "13613", "184319", "20821", "163943", "77331", "179299", "155265", "52331"], "answers": ["split"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1635", "query": "is i like dogs but cats a valid sentence?", "doc_id": ["102324", "83216", "76536"], "answers": ["not valid because cats is not a full sentence"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-971", "query": "is useable preferred in certain regions, or just an alternate spelling of usable?", "doc_id": ["38336", "38321", "46444", "189980", "124615", "6673", "175688", "36842", "7642", "2347"], "answers": ["The US version simply lists useable as an acceptable variant of usable", "current usage in both American English and British English strongly favors usable over useable"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-93", "query": "what does something 101 mean?", "doc_id": ["8190", "148463", "74486", "8202", "147303", "92019", "10946", "181344", "199156", "74368", "8206", "169785", "8225", "10949", "168420", "8321"], "answers": ["Basic, beginner, starting from scratch"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-14", "query": "what is the plural form of status?", "doc_id": ["130203", "2252", "143232", "24291", "514", "130864", "515", "162483", "133078", "142254", "90844", "196933", "69028"], "answers": ["statuses", "Statuses"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-783", "query": "how tos or how to's?", "doc_id": ["175311", "71704", "65006", "52533", "57160"], "answers": ["They are both correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1988", "query": "how can i prove a word is a noun?", "doc_id": ["167184", "143404", "85301", "34128", "98299", "98301", "98719", "98551", "140226", "184656", "152341", "160913", "172749", "170658"], "answers": ["can be modified by an adjective, cannot be modified by an adverb, cannot take a direct object", "it has a plural form and that it can occur with the determiner every"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1685", "query": "there are a couple of apples or there is a couple of apples?", "doc_id": ["28347", "28348", "3122", "170995", "106780", "22884", "143717", "5586", "32771", "71044", "81540", "161816", "38043", "32767", "38230", "58968", "56232", "193101"], "answers": ["Couple as a few: In this case, you use are"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-957", "query": "are a handful or is a handful?", "doc_id": ["124286", "194849", "22429", "32767", "32771", "55094", "174430", "55091", "41894"], "answers": ["Both are correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-270", "query": "is there a term for the type of misleading joke comedians such as stephen colbert often use?", "doc_id": ["162038", "162040", "199341"], "answers": ["Bait and Switch", "Paraprosdokian"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-334", "query": "are engines and motors the same?", "doc_id": ["23612", "23613"], "answers": ["an engine is a specific type of motor", "all motors are engines but not all engines are motors"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-828", "query": "what is the difference between as and when?", "doc_id": ["153442", "35480"], "answers": ["as\" implies more of a continuous span of time, whereas \"when\" implies more of a precise moment"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-853", "query": "what is the difference between well-known and popular?", "doc_id": ["4550", "4531", "4532", "151864", "133992", "4538", "4533", "140440"], "answers": ["Famous means well known. Popular means well-liked"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1297", "query": "what does google-fu mean?", "doc_id": ["11543", "11544", "11542", "11541", "167002", "157300", "1922", "26746", "137156", "11473", "137058"], "answers": ["mastery of Google", "Googling skill", "the ability to utilise google's search functionality better than your average user", "skill in using search engines (especially Google) to quickly find useful information on the Internet"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-799", "query": "what does pax mean in the context of the apartment rental?", "doc_id": ["14502", "14406", "14422"], "answers": ["occupants", "people/persons/occupants"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1077", "query": "why are there two pronunciations for either?", "doc_id": ["127837", "132691", "639", "458", "115576"], "answers": ["one which made the shift and one which did not"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-991", "query": "is there a name for an adjective that cannot precede a noun?", "doc_id": ["167122", "89163", "51460", "102582", "198474", "136255", "136258", "197069"], "answers": ["Predicative adjective", "Postpositive"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1552", "query": "can someone explain the phrase all is fair in love and war?", "doc_id": ["17053", "17055", "85612", "182407", "166602", "57210", "182392"], "answers": ["In some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-216", "query": "what the difference between group and community?", "doc_id": ["32616", "166803", "32617", "199648", "86137", "151564", "142403", "121115"], "answers": ["group is a non-specific collection while community has a commonality among its members", "community is generally applicable to animate objects only, group to 'things' of all descriptions"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-440", "query": "is ta in the oxford dictionary?", "doc_id": ["3157", "94292", "160761", "72215", "778", "160762", "158096", "54093", "19908"], "answers": ["Oxford English Dictionary lists it"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-447", "query": "what is the purpose of using the word why in why, thank you?", "doc_id": ["1055"], "answers": ["used mainly to avoid appearing too abrupt in one's thankfulness"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-461", "query": "inputted or input", "doc_id": ["17627", "17628", "125612"], "answers": ["My NOAD lists input and inputted both as acceptable participles"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-673", "query": "is it grammatically correct to say many a times?", "doc_id": ["9729", "66860", "66875", "64444", "24964", "62352", "60038", "66853", "105890"], "answers": ["\"Many a times\" is wrong", "the expression \"many a times\" is either a typo, or else it is not standard usage"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1365", "query": "the british pronunciation of the word schedule", "doc_id": ["13906", "152263", "13914", "185434"], "answers": ["shed-yul", "/\u02c8s\u025bdju\u02d0l/"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1023", "query": "what does it mean when a guy tells you i got you?", "doc_id": ["192163", "20360", "88815", "111401", "75128", "55261"], "answers": ["I've got your back"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1580", "query": "why does for good mean forever?", "doc_id": ["83255", "42362", "90937", "25514", "123348", "80812", "141114"], "answers": ["Thus \"for good and all\" (shortened to \"for good\") means \"for entirely all", "The context is \"for good and all\" time. Which means \"forever"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-886", "query": "what is the difference between online and internet?", "doc_id": ["72616", "172062"], "answers": ["Online refers to a remote connection to most any computer network or service whereas on the internet refers specifically to the publicly accessible network"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1483", "query": "is it proper to use a colon followed immediately by a hyphen?", "doc_id": ["17870", "71328", "70663", "42679", "156377"], "answers": ["never followed by a hyphen"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1063", "query": "term for something that is supposed to increase safety, but really just increases fear?", "doc_id": ["86600", "86566", "122907", "6261"], "answers": ["security theater", "Security theater"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1224", "query": "outside or outside of?", "doc_id": ["73260", "5553", "189234", "161581", "6387", "79432", "140867", "165195", "188725", "167013", "96310"], "answers": ["both have the same meaning", "of' is superfluous"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-844", "query": "is dupe short for duplicate?", "doc_id": ["102277", "182246"], "answers": ["Oxford Dictionary acknowledges dupe as an abbreviation of duplicate", "Short for duplicate"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-561", "query": "are you back in or to?", "doc_id": ["38633", "38629", "38631"], "answers": ["Now I am back in London"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1225", "query": "what does p.u. (in reference to stinkiness) stand for?", "doc_id": ["14986", "15006"], "answers": ["pee-you", "shortened term for puteo"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-491", "query": "is wtf an acronym or initialism?", "doc_id": ["28604", "2151", "29186", "115479", "71394", "16899", "27998", "17082", "35902", "179635", "17579", "28155", "22822", "27659", "89502", "166230", "21596", "113916", "137668", "2851", "149459", "26680", "29189", "30072"], "answers": ["initialism"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-130", "query": "what is the difference between cook and cooker?", "doc_id": ["95501"], "answers": ["The word \u2018cook\u2019 refers to a person who cooks food or prepares food. On the other hand"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-87", "query": "what is difference between leaving and going?", "doc_id": ["18801"], "answers": ["Go\" refers to the whole journey whereas \"leave\" is the act of moving away from the current location"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-671", "query": "what does it mean when someone says you have heart?", "doc_id": ["13223", "112683", "126340", "130996", "131610", "136542", "22538", "64350", "126343", "138855", "54501", "102360", "75075", "126341", "161865", "158528"], "answers": ["to be particularly empathic, compassionate or loving", "kind and sympathetic", "heart\" in a metaphoric sense as the seat of things like emotion, strength, and courage"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1248", "query": "why do newspaper headlines use strange syntax rules?", "doc_id": ["1223", "14332", "92313", "167387", "87860", "195712", "144171", "21941", "106968", "783", "88129", "172412", "110046", "4086", "14322", "8774", "164775", "191217", "96402", "65198", "65722"], "answers": ["to use less space on the page"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-773", "query": "a man who behaves dishonourably?", "doc_id": ["95886", "130683", "157607", "130616", "160284", "130618", "96651", "103237", "146082", "146977", "129673", "130697", "194728", "10552", "78785", "135328"], "answers": ["a man who acts with deliberate disregard for another's feelings or rights", "cad", "Bounder"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1794", "query": "why do we say last night and not yesterday night?", "doc_id": ["9037"], "answers": ["yesterday night\" would lead to ambiguity"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1550", "query": "definition of vrit", "doc_id": ["182063", "34632"], "answers": ["there is no such thing as vrit"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-736", "query": "is a birthday a holiday?", "doc_id": ["150206", "106785", "189710", "150208", "75961", "17926"], "answers": ["Having a birthday does not mean it's a holiday"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-560", "query": "is the prefix for possible?", "doc_id": ["72759", "31171", "110084"], "answers": ["It isn't a prefix"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-228", "query": "what is a series of two books called?", "doc_id": ["162876", "91933", "95938", "47037", "47038"], "answers": ["Duology", "Diptychs, dilogies, duologies, series, cycles, and sagas", "Use diptych for one novel published in two halves, dilogy or duology for two completely different", "diptych"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1125", "query": "origin/meaning of burninate", "doc_id": ["24794"], "answers": ["classic Homestar Runner cartoon in an episode where Strong Bad creates a character called Trogdor the Burninator"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-501", "query": "is pizza also called pie?", "doc_id": ["111921", "134415", "111442", "111756", "112031", "88988", "32459"], "answers": ["Italian pizza is simply a type of a pie"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1811", "query": "how should deceptively actually be used?", "doc_id": ["69880", "14447", "29124", "30270", "14479", "146589", "14459", "14453", "113749", "14439"], "answers": ["X is deceptively Y\" means that X has less of the quality Y than it appears"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-637", "query": "canceling or cancelling", "doc_id": ["23971", "123973", "5239", "5242", "189981", "57377", "189555", "189979", "96812"], "answers": ["a single \"l\" is preferred in American English and a double \"l\" in British English"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-4", "query": "how to say i am very interested in a job?", "doc_id": ["96968", "124190", "13250", "13260"], "answers": ["I find the position very interesting and suitable for my career goal(s)"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-971", "query": "what is the difference between small and little?", "doc_id": ["51053", "177708", "17756", "17986", "78118", "17976", "17940", "82538"], "answers": ["little\" can be used as a quantifier, denoting the amount of something, whereas \"small\" denotes size"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-996", "query": "is x plotted against y or is y plotted against x?", "doc_id": ["53876", "53857", "53873", "135018", "56879"], "answers": ["y is plotted against x"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1155", "query": "why is colonel pronounced kernel?", "doc_id": ["142377", "5779", "191918", "156203", "164219"], "answers": ["kept the old pronunciation, while the word changed spelling"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1677", "query": "criteria versus criterion", "doc_id": ["7073", "7074", "179198", "66902", "101807", "21579", "134750", "146430", "104764", "77657", "175034", "158713", "107065", "42577", "102936", "114957", "32511", "32510"], "answers": ["Criteria is to set of rules as criterion is to rule", "criteria is indeed plural and criterion is singular"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-506", "query": "is evidence countable?", "doc_id": ["57693", "57690", "95055", "137282", "184249", "74717", "95054"], "answers": ["Evidence is not generally taken to be a count noun"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-449", "query": "what are semi vowel letters?", "doc_id": ["122163", "122175", "12391", "52777", "135999", "5985", "118058", "14699", "12392", "123467", "19562", "77059", "26410", "148342", "50386"], "answers": ["sounds like vowels (phonetically) but functions like consonants"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-905", "query": "what are crisp in england?", "doc_id": ["164890", "30238", "130736", "30625", "30225", "110960", "158519", "30230"], "answers": ["Potato chips", "deep-fried slices of potato"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-879", "query": "term for gift that turns out to be a burden", "doc_id": ["158366", "158336", "158337", "158037", "105210", "140119", "136257", "125893", "163742", "129374", "159909"], "answers": ["Poisoned Chalice", "white elephant", "White elephant"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-533", "query": "what does it mean when someone is always there for you?", "doc_id": ["104690", "22463", "48184", "97193", "39698", "64414"], "answers": ["being dependable, unchanging, or providing firm foundation"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1508", "query": "is there a name for starting a chapter with a quote?", "doc_id": ["89527", "159825", "150945", "48465", "130630", "165685", "152562", "166106"], "answers": ["Epigraph"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1777", "query": "abbreviation \u201cn.d.\u201d in citation?", "doc_id": ["86894", "159465", "121790", "167922", "163981", "136252", "119574", "120555", "113004", "96911", "139707"], "answers": ["when there is no date or year is given"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1529", "query": "what was m(o)ustache called before the term entered the english language?", "doc_id": ["157390"], "answers": ["kenep"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-500", "query": "what is it called when you raise a problem and someone else makes it seem like youre entitled by bringing up something far worse?", "doc_id": ["197350", "197375", "129587"], "answers": ["relative privation", "Bren\u00e9 Brown calls it Comparative Suffering"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1450", "query": "when should mom and dad be capitalized?", "doc_id": ["25106", "25097", "170170", "99312", "817", "84848", "180706", "64876", "107041", "1844", "67352", "90800", "177808", "97898", "79078", "70861", "107036", "168913", "99310", "99311"], "answers": ["it's standing in place of their name"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1270", "query": "complete the job, as directed. there is a comma. why?", "doc_id": ["137871", "91640", "151984", "32765", "183219", "32769", "154051", "123678", "91616", "161830", "26782", "33021", "70692", "143356", "120901", "145097", "133927", "180700"], "answers": ["The comma after \u201cjob\u201d tells us that the phrase as directed is non-restrictive"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-647", "query": "is picky a bad word?", "doc_id": ["108732", "108694", "163146", "106580", "22464", "86050", "7400", "81957", "148805", "17378", "104888"], "answers": ["generally has a negative connotation"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-400", "query": "what word denotes a belief that apparently inanimate objects actually express a malicious, autonomous will?", "doc_id": ["77477", "77692", "179538"], "answers": ["Resistentialism", "resistentialism"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1916", "query": "where [if anywhere] should the apostrophe go in three days work?", "doc_id": ["16805", "16806", "134703", "150941", "4329", "62456", "89429", "152824", "26047", "2930", "176590", "39311", "159092", "145253", "182986", "52423", "177754", "65073", "186798", "179074", "194827", "170389", "161196", "74747", "39203", "69000", "132886", "156453", "53987", "30542", "33155", "120397", "166577", "119346", "177758", "67130", "4330", "122946"], "answers": ["Three days' work\" is correct", "three days' work"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1923", "query": "english equivalent of komorebi (\u6728\u6f0f\u308c\u65e5) \u2014 sunshine filtering through leaves", "doc_id": ["82821", "82656", "81644", "81655", "170661", "146685"], "answers": ["dappled sunlight", "Sunshine filtering through leaves\u201d is perfectly good English, and seems to be the only exact English equivalent", "There is no single word, but the conjunction of \"shafts\" and \"light\" and \"trees\" is the usual evocative usage"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-2", "query": "did english ever have a formal version of you?", "doc_id": ["114105", "30277", "102985", "5598", "196942", "5599", "5601", "171473", "79179", "102785"], "answers": ["you actually is the formal, originally plural version"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-169", "query": "is you\u2019re a better man than i am, gunga din! still considered a compliment in english?", "doc_id": ["199885", "152841", "96666", "152774", "152820", "157813", "131546"], "answers": ["it isn't a compliment", "no longer considered a compliment", "it's also of its era and so was and remains complimentary"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-325", "query": "is it grammatically correct to start a sentence with then?", "doc_id": ["171094", "138883", "101171", "136763", "101072", "117709", "173450", "101165", "175646", "70781", "44", "136177", "148556", "16214", "181157", "67654", "82260", "181051", "170513"], "answers": ["Yes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-665", "query": "what is the word for pronouncing \u2018th\u2019 as \u2018v\u2019 as part of your english accent?", "doc_id": ["168304", "168303", "198899", "137082", "133728"], "answers": ["th-fronting"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-613", "query": "why is there confusion between depreciated and deprecated?", "doc_id": ["25347", "25343", "55733", "27317"], "answers": ["because the spellings of the two words are nearly identical"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-816", "query": "can you begin a sentence with her?", "doc_id": ["170794", "168504", "172891", "132173", "67654", "158550", "30512", "167595", "144153", "184403", "171641", "17604", "95005", "137641", "99017", "121691", "199536", "46673", "121137", "103025", "154320", "486"], "answers": ["You can obviously start a sentence with \"her"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1390", "query": "why is sheep the same when talking about one or more than one?", "doc_id": ["119500", "193069", "63463", "86989", "28276", "32896", "116882", "156697"], "answers": ["that nominative and accusative singular and plural became identical", "there's a certain tendency to have invariant plurals for certain animals, especially those normally found in herds"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1789", "query": "why is it spelled curiosity instead of curiousity?", "doc_id": ["137314", "112219", "87263"], "answers": ["The \"u\" is dropped in \"curiosity\" as part of another suffix spelling pattern"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1342", "query": "is there a term for a foreign word that looks like an english word but has a completely different meaning?", "doc_id": ["187895", "91785", "124821", "56227", "103326"], "answers": ["False friends"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-340", "query": "what nationality are you if you are from afghanistan?", "doc_id": ["15919", "46741", "45842", "78599", "15920", "72528", "149140", "15928", "70976", "154956", "109883"], "answers": ["Afghan"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-938", "query": "why are sugar and sure pronounced with an sh?", "doc_id": ["140099", "19201", "19215", "156631", "194835", "127585", "127281"], "answers": ["the \u201csh\u201d sound (in IPA, /\u0283/) in sugar and sure developed after they had entered English, via palatalization"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1139", "query": "which one is correct to say: its me or its i?", "doc_id": ["2673", "47559", "109416", "196361", "72475", "22729", "191661", "24336", "8571", "137258", "85243", "37913", "45308", "11661", "17463", "8213", "191107", "183174", "58788", "68646", "183192", "185683", "60631", "121853", "143610", "124670", "96566", "6101", "149282", "62056", "176813", "29594", "180704", "34758", "74815"], "answers": ["correct to say it's me", "It is me,\" is more common, and correct", "It's me"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-687", "query": "what is the plural of mrs?", "doc_id": ["128771", "128715", "128697", "128717", "31153", "51078", "176672", "136666", "122705", "131143"], "answers": ["Mesdames", "Mmes.", "Missuses"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-181", "query": "is 1 am considered morning or night?", "doc_id": ["16403", "114516", "38397", "2922"], "answers": ["Anything AM can be referred to as morning, and anything PM as night"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-751", "query": "is weeping and crying the same thing?", "doc_id": ["8326"], "answers": ["weep is more about tears, while cry is more about the sound"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-66", "query": "is anniversary just for marriage?", "doc_id": ["97729", "88307", "173247", "107974", "29770", "85721", "29004", "88310", "74307", "29769", "67831", "20607", "33211", "85722", "85720", "81478", "180855", "23642", "64084", "33213", "107973", "81475"], "answers": ["Anniversary just means a marking of some number of years - not necessarily of a marriage"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1388", "query": "why did sceptical become skeptical in the us?", "doc_id": ["20868", "106946", "148488", "28504", "130776", "84007", "20874", "46323", "195478", "43186"], "answers": ["Sceptical\" changed to \"skeptical\" due to Noah Webster's spelling reforming efforts"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-52", "query": "what is the difference between concentration focus?", "doc_id": ["80088", "42837", "62734", "171487", "129411", "120134"], "answers": ["focus relates to the (better definition of) lateral extent (breadth/ range/ coverage), while concentration is about depth", "Focus is to narrow down your attention to something, concentration is to keep the focus maintained"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-128", "query": "is that an r in worship in a text from 1591?", "doc_id": ["185540", "130161", "166192", "108903"], "answers": ["it was an r"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-756", "query": "what is it called when you blow on a baby's belly?", "doc_id": ["64262", "64258", "64257", "26652"], "answers": ["Zerbert", "Blowing a raspberry, strawberry or making a Bronx cheer", "zerbert\" and \"blowing raspberries"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1327", "query": "what is the antonym of virtual machine?", "doc_id": ["86212", "86221", "86217", "86213", "103904", "38778", "99930", "103923"], "answers": ["physical", "physical computer", "real machine", "physical server"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-668", "query": "is there a term for referring to an organization by its city rather than by its name?", "doc_id": ["180738", "66745", "136370", "15678", "15664", "53555", "15663", "35332", "161534"], "answers": ["metonymy", "synecdoche", "metonym"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-988", "query": "are missiles and rockets the same?", "doc_id": ["83222", "83241", "83211", "160733", "154125", "83207", "83213"], "answers": ["a rocket is a means of propulsion; a missile is something that is propelled"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-966", "query": "what is the difference between lord and god in the bible?", "doc_id": ["25844", "35600", "25840", "1647", "44918", "1651"], "answers": ["Lord\u201d is a title of respect; \u201cGod\u201d is a description"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-245", "query": "answer of how do you do?", "doc_id": ["152907", "22582", "12940", "155953", "9463", "17260", "9373", "79016", "105485", "23522", "9375", "51360", "9392", "52832"], "answers": ["I am fine"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1463", "query": "what exactly is imma?", "doc_id": ["62944", "62956", "167956", "150160"], "answers": ["a slang contraction of I'm gonna", "a contraction of I'm gonna"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-140", "query": "is it suppose to do or supposed to do?", "doc_id": ["26207", "192813", "147937", "36901", "135391", "117681", "138677", "48487", "172762", "21959"], "answers": ["is always spelled \"supposed to\" and always goes with a form of the verb \"to be\""]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-881", "query": "in architecture, you {cut?} the corners of a building to keep it from featuring right-angles. whats the word im looking for?", "doc_id": ["156369", "156368", "156507"], "answers": ["bevel", "chamfer", "Chamfer"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-455", "query": "what does non-normative mean in this context?", "doc_id": ["34740", "26213", "26211", "91856"], "answers": ["non-normative, or informative, section contains additional information, advice and suchlike that isn't a formal part of the standard", "'non-normative' means 'what is recommended to be done', the suggestions on how to do things well"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-761", "query": "etymology for \u201cmc\u2011\u201d and \u201co\u2019\u2011\u201d prefix in surnames", "doc_id": ["3321", "3333", "92910", "40340", "192462"], "answers": ["Mac, is the Gaelic for \"son\", and O' means \"grandson of\""]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-150", "query": "what is the difference between miss and ma'am?", "doc_id": ["120052", "67960", "22993", "16297", "59042", "16345", "119489", "59053"], "answers": ["miss\" generally connotes a younger woman, and \"ma'am\" an older woman"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1571", "query": "instable or unstable?", "doc_id": ["41515", "41517", "129700", "96304", "172466", "48039", "2579", "172465", "126617", "172542", "116779", "172560", "4765", "186776", "121455", "19739", "197853", "111045", "126612", "197879", "141813", "90075"], "answers": ["unstable"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1815", "query": "what is the antonym of the prefix retro-?", "doc_id": ["23977", "23984", "23978", "133391"], "answers": ["antero-", "pro- (or progre-", "Antero-", "modern\" or \"prospective"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1843", "query": "is dear commonly used to describe something that costs too much?", "doc_id": ["118177", "48877", "199145", "118228", "118196", "151213"], "answers": ["Yes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-407", "query": "where does the phrase dry run come from?", "doc_id": ["27817", "27812"], "answers": ["firing practice without ammunition American Speech defined the term during WWII"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-918", "query": "reply to i hope you are well?", "doc_id": ["73531"], "answers": ["I am very well, thank you", "I am"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1658", "query": "is it quit or quitted?", "doc_id": ["33698", "33697"], "answers": ["both as alternatives for the past tense and the past participle"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1272", "query": "what is the antonym of drm-free?", "doc_id": ["122298", "122294", "122297", "122329", "122315"], "answers": ["DRM-locked", "DRM protected", "DRM-protected", "Copy Protected", "DRM-laden"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-162", "query": "should there be a space before a percent sign?", "doc_id": ["183260", "181329", "163657", "172479", "13939", "129504", "2619", "1915", "161336", "84163", "161605", "114759", "38093", "80368", "172150", "71794", "1913", "124168", "8049"], "answers": ["no space"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1634", "query": "is this use of chuse a spelling mistake, a digitization error or the correct spelling for the time?", "doc_id": ["146944", "146937", "146998", "99489", "40838", "163672", "43186", "46323", "54886"], "answers": ["Chuse' was actually a variant spelling which went out-of-style around 1840", "Chuse\" was a common alternative spelling"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1022", "query": "explanation of must needs", "doc_id": ["71014", "70358", "19896", "70421", "55168"], "answers": ["adverb meaning \"necessarily"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1095", "query": "parametrise or parameterise a curve?", "doc_id": ["87041", "43355", "90545", "153189", "134778"], "answers": ["Both parameterize and parametrize are acceptable", "both are acceptable"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-665", "query": "why are g strings called that?", "doc_id": ["148374", "148356"], "answers": ["1870s call the rawhide band used to hold a Native American's loincloth in place a \"geestrin"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-228", "query": "effect vs. affect", "doc_id": ["131155", "178", "69346", "84403", "161914", "65556", "31896", "179", "169983", "178431", "13908", "194787", "84404", "119682", "180426", "198233", "142963", "13907", "182262"], "answers": ["affect\u201d is most commonly used as a verb while \u201ceffect\u201d is usually used as a noun"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-422", "query": "what is a prize for last place called?", "doc_id": ["118259", "118288", "118261", "118258", "118346", "186065", "64355"], "answers": ["booby prize", "consolation prize", "Red Lantern\" award", "\"Tail End Charlie\" award"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-699", "query": "what are diddy bop shades?", "doc_id": ["157211", "157197"], "answers": ["simply sunglasses that a hipster or street-cool guy of the relevant era would wear", "sunglasses worn as an element of hipster style"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1398", "query": "should punctuation surrounding italicised words be italicised?", "doc_id": ["115170", "5657", "5656", "5658"], "answers": ["it depends on whether the punctuation belongs to the italicized text or to the rest of the sentence"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-498", "query": "what exactly is an adverb?", "doc_id": ["184526", "144723", "163620", "20542", "94040", "41099", "66023", "66022", "82216", "24751", "188699", "74246", "105545", "89821", "191521", "135614", "81295", "43105", "112635", "41088", "16359", "50803"], "answers": [" describes how something is done or where or when"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1055", "query": "word that means the classification of a number as even or odd", "doc_id": ["164187", "111440"], "answers": ["parity"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-72", "query": "what is the difference between working out and exercising?", "doc_id": ["127430", "85753", "85755", "85754"], "answers": ["workout is a broader term than exercise as it does mean a session of exercise"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-840", "query": "what is the difference of conversation and talk?", "doc_id": ["132129", "182440", "106818", "91441", "52134", "65899", "94822"], "answers": ["conversation\" is necessarily two-way -- two or more people interchanging utterances. \"Talk\", on the other hand, may involve only a single person"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1953", "query": "is one needs only or one need only correct?", "doc_id": ["124286", "123675", "100026", "165436", "30357", "51986", "132399"], "answers": ["it should either be \"one need only look\" (using the auxiliary verb), or \"one only needs to look"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-95", "query": "why does the multi-paragraph quotation rule exist?", "doc_id": ["49703", "49702", "49704", "171196", "168447", "18523", "95874", "1355", "122754", "95876", "140916", "100246"], "answers": ["to allow for successive dialog", "a convenient clue for the reader that the quotation goes on beyond the end of the paragraph"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-653", "query": "what is it when someone answers a question with a question?", "doc_id": ["15620", "14348"], "answers": ["counter-question"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-118", "query": "which is correct: could care less or couldnt care less?", "doc_id": ["103763", "417", "406", "438", "83633", "163981", "199574", "72770", "484", "118283", "13133", "121560", "190049", "6053", "132194", "12276", "118202", "116981", "158025", "137855", "156826", "163318"], "answers": ["couldn't care less", "could not care less"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-182", "query": "should i write phd or ph.d.?", "doc_id": ["27396", "14809", "39950", "73567", "142949", "189933", "126973", "2087", "194996", "116308", "190403", "171267"], "answers": ["both correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-567", "query": "how should i answer to what's up?", "doc_id": ["1441", "20789", "47849", "116743", "20785", "11540"], "answers": ["Normally people reply \"not much"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1288", "query": "what is the difference between gift and present?", "doc_id": ["37000"], "answers": ["one gives a present in person, but sends a gift"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-471", "query": "word for a software bug that occurs again after having fixed it?", "doc_id": ["152292", "86798", "136641", "193671", "86848", "145578", "86795", "36728", "23095"], "answers": ["regression", "recurring "]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1138", "query": "when is y a vowel?", "doc_id": ["26384", "110044", "19562", "75706", "26410", "118058", "5984", "14699"], "answers": ["when the Y serves as the only vowel in the syllable"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1246", "query": "what does the suffix \u201c\u2011fu\u201d mean?", "doc_id": ["1922", "55162", "11544", "157300", "11542", "26746", "162767", "137156", "11543"], "answers": ["advanced) skill", "something that requires dedication to master and has hidden benefits"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1133", "query": "when to use rather than versus instead of?", "doc_id": ["1029", "143440", "131661", "57475", "48639", "75673", "13074"], "answers": ["rather than implies preference whereas instead of implies substitution"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-826", "query": "what is the difference between the particle and particulate?", "doc_id": ["185647", "49453"], "answers": ["A particle is a small object. A particulate is made of one or more particles"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-554", "query": "is ivy plural or singular?", "doc_id": ["16253", "16256", "5917", "185982"], "answers": ["The plural of \"ivy\" is \"ivies"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-921", "query": "what is the difference between best of luck and all the best?", "doc_id": ["68478", "14814", "67556", "11805", "69086", "68475"], "answers": ["All the best is more a farewell gesture than best of luck", "We use the term all the best to someone with respect and best of luck as more freiendly", "best of luck\" would refer to something more specific, Whereas \"All the best\" is a generic well-wishing"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1814", "query": "is there a rule for pronouncing \u201cth\u201d at the beginning of a word?", "doc_id": ["148250", "198661", "185259", "183442", "133728", "101470", "14464", "12755", "48785", "146687", "150045", "83517"], "answers": ["In English, the digraph th is pronounced as the voiceless [\u03b8] at the beginning of a word"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-700", "query": "numbers that are the same backwards?", "doc_id": ["178323", "150276", "150256", "71053", "179341", "71081"], "answers": ["16461", "a_1a_2...a_2a_1", "palindromic number"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1468", "query": "is it poor form to start too many sentences with i?", "doc_id": ["60213", "11075", "89917", "63073", "176187", "27952", "4047", "145309", "40668"], "answers": ["Using I at the beginning of a sentence is most tiring back-to-back"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-616", "query": "what is the difference between peak and point?", "doc_id": ["42384", "42381", "143587", "42385", "189373", "96557"], "answers": ["A peak is a point that's higher than all other adjacent points"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-742", "query": "has hacker definitely gained a negative connotation?", "doc_id": ["127889", "127878", "1880", "102953", "128034", "34920", "33482", "127591", "127922", "76477", "70798", "7117", "145867", "140198", "139380"], "answers": ["Among the general public, hacker still has a negative connotation"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1111", "query": "what does dis sho am good mean in this old advertisement?", "doc_id": ["140694", "140699"], "answers": ["This sure is good", "this sure is good"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-541", "query": "is it based on or base on?", "doc_id": ["121188", "154055"], "answers": ["One bases something on something else (active), whereas something is based on something else (passive)"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-917", "query": "etymology of *spreadsheet* / an anachronistic use", "doc_id": ["192057"], "answers": ["named because it was sheet of paper the size of a full spread"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1122", "query": "not on the rocks", "doc_id": ["87261", "87255", "87222", "87221"], "answers": ["unmixed with anything else", "Straight", "Neat"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1828", "query": "why is it \u201cmerry\u201d christmas, but \u201chappy\u201d new year?", "doc_id": ["29651", "29646"], "answers": ["merry implies more short-term jollity, and happy more long-term contentment"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-845", "query": "what was the crime described as letting out of ponds during elizabethan england?", "doc_id": ["190877", "190876"], "answers": ["letting the water out enabled poaching", "lowering the water level in a pond would make it easier to poach the fish within"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-933", "query": "what does it mean when you say per someone?", "doc_id": ["26539", "30756", "16058", "34453", "112307", "150217", "97238", "25963", "54112", "42724", "26542", "34452", "62342", "188015"], "answers": ["according to"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-517", "query": "i am not up to it meaning?", "doc_id": ["96080", "73811", "157610", "80663", "1280"], "answers": ["I am not feeling up to it. means \"I am not well enough to do"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1998", "query": "why is there a mean in greenwich mean time (gmt)?", "doc_id": ["16814"], "answers": ["refers to the mean solar time measured at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich", "it is essentially the mean (in the sense of average) angle of the sun in the sky at any particular time of day"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-170", "query": "can you begin a sentence with furthermore?", "doc_id": ["53132", "132985", "79972", "83626", "139048", "173450", "154372", "12740", "66541", "106220", "53549", "74437", "172141", "57882", "159081", "57505", "143905", "178470", "126244", "105861", "171412", "67654", "127087", "110705", "153130"], "answers": ["It IS generally used at the beginning of a sentence"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1549", "query": "is giffy (meaning airborne salt spray) a real word?", "doc_id": ["198302", "198301", "198299", "87014", "87500", "114228"], "answers": ["American Dialect Society's South Carolina Word List has an entry. giffy", "a South Midland dialect word with several related meanings"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1978", "query": "where can i obtain an english dictionary with structured data?", "doc_id": ["28361"], "answers": ["There's the Moby project tar.Z in tar.Z format, or at Project Gutenburg: in zip format"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1375", "query": "did english ever have a you plural?", "doc_id": ["30277", "4580", "40308", "196933", "12862", "144441", "38890", "12873", "69090", "88557", "5601", "12859", "12861", "189541", "12860", "181744", "157011", "142640", "5598", "187023", "196942", "77424"], "answers": ["You\" was originally plural, \"thou\" was the singular", "You and ye used to be the plural forms"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-995", "query": "title in a letter to an unknown person", "doc_id": ["68991", "68982", "56608", "1237", "7798", "154333", "85818", "60647", "46551", "49190", "172080", "185305", "176486", "1931", "107717", "6680", "57306", "24510", "6682", "24447", "46941", "49216"], "answers": ["Dear Sir or Madam", "Dear Sir/Madam"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1084", "query": "is \u201cmight could\u201d a correct construct?", "doc_id": ["52798", "86727", "1870", "38761", "1871", "151045", "110744", "88", "34244"], "answers": ["not grammatical", "This construction would be considered incorrect (a grammatical mistake) in most varieties of English"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1281", "query": "original meaning of blood is thicker than water, is it real?", "doc_id": ["183950", "144885"], "answers": ["the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", "ties between people who\u2019ve made a blood covenant were stronger"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-989", "query": "is a few a couple?", "doc_id": ["1085", "1292", "2313", "56136", "85953", "193101", "50433", "142662", "118138"], "answers": ["A few is more than a couple"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1961", "query": "username + password = one word", "doc_id": ["127804", "127793", "2809", "127988", "127997", "106614", "43724", "121169", "191604", "127829", "71608", "71377"], "answers": ["Credentials", "authentication", "credentials"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-722", "query": "has or have after a list?", "doc_id": ["68343", "170071", "129606", "81990", "89089", "99457", "165436", "46004", "180302", "196862", "119032", "98380", "116249", "24236", "100065", "168545", "75641"], "answers": ["it stays in \"have\""]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-294", "query": "what is the correct plural of octopus?", "doc_id": ["648", "15074", "65043", "837", "155", "157", "1489", "7543", "7542", "52288", "142107", "7540", "7544", "32785", "101350", "86989", "292", "137042"], "answers": ["octopuses", "octopuses, octopi and octopodes", "Octopodes", "Octopuses and octopodes are both correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-868", "query": "are arrows shoot or fired?", "doc_id": ["73430", "36648", "105606", "116618", "12398", "163954", "162600", "49499", "170163", "167960", "191094", "173908", "180588", "67471", "170184", "49540", "128001", "44653", "173910", "49507"], "answers": ["shoot"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-658", "query": "does so called have a negative connotation in english?", "doc_id": ["98009", "79576", "79558", "79560", "79565", "131829", "79566", "65727", "79579", "71206", "79707", "141657", "70798", "79622", "182837", "194123", "102953", "15844", "32848", "38741", "131489", "141660", "170706", "162648", "145483"], "answers": ["evokes a rhetoric of falsity or fraud in the thing being referred to, which is a negative connotation", "it has both a negative, idiomatic meaning and a neutral, scientific meaning"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-813", "query": "what does it mean when someone tells you take care?", "doc_id": ["21825", "21824", "109413", "161075", "126724", "187048", "142220", "161074", "5532", "161036", "81456", "179619", "96794"], "answers": ["almost always used in a friendly way, or when genuinely warning somebody to be careful"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1030", "query": "what is the original connection between nurse and sister?", "doc_id": ["148028", "148027", "148176", "148046", "148121", "178981", "148026"], "answers": ["nurses were generally nuns - sisters", "the word for nurse is \"[meditsinska] sestra\" ([medical] sister", "religious (and specifically European Catholic) origin, since Nurses were, in fact, \"sisters\" (nuns"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-152", "query": "can you start a sentence with especially?", "doc_id": ["177756", "53632", "10745", "175832", "151921", "41866", "67654", "63073", "88354", "187445", "189234", "58591", "10713", "57505", "136780", "175788", "10753", "70270", "113644", "10707", "107596", "169739", "10736"], "answers": ["You may use words like 'especially' or 'because' at the beginning of the sentence", "as long as you provide a supporting clause after it"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-718", "query": "cancelled or canceled?", "doc_id": ["7054", "5242", "123973", "5239", "189981", "189555", "104730", "65006", "96812"], "answers": ["both"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1554", "query": "is tnetennba a real word?", "doc_id": ["91605", "91602", "91600", "169594", "103918"], "answers": ["it's not a real word", "No", "it is not a real word"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-12", "query": "your attendance is a must meaning?", "doc_id": ["105080", "23578", "13517", "31393", "24231", "9468", "68771", "158414", "186553", "85082", "70878", "60935", "71014", "176951", "131468", "118851", "107447", "121798", "70358", "145846", "47599", "33202", "40826", "198993", "28678", "41047", "57708", "174475", "154705", "35301", "68977", "65843"], "answers": ["mandatory"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-188", "query": "where does the period go when using parentheses?", "doc_id": ["105095", "34231", "152170", "182020", "7761", "166177", "167573", "187560", "6364", "3714", "35213", "165786", "99459", "60335", "192234", "54493", "34242", "173498", "167727", "139180", "27037"], "answers": ["If only part of the sentence is parenthetical, then you put the final punctuation outside of the parenthesis"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-208", "query": "what is the error called when two letters are mistakenly swapped?", "doc_id": ["18885", "18881", "115281", "137378", "63963", "150336", "187798", "111420", "89141", "171915", "147192", "38882", "78264"], "answers": ["Metathesis", "transposition error"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-876", "query": "etcetera pronounced as exetera ? correct?", "doc_id": ["169491", "169488", "45367", "51004", "169487", "67138", "22504"], "answers": ["nonstandard ek-", "correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-378", "query": "what is the difference between the words enunciate and pronounce?", "doc_id": ["66609", "65592", "25924", "46699", "199549"], "answers": ["You can mumble a word and pronounce it correctly, but you are not enunciating it"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-911", "query": "is on yesterday grammatically correct?", "doc_id": ["4455", "182172", "54876", "4595", "174754", "107382", "9250", "134867"], "answers": ["not grammatically correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-390", "query": "in the word scent, is the s or the c silent?", "doc_id": ["85966", "85840", "85842", "85922", "87379", "16755", "142908", "185295"], "answers": ["the c is silent", "the C is silent", "Neither", "neither are silent"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-721", "query": "can a word be contracted twice (e.g. ivent)?", "doc_id": ["35", "30", "81686", "28", "158198"], "answers": ["Double contractions are not used in writing"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-641", "query": "what is meant by steep learning curve?", "doc_id": ["3494", "3482", "143002", "23401", "12254", "145831", "46476", "6028", "144084"], "answers": ["is difficult (and takes much effort) to learn"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-113", "query": "is gosh a real word?", "doc_id": ["15720", "47452", "66484", "94545", "37598", "142262", "37613", "187541"], "answers": ["The OED calls it a \u2018mincing pronunciation of god"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1254", "query": "crisscross, dillydally, riffraff, etc", "doc_id": ["43568", "43569", "43570", "198263"], "answers": ["reduplication", "Frozen reduplicative phrases"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1562", "query": "answering the question: do you mind if...?", "doc_id": ["1035", "92588", "48754", "103144", "160288", "189223", "6317", "73646", "80730"], "answers": ["No, not at all"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1873", "query": "what does it mean: think \u201ctable\u201d and not \u201ckill?", "doc_id": ["141187", "141191", "141206", "78839", "9354"], "answers": ["not to reject ideas outright (\"kill\"), but to temporarily put them aside for further consideration in the future (\"table"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-210", "query": "is as of late correct grammar?", "doc_id": ["54113", "101898", "73103", "61525"], "answers": ["I can find no reputable dictionary that accepts \"as of late", "The expression you want is \"of late,\" meaning recently or lately"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-434", "query": "why use the word copy in do you copy that?", "doc_id": ["13919", "60545", "79991", "38487", "105051", "3984"], "answers": ["Copy \u2014 Mostly used to acknowledge received information"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-941", "query": "plural form of schema", "doc_id": ["190760", "2808", "36133", "137427", "94417", "137424", "136554", "117646", "76353", "42236", "21581", "290", "38651", "69296", "55107", "23504", "46303", "101713"], "answers": ["schemata", "schemas"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1359", "query": "does notified by [date] include the end date?", "doc_id": ["58115", "37323", "35086", "31532", "36191", "167858"], "answers": ["it is supposed to happen not later than that, so it includes the day as well"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1591", "query": "word for that certain fear, worrying you might involuntarily jump from a cliff?", "doc_id": ["108648", "108751"], "answers": ["the call of the void", "L\u2019appel du vide", "The call of the void"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-273", "query": "what are acts or actions?", "doc_id": ["25388", "61640", "148709", "167756", "193985", "199588", "175369"], "answers": ["Act is defined by Dictionary.com as: 1. anything done, being done, or to be done; deed"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1907", "query": "should an adverb go before or after a verb?", "doc_id": ["27854", "61725", "74246", "23086", "5555", "42864", "22921", "76485", "177139", "43105", "130221", "115604", "61391", "3049"], "answers": ["Frequency adverbs such as rarely go before the verb or divide the verb phrase"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-308", "query": "what are the difference between man and human?", "doc_id": ["117155", "144224", "187250", "55810", "165702", "190978", "158811", "15094", "97951", "144201", "156317"], "answers": ["Man refers to the masculine gender specifically and Human would refer to both men and women"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-350", "query": "phrase for overusing just-learned skills?", "doc_id": ["51262", "51256"], "answers": ["Got a hammer, now everything looks like a nail!", "flavour of the month"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-259", "query": "whats the negation of i used to be? surely not i didnt used to be?", "doc_id": ["5010", "5012", "80523", "80414", "85835", "83192", "80522", "116010", "49284", "39481", "69619"], "answers": ["I used not to be", "I never was/I was never"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-654", "query": "what is the difference between welcome aboard and welcome on board?", "doc_id": ["86985", "26138"], "answers": ["there is no difference between the two variants"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-559", "query": "what is it called when you believe in a greater being?", "doc_id": ["142320", "142316", "70630", "161685", "25403", "194328", "152136", "152129", "178967", "43235"], "answers": ["theist", "Theist"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-10", "query": "what is the difference of world and universe?", "doc_id": ["4179", "130781", "4181"], "answers": ["World = Earth while the Universe = earth and space including the great unknown"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-672", "query": "what does it mean when a coupon says valid through?", "doc_id": ["183953", "14765", "88027", "25011"], "answers": ["the range extends to the end of the day/month/year stated"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-510", "query": "can i come in vs may i come in?", "doc_id": ["12905", "167693", "85394", "113028", "32", "75635", "128943", "8601", "1455", "128561", "167536", "16034", "967", "13316", "85395", "5695", "7776", "167579", "167537"], "answers": ["Can\" is about ability while \"may\" is about permission"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-980", "query": "plural of syntax", "doc_id": ["36196", "36199", "20656", "179979", "14581"], "answers": ["syntaxes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-404", "query": "eat is to feed as drink is to what?", "doc_id": ["20748", "58253", "171764", "20752"], "answers": ["hydrate"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-528", "query": "what is the correct abbreviation for millions, billions and trillions in a financial context?", "doc_id": ["69506", "90644", "55149", "119869", "39338"], "answers": ["M, B, and T", "M = million B = billion T = trillion"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1394", "query": "origin of the term wizard in computing", "doc_id": ["36333", "83429"], "answers": ["wizards were originally expert computer users (people) who could install software or help you with your installation"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-388", "query": "is there an apostrophe in a masters degree?", "doc_id": ["52960", "161845", "157638", "65968", "165649", "33647", "52423", "2087", "34654", "45943", "150941", "33645", "47670", "37033", "155162", "48469", "4329", "174640", "172670", "68852", "174741", "185184", "40919", "27944", "51421", "57161", "52972"], "answers": ["use \"master's degree\"", "Speaking generically, you would write master\u2019s degree"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-122", "query": "has took or has taken?", "doc_id": ["94028", "120589", "126741", "49362", "122835", "158746", "5148", "91457", "197077", "37662"], "answers": ["Took is the simple past tense, whereas taken is the past participle"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-215", "query": "is it grammatically correct to say my bad?", "doc_id": ["2958", "164199", "52422", "38391", "171641", "115881", "148556", "59061", "87270", "187477", "97564", "1267", "129176", "57584", "76817", "18273", "3782", "159231", "81684", "139134", "184672", "146203", "58470", "14559", "4967"], "answers": ["Yes, \"my bad\" is a proper English phrase"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-176", "query": "is there any online tool to read (pronounce) ipa and apa written words?", "doc_id": ["116661"], "answers": ["use lexconvert (mirror) to do the conversion and feed the output to espeak"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1524", "query": "what is the opposite of fad?", "doc_id": ["155880", "155884", "155865", "156022", "156035", "155862"], "answers": ["staple", "classic", "constant", "enduring classic"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1976", "query": "what were nightmares called before nightmare was used in that sense?", "doc_id": ["10657", "10605", "62100"], "answers": ["wodan dreame", "Ephialtes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1376", "query": "is prepone being used outside india?", "doc_id": ["494", "473", "8443", "95667", "164211", "24441", "8440", "173691", "24488", "8446", "880"], "answers": ["it does not appear that prepone has much currency outside of India"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-293", "query": "what is the difference between owing to and due to?", "doc_id": ["4169", "71765", "175544", "61838", "51331", "4174", "135075", "76561", "122738", "98834"], "answers": ["Due to\" means \"caused by\", however, \"Owing to\" means \"because of"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-410", "query": "what is the difference between an image and a photo?", "doc_id": ["13717", "13716", "13735", "35952", "167502"], "answers": ["Every photo is also an image, but not every image is a photo"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1802", "query": "why is ask sometimes pronounced aks?", "doc_id": ["32962", "112315", "5829", "183819", "29831", "192745", "16341", "109248", "6918", "45693", "5858", "109216"], "answers": ["aks is not a speech error. It is a well-established feature of certain dialects"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-774", "query": "what word means the feeling of discomfort caused by watching peoples ineptitude?", "doc_id": ["59369", "88149", "90816", "124187", "90815"], "answers": ["vicarious embarrassment", "cringeworthy"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-508", "query": "retriable or retryable?", "doc_id": ["152959", "126807"], "answers": ["Retryable is the more correct spelling, triable in the sense of able to be tested, is rare", "spell checker accepts \"triable\" and \"retriable\" but not \"tryable\" or \"retryable"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1316", "query": "not empty set in one word?", "doc_id": ["115886", "51771", "51769", "5722", "177141"], "answers": ["nonempty", "inhabited"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-562", "query": "is shew the past tense of show?", "doc_id": ["70033", "70035", "120375", "150189", "99181", "4165"], "answers": ["shew (past of show)"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-518", "query": "do i italicize game titles?", "doc_id": ["94416", "94413", "185701", "91432", "151484", "55935", "29023", "184350", "159757", "91104"], "answers": ["the title of the video game should NOT be italicized", "In the text itself, the title of the video game should be capitalized and italicized", "In running text video game titles are italicized"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-537", "query": "can you begin a sentence with even though?", "doc_id": ["62078", "62080", "76528", "65004", "58670", "184073", "149712", "164080", "143871", "178829", "30512", "183377", "91296", "101761", "92439", "124868", "164709", "165339", "193808", "125355", "71188", "21439", "86231", "106220", "184213", "70926", "20690", "178470", "66044", "13673", "46", "173450", "67654", "65247", "126076", "189080"], "answers": ["no sensible reason to avoid starting a sentence with even though", "We can start a sentence with Even though"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1749", "query": "whats the word for an unused, enclosed space between two apartment buildings?", "doc_id": ["192942", "192944"], "answers": ["lightwell", "air shaft", "air well"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-994", "query": "how do you write 1 on 1?", "doc_id": ["35856", "46022"], "answers": ["One-on-one", "One-on-One", "one-on-one"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1143", "query": "does one use a or an before the word x-ray?", "doc_id": ["38186", "4631", "4630", "4629", "38188", "4115", "72980", "151126", "192135", "83", "193994", "155018", "96067", "33072", "6596", "162803", "19391", "13745", "96346", "62096", "180468", "53590", "174401", "148173", "186163", "86292", "55878"], "answers": ["an", "An X"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-18", "query": "when etc. is at the end of a phrase, do you place a period after it?", "doc_id": ["91000", "60065", "46456", "16402", "135438", "4754", "138401", "92508", "25819", "61942", "4753", "186652", "33687", "29404", "167727", "23751", "170662", "190174", "31588", "136851"], "answers": ["do not add another period"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-833", "query": "is it zeros or zeroes?", "doc_id": ["2184", "198963", "56122", "41310", "134703", "184378", "3228", "124886", "115030", "184379", "159576", "164864", "67570", "184377", "94036", "12627"], "answers": ["zeros and zeroes are acceptable", "zeroes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1008", "query": "which is correct, buck naked or butt naked?", "doc_id": ["13327", "13319", "13317", "34684", "34664", "134066"], "answers": ["Both variants are correct", "Both phrases currently mean the same", "both \"correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-425", "query": "white noise: why white?", "doc_id": ["105640", "105629", "107609", "154280"], "answers": ["when it has the same intensity at every frequency", "Its name is derived by analogy to light, which is called \"white\" when it contains all visible frequencies"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-402", "query": "scent is the s or c silent?", "doc_id": ["85922", "85840", "85966", "193679", "53629", "19790", "87379", "53450", "85842"], "answers": ["the c is silent", "the C is silent", "Neither is silent", "Neither letter is silent", "neither are silent"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1026", "query": "underwater equivalent of aerodynamic?", "doc_id": ["138759", "138697", "138654", "138653", "138715", "138675", "138655", "55826", "88392", "71215", "187201", "89746"], "answers": ["streamlined", "Hydrodynamic", "Hydrodynamics", "hydrodynamic"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1984", "query": "what do you call the gesture whereby you rest your palms on the side of your hips?", "doc_id": ["174228", "174211", "174206"], "answers": ["akimbo", "putting your hands on your hips\", or possibly the \"hands-on-hips pose", "the \"Wonder Woman (power) pose"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-301", "query": "what does the idiom batteries not included mean?", "doc_id": ["151431", "151340"], "answers": ["provide an essential component yourself to power it, namely the batteries", "something that doesn't include everything it needs to function"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1735", "query": "19th century english texts occasionally use germanic-style number words, such as four-and-twenty. when did this fall out of use?", "doc_id": ["112791"], "answers": ["with the German-like numerical expressions declining since 1800, but generally significantly in the region around 1940"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-427", "query": "what do you call a disk drive that is not solid state?", "doc_id": ["28221", "28189", "28176", "28175", "136378", "187181", "28177", "28181", "136333", "39702", "39701", "120982", "28226", "112447", "28173", "28184", "136338", "109709", "28172", "28211", "39759"], "answers": ["hard disk drive is not solid state", "Spinning Disk", "mechanical or electro-mechanical drive"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-344", "query": "what is it called when you date someone younger?", "doc_id": ["113108"], "answers": ["cradle-snatcher"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-261", "query": "what are the difference between phonetics and phonemics?", "doc_id": ["52419", "52420", "162656", "148710", "111279", "199549", "193491", "143345", "175834", "157941", "68544", "112189", "178691", "142098"], "answers": ["Phonetics studies the sounds we actually produce in speech. Phonemics studies the way we understand those sounds"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-822", "query": "what does it mean when someone ask who are you?", "doc_id": ["12259", "12265", "180657", "21594", "68556", "152663"], "answers": ["a request for an introduction"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-294", "query": "can you begin a sentence with myself?", "doc_id": ["91296", "84499", "45919", "166226", "82191", "156541", "30512", "105262", "13724", "136751", "195188", "85163", "178314", "199368", "44328", "171344", "37961", "169928", "158444", "158447", "104981", "130646", "66631", "104443", "442", "136676", "60213", "93709", "187254", "33643", "31668"], "answers": ["Myself can, in some instances be used at the beginning of a sentence"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1299", "query": "how does the phrase used to work, grammatically?", "doc_id": ["87"], "answers": ["the verb use is selecting the infinitive as its complement, making the to infinitive the direct object"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-321", "query": "i have just come or came?", "doc_id": ["124769", "77865", "7869", "7871", "167704", "37532", "26389", "175791", "11987"], "answers": ["I have come"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1380", "query": "is it appropriate to put a comma before which?", "doc_id": ["195926", "30578", "151984", "30579", "48381", "155387", "51774", "179202", "30580"], "answers": ["If the 'which clause' is not a defining clause, then the comma is required"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-135", "query": "is data treated as singular or plural in formal contexts?", "doc_id": ["3885", "79169", "44212", "52872", "3889", "146095", "146817", "126159", "63675", "5917", "181249", "34532", "105858", "61024", "76195", "77027", "53501", "2204", "2128", "28342", "61025", "53502", "59001", "31664", "28346", "196328", "2134", "153187", "188721", "194551", "126167"], "answers": ["in most university papers, you would use the uncountable singular form", "data is treated as requiring singular concord by some authorities and plural concord by others", "singular"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-383", "query": "is it grammatically correct to say on yesterday?", "doc_id": ["54746", "184522", "4455", "182172", "54876", "2057", "16415", "174754", "107382", "131982", "134867"], "answers": ["not grammatically correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1470", "query": "if someone is electrocuted, do they have to die or can they just be injured?", "doc_id": ["40301", "40293", "133590", "183567", "40305", "5094", "40294"], "answers": ["it could refer both to an accidental killing, and a mere injury"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-359", "query": "is bravo an italian word?", "doc_id": ["31516", "31515", "73077", "9141", "96348", "170035", "166796", "142980", "50418", "146877", "109329", "199950", "177838"], "answers": ["It comes from Italian"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-147", "query": "what does it mean when you call someone your lover?", "doc_id": ["23857", "59598", "18363", "132825", "26829", "146584", "84291", "45238", "92926", "90534", "27726", "197899", "137837", "154083"], "answers": ["Lover' implies a sexual relationship"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-136", "query": "is there a name for this type of sentence structure: she looks as though shes been poured into her clothes, and forgot to say when?", "doc_id": ["8598"], "answers": ["paraprosdokian"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-298", "query": "is it dads or dad\u2019s?", "doc_id": ["26490", "173788", "112546"], "answers": ["Both are grammatically correct but they have different meanings"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1116", "query": "if the plural of \u2018man\u2019 is \u2018men,\u2019 shouldn\u2019t the plural of \u2018german\u2019 be \u2018germen\u2019?", "doc_id": ["117235", "38782", "12678", "117236", "54972", "15853", "187250", "55729"], "answers": ["it is etymologically unrelated to the word man and does not form a plural the same way"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1060", "query": "why is a splash screen so called?", "doc_id": ["53191", "53192"], "answers": ["splashes content over the whole screen"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1240", "query": "is there a difference between cheers and thanks in colloquial british english?", "doc_id": ["948", "1131", "1283", "31858", "9425", "31857", "19030", "52308", "55480", "100398", "185856"], "answers": ["not aware of any particular difference in meaning", "Thanks' expresses more gratitude"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-380", "query": "what does \u201cyour hair is so white now, it can talk back to police\u201d mean?", "doc_id": ["103067", "103073"], "answers": ["white\" would make the police think twice before shooting and one would have a chance to talk back"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-942", "query": "can you begin a sentence with then?", "doc_id": ["101165", "117709", "40030", "134136", "182166", "57505", "190402", "29393", "41868", "65247", "79972", "181051", "30512", "170514", "14365", "62080", "181157", "136177", "173450", "44", "172503", "58591", "174036", "86231", "106220", "101992", "44932", "132985", "50879", "70781", "67654", "136763", "172121", "175646", "145327", "101072", "127253", "177644", "82260", "189080"], "answers": ["Yes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1730", "query": "which is correct: math or maths?", "doc_id": ["22836", "62056", "577", "50614", "579", "10475"], "answers": ["Math is American English. Maths is British English", "both abbreviations of \"mathematics\" and are dictated by your local variation of English"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-8", "query": "are descent and ancestry the same?", "doc_id": ["51826", "69264"], "answers": ["They mean the same thing"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1282", "query": "bachelor thesis or bachelors thesis", "doc_id": ["37033", "37032", "37035", "161845", "151706", "87037", "157651"], "answers": ["bachelor's thesis"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-348", "query": "what is the difference between usually and normally?", "doc_id": ["38839", "38850", "38853", "38849", "35782"], "answers": ["usually when you talk of a habit or custom and normally when there is an underlying rule"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-612", "query": "weekly, daily, hourly --- minutely...?", "doc_id": ["1797", "171404", "121517", "111207", "85577", "1798", "59596"], "answers": ["Every minute", "once a minute", "minute by minute", "on a minute-by-minute basis"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1820", "query": "word to describe the quality of being optional or mandatory", "doc_id": [], "answers": ["requisiteness"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1317", "query": "\u201cfire\u201d a weapon before firearms existed?", "doc_id": ["170184", "161690", "73430"], "answers": ["Loose/release/shoot an arrow", "shoot a bow"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-724", "query": "is as soon as possible rude?", "doc_id": ["89103", "195969", "45837", "153664", "158381", "164539", "57635", "38011", "7921", "85156", "106900", "153630", "178202", "104373", "96789", "129210", "25963", "24675"], "answers": ["not considered rude"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-204", "query": "how can i order eggs over hard in the uk?", "doc_id": ["158520", "158583", "158515", "158535", "64863", "180348"], "answers": ["ask for your egg to be fried with a \"hard yolk", "Ask for 'well done and turned over"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-430", "query": "are starters and appetizers the same thing?", "doc_id": ["49274", "149362", "100187", "51275", "124066"], "answers": ["they are synonyms"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-545", "query": "are though and although interchangeable?", "doc_id": ["166287", "95821", "180183", "183377", "57036", "103512", "57584", "20690", "113644", "7803", "103072", "100458", "14005", "30357", "38282"], "answers": ["Although and though are interchangeable as conjunctions", "As conjunctions, although and though are interchangeable"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-502", "query": "a word for first name and middle name/s, but not last name", "doc_id": ["198774", "196770", "133436", "198768", "145555", "114408", "58559", "191860"], "answers": ["forenames", "\u2018Christian\u2019 name", "given names and Christian names"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-724", "query": "whats the meaning of the word brand in the expression brand new?", "doc_id": ["78303"], "answers": ["intensifies the idea of new"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-49", "query": "what does it mean when someone says they want to do you?", "doc_id": ["91752", "88227", "169657", "98647"], "answers": ["the speaker wants sex,"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-951", "query": "is it grammatically correct to use more than one exclamation mark?", "doc_id": ["28689", "6644", "59647", "26600", "2343", "68607", "6645", "46912", "51755", "56591", "180978", "22956", "22943", "6652", "132224"], "answers": ["do not believe it is strictly grammatically correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1117", "query": "a word sounding like weatherall to refer to someone who doesn\u2019t have the courage", "doc_id": [], "answers": ["wherewithal", "Wherewithal"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1349", "query": "when did the term scientist overtake usage of the term natural philosopher?", "doc_id": ["8957"], "answers": ["between 1860 and 1869"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-96", "query": "why is nike pronounced naikee and not naik?", "doc_id": ["160576", "160354", "160414"], "answers": ["Nike was the Greek goddess of victory (see Wikipedia) and final 'e's are not silent in Greek", "it's meant to be \u02c8n\u028c\u026aki rather than \u02c8n\u028c\u026ak"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1547", "query": "what is the p in nope called?", "doc_id": ["190545", "174560"], "answers": ["The P in nope is epenthetic and the process of adding it is called Epenthesis"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-585", "query": "what is the difference between dr and doctor?", "doc_id": ["167678", "151829", "142793", "142792", "142791", "151498", "132676", "58195"], "answers": ["These two ways of writing it mean the same thing"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-731", "query": "can i wear an umbrella?", "doc_id": ["38936", "38928", "38930", "38937", "38931", "42021"], "answers": ["an umbrella is carried, not worn"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-356", "query": "are quite and quiet homophones?", "doc_id": ["42752", "194041"], "answers": ["in GenAmE, they are not homophones"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-930", "query": "are soul and spirit synonyms?", "doc_id": ["41397", "41384", "110101", "66670", "146524", "125510", "22808", "199183", "41418"], "answers": ["used synonymously"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1747", "query": "is allopathy pejorative?", "doc_id": ["158327", "158320", "158346", "97992"], "answers": ["The word has no real meaning outside of the context of homeopathy. It's rather pejorative in that context", "Allopathy is mostly used pejoratively. But in the United States it sometimes is used non-pejoratively"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-932", "query": "trainer is to trainee as mentor is to what?", "doc_id": ["32079", "32065", "32061", "32099", "32093", "32088", "32067", "85833", "38610", "80312", "165891", "32069", "189168", "141200", "59076", "198625", "8916", "68563", "155336", "165530", "80313", "59674", "38611", "150541", "139253", "127657", "160242", "98260"], "answers": ["mentee", "Mentee", "protege", "mentoree", "apprentice"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-62", "query": "is it bear or bare with me?", "doc_id": ["7364", "747", "187222", "5447", "106492", "35808"], "answers": ["Bear with me,\u201d the standard expression, is a request for forbearance", "bear with"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-194", "query": "i has been or i have been?", "doc_id": ["118078", "36960", "195665", "132668", "189303", "159065"], "answers": ["Has been\" is used in the third-person singular and \"have been\" is used for first- and second-person"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-781", "query": "is the usage of personally in i personally dont like something redundant?", "doc_id": ["11075", "122129", "56334", "56351", "23188", "56960", "140074", "108629", "60518", "23186"], "answers": ["It's technically redundant", "yes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-285", "query": "difference between scheme and schema", "doc_id": ["22901"], "answers": ["Schema also refers to diagrams/models, while Scheme doesn't."]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-596", "query": "what does it mean when a man says i got you?", "doc_id": ["20360", "20359", "90655", "3685", "48184", "75128", "128481", "50904"], "answers": ["slang, saying \"I got you\" means either \"I get what you're saying\" or \"I've got your back"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-116", "query": "is believe you me proper english?", "doc_id": ["11927", "51235", "11928", "11929", "24958"], "answers": ["Believe you me\" copies the archaic word order one finds in Early Modern English for a marked imperative", "a well-established idiom"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-874", "query": "when are you considered alumni?", "doc_id": ["27722"], "answers": ["You must have graduated"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-259", "query": "what is the difference between sleeping and asleep?", "doc_id": ["35295", "187848", "130873", "35294", "160507", "144226", "114874"], "answers": ["Asleep is an adjective in Are you asleep? while sleeping is a verb in Are you sleeping", "Use asleep if you want to emphasize the state and sleeping if you want to emphasize the action"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-31", "query": "what is the difference between particle and particulate?", "doc_id": ["185647", "49453"], "answers": ["A particle is a small object. A particulate is made of one or more particles"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-394", "query": "why is pound (of weight) abbreviated lb?", "doc_id": ["58815", "58825", "58816", "55489", "130942", "74718", "57081", "58826", "15752"], "answers": ["L\u012bbra in Latin originally means \u2018stone\u2019, thence \u2018pound weight", "Librum is Latin for 'a pound in weight", "Libra (both singular and plural, and abbreviated lb), was a standard of weight used by ancient Romans"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1162", "query": "specially vs especially", "doc_id": ["80001", "233", "250"], "answers": ["specially is usually used with verbs. especially with sentences or adverbal phrases"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-999", "query": "is a pronoun a noun?", "doc_id": ["143404", "140339", "131258", "180593", "189623", "98299", "186785", "123804", "75058", "130810", "138873"], "answers": ["Pronouns belong to the class of nouns"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1576", "query": "what is the collective term for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly?", "doc_id": ["114655", "134017", "134011"], "answers": ["Frequency", "Periodicity"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1501", "query": "what word can i use instead of tomorrow that is not connected with the idea of the rising sun?", "doc_id": ["107731", "175966", "83282", "134134"], "answers": ["day"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1185", "query": "meaning of hes got more bottle than a milkman", "doc_id": ["150549", "150596", "19957", "53160", "102414", "150587", "103947", "102422", "53150", "19952"], "answers": ["The courage or confidence needed to do something difficult or dangerous", "courage"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1055", "query": "what is the difference between software update and upgrade?", "doc_id": ["7658", "7659", "7661", "7663", "111830"], "answers": ["Update is a shortening of \"bring up to date\" and upgrade means to put at a higher grade"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-284", "query": "what is the difference between god and lord god?", "doc_id": ["25844", "184305", "1651", "35598", "1647", "44918", "1862"], "answers": ["Lord\u201d is a title of respect; \u201cGod\u201d is a description"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-646", "query": "real time, real-time or realtime", "doc_id": ["22649", "22648", "92202"], "answers": ["All three are correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-237", "query": "is 2 in the morning am or pm?", "doc_id": ["114516", "59266", "36741", "20163", "83188", "36742", "2922", "99814", "76455", "192969", "135696", "16403", "3635"], "answers": ["but 2 AM is 2 in the morning, not night"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1655", "query": "\u201cthank you very much\u201d vs. \u201cthank you so much\u201d", "doc_id": ["58347", "58345"], "answers": ["Thank you very much\" is a little more formal, and \"Thank you so much\" is less formal"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-520", "query": "is month to month hyphenated?", "doc_id": ["108289", "134703", "148005", "100120", "91080", "84512", "32985", "199019", "134336", "125816", "6281"], "answers": ["You should hyphenate month-to-month"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1620", "query": "what does five-ten one-twenty mean?", "doc_id": ["149045", "149043", "149044"], "answers": ["physical measurements: 5'10\", 120 pounds", "a typical model's height and weight, '5 foot 10 inches tall and weighing 120 lbs"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-622", "query": "is there a word used to describe a weekend plus a one-day holiday?", "doc_id": ["176942", "176944", "176950", "188957", "42023", "184050", "57796", "84510", "194862", "143491"], "answers": ["long weekend", "three-day weekend", "four-day weekend", "bank holiday weekend", "holiday weekend"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-746", "query": "are referees and umpires the same thing?", "doc_id": ["16476", "120167", "29713", "183975"], "answers": ["a \"referee\" and an \"umpire\" are essentially the same thing"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-623", "query": "what is the correct term for paper that has become wet and deformed as it dried out?", "doc_id": ["113444", "92661", "113389"], "answers": ["Cockled", "Warped"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1744", "query": "when did while and whilst become interchangeable?", "doc_id": ["190853"], "answers": ["by the early 19th century"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-669", "query": "another greeting aside from i hope you are well in an email?", "doc_id": ["63360", "130309", "76524"], "answers": ["Hope your day is going well", "Hope this email finds you well/in good shape"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-341", "query": "what does it mean when someone says good for you?", "doc_id": ["3338", "3328", "18289", "16094", "127162", "68601"], "answers": ["used to show approval for someone's success or good luck", "Congratulations!\" and \"That's great!\", or as a word of praise"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-800", "query": "what is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?", "doc_id": ["1329", "1335", "111424", "60251", "140823", "13985", "14549", "123086", "52900", "179747", "8218", "8219", "139471", "150944", "7634", "142089", "166731", "196424", "40569", "131094", "5633", "3355", "142763", "50665", "110216", "186223", "178409", "160324", "127057", "31268", "89620", "83096", "172494"], "answers": ["to indicate that a direct quote has been edited"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-52", "query": "why does quadratic describe second power when quad means four?", "doc_id": ["70364", "70327", "13516", "41177", "70328", "22133", "186721", "175461", "32915"], "answers": ["Quadri-, quadru-, quadr- is a Latin prefix related to the verb quadrare \u2018to make square"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-248", "query": "how did the letter z come to be associated with sleeping/snoring?", "doc_id": ["15657", "47412", "15594", "41815", "162086", "79976"], "answers": ["because human snoring often sounds like the pronunciation of the letter", "zzzz (or z-z-z-z) is sound of snoring", "ZZZZZZ = Sawing Wood = Snoring Sound"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-609", "query": "is there an antonym for \u201ccapitalize\u201d (as in letter-case)?", "doc_id": ["36856", "58075", "27998", "11487", "36850", "170076", "8388", "194384", "8380"], "answers": ["lowercase", "decapitalize", "uncapitalize"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-401", "query": "is unabashed a negative word?", "doc_id": ["135103"], "answers": ["It does have a slight negative connotation"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1227", "query": "is it spelt na\u00efve or naive?", "doc_id": ["7307", "130771", "128832", "40013", "38857", "128350", "165140", "1488", "67463", "9659", "113630", "1493", "174233", "164020", "75987"], "answers": ["The dieresis is optional"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-386", "query": "period of 25 years is called?", "doc_id": ["33213", "33211"], "answers": ["silver jubilee or silver anniversary", "quarter century", "quadranscentennial"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1924", "query": "number agreement when using \u201c(s)\u201d for optional plural", "doc_id": ["175430", "48527", "166253"], "answers": ["be prepared to adjust the surrounding context as necessary: for example, \u201cthe award(s) is (are) accounted for", "A parenthetical plural verb must correspond to the parenthetical ending"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-953", "query": "generic word for uni-, bi-, tricycle, etc.?", "doc_id": ["140018", "140156", "140019", "140056", "191982", "131476"], "answers": ["cycle", "velocipede", "Velocipede", "Pedal cycle"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1754", "query": "why did the letter \u201co\u201d disappear in the word \u201cpronunciation\u201d?", "doc_id": ["94263", "94292", "20920"], "answers": ["because it never had one", "the 'O' got squashed out of the root by \"rhythmic clipping"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1598", "query": "what causes the pronunciation nucular?", "doc_id": ["16585", "64753", "183819", "120081", "66478", "263"], "answers": ["the unusual and disfavored sequence [kli.\u0259r] is gradually transformed to a more acceptable configuration via metathesis"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-469", "query": "grammatically correct sentence where youre and your can be interchanged?", "doc_id": ["94698"], "answers": ["I love you and your cooking. b. I love you and you're cooking", "I despise you and your smoking. b. I despise you and you're smoking"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-832", "query": "when should farther and further be used?", "doc_id": ["2495", "70756", "72599", "102362", "125745", "66374", "152525", "11363"], "answers": ["Farther is used for distance. Further is used for all other purposes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-413", "query": "how is deque commonly pronounced?", "doc_id": ["98332", "98211", "97802", "67138"], "answers": ["same as \"deck", "d\u025bk/, just like the word deck", "deck"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1776", "query": "what is the difference between here we go and there we go?", "doc_id": ["44158"], "answers": ["Here we go\u201d is frequently inclusive of the speaker, and \u201cThere we go\u201d frequently is not"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-794", "query": "is there a proper term for the arms of a star?", "doc_id": ["160754", "160769", "123326"], "answers": ["rays", "limbs"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-693", "query": "what is the difference between a parent and parents?", "doc_id": ["65549", "65551", "111076", "57096", "194527", "79451", "23873", "79452"], "answers": ["parents is plural for parent", "singular/plural difference"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-896", "query": "is it alright to use lowercase i or should you always use i (uppercase)?", "doc_id": ["25184", "54902", "98", "108", "179038", "14755", "54901", "55074", "19019", "19021"], "answers": ["The first-person pronoun should always be capitalized in English"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1079", "query": "is there any rule for the placement of space after and before parentheses?", "doc_id": ["3385", "3393", "3365", "7827", "6859", "8049", "99374", "14178"], "answers": ["Do not put a space after the opening or before the closing parenthesis"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1439", "query": "too much pills and liquor or too many pills and liquor?", "doc_id": ["99289", "99268", "99231", "99235", "72278", "167648"], "answers": ["The former (much) is correct", "too many pills and liquor"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1266", "query": "why is the zh (\u0292) sound so infrequent in english?", "doc_id": ["197467", "197469", "133267", "169527", "135676", "179429", "39697"], "answers": ["Old English did not have the phoneme /\u0292/ so there are no \"native\" English words with the phoneme /\u0292"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1696", "query": "should \u201chell\u201d be capitalized?", "doc_id": ["8381", "78317", "197400", "184089", "185870", "39086", "39653", "10228", "180355", "119337", "1340", "199161"], "answers": ["Hell\" is capitalized when it is used as a proper noun"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1016", "query": "are dress pants the same as slacks?", "doc_id": ["43180", "72432", "43189"], "answers": ["slacks = dress pants"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1494", "query": "a person who has a hard time throwing away unnecessary things", "doc_id": ["170945", "170942", "170319", "104935", "61747"], "answers": ["hoarder"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1287", "query": "what is the plural of scenario?", "doc_id": ["6751", "196847", "6750", "6749", "39341", "100662", "6748", "159837", "150150", "19233", "160422", "44432", "137540", "93115", "49772"], "answers": ["scenarios", "Scenarii"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1182", "query": "how come people say \u201cwould of\u201d?", "doc_id": ["180103", "180042", "165410", "180046", "1290", "20986", "180118", "180043", "191383", "195627"], "answers": ["in rapid conversation, the pronunciation of \"would've\" is basically the same as \"would of", "English speakers often contract \"would have\" into \"would've.\" This is pronounced identically (in some dialects) to \"would of,", "standard pronunciation of the contraction would\u2019ve", "the sounds of \"'ve\" and \"of\" in \"I would've bought two of them\" are very similar or identical"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-395", "query": "is it wholistic or holistic?", "doc_id": ["65541", "76859", "74785", "152164", "72282", "132889"], "answers": ["Wholistic is holistic, but spelled wrong", "Holistic\" is the formal academic spelling of the word", "wholistic\" is an Anglican version of the spelling"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-435", "query": "what are the semi vowels in english alphabet?", "doc_id": ["122163", "122175", "5985", "63158", "118058", "122408", "14699", "12392", "162537", "123467", "19562", "77059", "185353", "148342"], "answers": ["y' and 'w' in Yell and Well"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-206", "query": "what does it mean when someone says sweet surrender?", "doc_id": ["47341", "47342", "73172", "121438", "99046", "50209", "52568", "168815", "149490", "145264", "35112", "95456", "106389"], "answers": ["In wider sense: Giving up, resignation, abandonment", "abandoning all strife and resistance", "To surrender here is to give in to one's emotions and not resist them"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1106", "query": "plural of an initialism that ends with the letter s", "doc_id": ["1957", "91166", "22100", "14581", "32922", "1938"], "answers": ["OSes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-482", "query": "am is are was were will be?", "doc_id": ["704", "705", "706", "18316", "191072", "57813", "66031", "61016", "191397", "94837", "12536", "170247", "171272", "106275", "160925", "68400", "48072", "176151", "160892", "29390", "31740", "24801", "24092", "3761", "132663", "48644", "72563", "49181", "141183", "35549", "180522", "139583", "72577"], "answers": ["forms of the verb to be"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-172", "query": "what does it mean when someone says you lot?", "doc_id": ["126172", "44534", "23260", "71348", "185094"], "answers": ["You lot\" is a mainly British colloquialism for \"You people"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1726", "query": "should los angeles rhyme with cheese or less", "doc_id": ["160349"], "answers": ["the American pronunciation does not; rather, it nearly rhymes with scandalous"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-108", "query": "what is the correct possessive for nouns ending in \u2011s?", "doc_id": ["189042", "108958", "53987", "139182", "189658", "88471", "23321", "44755", "33155", "139599", "59177", "24061", "158782", "8965", "85188", "32256", "65157", "175193", "130146", "640", "77709", "83444", "31936", "13617", "50281", "98043", "189916", "7031", "194827", "29623", "161196", "20820", "118701", "189917", "168827", "46474", "166737", "88565", "68648", "2377", "186798", "2362", "47630", "134915", "46708", "120583", "132992"], "answers": ["by adding an apostrophe after the plural -s", "For singular nouns that end in -s, the possessive is formed by adding -'s"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1515", "query": "what is a work wife?", "doc_id": ["172492", "172483"], "answers": ["A \"work spouse\" is also referred to as \"workplace spouse\", \"work wife", "a trusted confidante, a source of other forms of emotional support in the workplace"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-470", "query": "what is the difference between light off and light out?", "doc_id": ["31476", "72601"], "answers": ["there isn't any difference"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-595", "query": "what is the type of english used in the king james bible called?", "doc_id": ["185688", "185685", "185697", "93078", "182864", "144572", "89056", "187912", "16191", "65210", "50388", "192240", "142395"], "answers": ["Early Modern English", "Elizabethan English"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1087", "query": "usage of many vs many a?", "doc_id": ["128265", "14729", "166587", "2707", "85023", "147866", "113215", "56888", "166608", "188263", "113205", "106780", "147867", "109640", "24964"], "answers": ["Many a is a somewhat archaic or poetic or literary way of saying many", "many a is followed by a singular countable noun and takes a singular verb with it", "Many\" indicates a large quantity. \"Many a\" indicates a non-small quantity"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-163", "query": "which is correct, dataset or data set?", "doc_id": ["190513", "104383", "68449", "149987", "44143", "146817"], "answers": ["data set"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-532", "query": "is not as a contraction?", "doc_id": ["46849", "167663", "90292", "117320", "5386", "24814", "163110", "123224", "40349", "184197"], "answers": ["The contraction of \"is not\" is \"isn't."]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1764", "query": "is there a term for grammatical mistakes as a result of trying too hard?", "doc_id": ["10870", "139455", "51593", "611", "51595", "143610", "70918", "176988", "69046", "51594", "52290", "51610", "105116", "172898"], "answers": ["Hypercorrection", "hypercorrection", "superstandard\" or \"supercorrect"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-254", "query": "why do wh question words in english so consistently map to q words in latin?", "doc_id": ["154274", "75058", "146039", "15389", "159753", "2050"], "answers": ["Both sets of words come from a Proto-Indo-European root *k\u02b7(o)"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-243", "query": "what does \u201cl. s. d.\u201d stand for?", "doc_id": ["150997", "150961", "150983", "112099", "144657", "163893", "28920", "146907", "56884", "69934"], "answers": ["commonly-used variant of \"\u00a3sd\" for \"pounds, shillings, and pence", "Pounds Shillings and Pence"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1362", "query": "is equal to or equals", "doc_id": ["39121", "39122", "76573"], "answers": ["Both are grammatically correct and mean the same"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1121", "query": "debussy as term for bathroom?", "doc_id": ["184668"], "answers": ["Debussy\" is a phonetic representation of pronouncing \"WC"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1175", "query": "what is the american word for tea-towel?", "doc_id": ["91846", "91899", "91954", "182699"], "answers": ["Dish towels", "Dish towel"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-961", "query": "detail or details? read on for more detail/details", "doc_id": ["59849", "59876", "61539", "123786", "150865", "177737", "2107", "134705", "156510", "59479", "59857", "176178"], "answers": ["detail\" is both singular and plural for particulars", "details\" probably reads better", "Details\" is correct, because you've already been provided with one or more details"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-582", "query": "what is the proper plural form of apparatus?", "doc_id": ["69026", "69027", "198222", "32805", "86989", "95501"], "answers": ["apparatuses"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-435", "query": "are there any words i can use to disambiguate biweekly?", "doc_id": ["28486", "28869", "28471", "144999", "175639", "31181", "123410", "10664", "123413", "28582", "10663"], "answers": ["Use fortnightly for \"once every two weeks\", and twice a week for, well, \"twice a week", "Americans won't understand or are uncomfortable with fortnight so, to be safe, use the aforementioned every other week", "if you're trying to avoid ambiguity, then go with something like \"twice a week", "To avoid confusion, it is better to use the prefix semi- to mean \u201ctwice each"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-634", "query": "how macro in computer programming came about", "doc_id": ["20482", "20483", "26350"], "answers": ["originated in early assemblers, which encouraged the use of macros as a structuring and information-hiding device"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-418", "query": "what are the rules for splitting words at the end of a line?", "doc_id": ["222", "12491", "198224"], "answers": ["APA Style Guide, Section 1.A.9 Do not hyphenate (split) words at the end of a line"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-657", "query": "is it pike or pipe?", "doc_id": ["32037", "1411", "1413", "199296", "98800", "140070"], "answers": ["The original expression was \"coming down the pike"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-54", "query": "what is the difference between a motor and an engine in a car?", "doc_id": ["23613", "23617"], "answers": ["an engine converts energy into mechanical work. A motor is a subset of engines that produce motion"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-853", "query": "does staff take a plural verb?", "doc_id": ["1920", "1919", "119500", "179814", "89089", "91084", "178201", "111111", "144256", "45717", "13969", "176877", "27350", "41520"], "answers": ["In British English, one can say \"our staff do\", because they use plural verbal agreement"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-890", "query": "what is the difference between the best and better?", "doc_id": ["32016", "32014", "97001", "18981", "175477", "92543", "92558", "160490", "145488", "179721", "32013", "180608", "81908", "107741", "37261", "193285", "129256"], "answers": ["When you use best, you say it in absolute terms. While better is used in relative terms", "When something is best, its position is uncontested. While better suggests 'compared to others, this is one is good", "Better\" is a comparative, i.e. it is a relationship between two things. \"Best\" is a superlative"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1020", "query": "is upto one word or two?", "doc_id": ["154575", "154578", "80064", "98893", "124664", "72598", "36727", "83138", "199670", "179062", "42776", "129186", "192473", "30255", "35749", "10689", "93234", "80812", "86279", "53499", "109170", "169903", "22291", "132941", "35856", "91074", "152838", "159021", "191845", "33007", "153519", "69279", "81123", "81998"], "answers": ["two"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-78", "query": "a guy who only cares about money?", "doc_id": ["159708", "159710", "159700", "135750", "171408", "146633"], "answers": ["Avaricious", "moneygrubber", "moneygrubber is \"a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.", "Mercenary"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-232", "query": "why is the word holy used before swear words?", "doc_id": ["88411", "52100", "88374", "76521"], "answers": ["to intensify the \"wrongness\" of the curse"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-953", "query": "what is the meaning of this proverb many a little makes a mickle?", "doc_id": ["15443", "15433", "196382", "15436", "58628", "140584", "112000"], "answers": ["can accumulate a great deal by many small savings", "Many small efforts can end up giving a big result"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-856", "query": "is it upto or up to?", "doc_id": ["154575", "154578", "24607", "1280", "9208", "47656", "179148", "179171", "101581", "129186", "149318", "14781", "81123", "41386", "81126", "106474", "17769", "30740", "41391", "41376", "74729", "41394", "167771", "6935", "164743", "127703", "50973"], "answers": ["up to", "two words"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-797", "query": "meaning of reach out to somebody", "doc_id": ["47071", "47070", "130660", "107701", "142873", "47072", "98741", "89119", "41085", "180389", "142868", "163597"], "answers": ["to initiate contact with someone", "To call or email"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-526", "query": "what does \u201cbarack obama\u2019s real crime is presiding while black\u201d mean?", "doc_id": ["59923"], "answers": ["those who criticize Obama would do so no matter what he does as President because he is black"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1", "query": "what is the best reply for excuse me?", "doc_id": ["9890", "9891", "96453", "17719"], "answers": ["Certainly"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1290", "query": "is must ever grammatical as a past tense verb?", "doc_id": ["28681", "28679", "28680", "2716", "60935", "186592", "94704", "28678", "195728", "111785", "31404", "182967", "139152", "28695", "176938", "28115", "11722", "32094", "51655", "53868", "49181", "164264", "176743", "166979", "132773", "166984", "103092", "40496", "121554", "172214", "182557", "156485", "4427", "195369", "103787", "12423", "180994", "148377"], "answers": ["must does not seem to have a past tense", "To express the past tense of must another verb is used"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-758", "query": "what does it mean when someone says period?", "doc_id": ["59235", "42396", "186290", "23106", "38296", "110317", "75442", "121466", "59236", "38297", "186881", "133513"], "answers": ["the things said in the sentence are definite and no change is allowed", "a way of expressing the finality of what is being said", "used for emphasis"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-437", "query": "is there a word for four times as much, analogous to once, twice, and thrice?", "doc_id": ["19493", "133952", "3820", "3819", "123868"], "answers": ["No", "Not according to the Oxford dictionaries", "These three are the only words of their type, and no further terms in the series"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-748", "query": "how many birds in the bush?", "doc_id": ["9993", "173836", "141331", "190500", "182995", "184098", "184099", "184122"], "answers": ["two"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1878", "query": "will grammar errors become correct after enough people use them for enough time?", "doc_id": ["96566", "152479", "186999", "52290", "173533"], "answers": ["improper usage becomes proper when people of letters begin incorporating the error as standard usage"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-156", "query": "what does the phrase stay hungry. stay foolish mean?", "doc_id": ["24940", "26089", "35691", "138053"], "answers": ["encouragement to keep a state of learning and open state of mind"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-370", "query": "how are empires different from kingdoms?", "doc_id": ["57432", "34961", "34945", "34985", "34978", "34962"], "answers": ["empires are the result of expansion which engulfs other kingdoms"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1070", "query": "is my bad a correct english phrase?", "doc_id": ["2958", "35805", "58468", "10120", "169377", "138420", "38391", "117191", "139134", "58470", "59061", "88301"], "answers": ["Yes, \"my bad\" is a proper English phrase"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1324", "query": "when to drop the e when ending in -able?", "doc_id": ["6673", "164183", "87611", "75706", "19377", "183297", "53629", "157952", "30936", "112219", "46444", "8264"], "answers": ["add a suffix that begins with a vowel, drop the \"e"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-644", "query": "a number of questions has been or have been asked?", "doc_id": ["71139", "127155", "189303", "94631", "55386", "193524", "44738", "76178", "117315", "94715", "3028", "191700", "185256", "41689", "13686", "89089", "77683", "179835", "117587", "107855", "176246", "13672", "90810", "51971", "49730", "57553", "3017"], "answers": ["A number of questions have been asked here"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-794", "query": "would you mind if i use or used?", "doc_id": ["95448", "47969", "173726", "56963"], "answers": ["Both tenses of the verb are correct and either can be used"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-982", "query": "what is the difference between hemisphere and semisphere?", "doc_id": ["159685", "39478", "115079"], "answers": ["no difference when describing a shape"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-283", "query": "can you begin a sentence with due to?", "doc_id": ["37871", "37888", "86293", "123924", "45664", "46450", "67654", "30512", "160102", "96159", "166853", "120328", "38391", "61838", "130511", "37870", "171094", "57398", "183782", "98834", "79374", "187397", "47858"], "answers": ["there is no problem in beginning a sentence with due to"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1141", "query": "dos and donts or dos and donts?", "doc_id": ["16494", "79101", "4043", "16495", "8253", "16493", "196916", "16498", "169024", "49325", "68409", "42646", "167663", "9312", "86943", "54416", "138919", "84441"], "answers": ["do's and don'ts"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-550", "query": "what are bold and italics called?", "doc_id": ["49932", "124321", "169507", "20122", "14535", "52505", "4927", "151484", "85280", "42288", "8930", "146548"], "answers": ["typographical emphasis"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-802", "query": "is there a difference between holiday and vacation?", "doc_id": ["17914", "130987", "65558", "57796", "150206", "17937", "36610", "155322"], "answers": ["In the UK \"going on holiday\" means taking time off, what Americans call \"going on vacation"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-264", "query": "why is this joke about elephants and quarts funny?", "doc_id": ["133342"], "answers": ["the joke is implying that volume of the elephant's ejaculate is rather large: a \"quart"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-796", "query": "what does \u201ccovfefe\u201d exactly mean?", "doc_id": ["153548", "153553"], "answers": ["Covfefe\u201d is a misspelling of the word \u201ccoverage"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-81", "query": "can obvious be used as a noun?", "doc_id": ["168384", "37543", "3688", "133497", "63079", "115337", "53497", "100899", "31805", "161094", "108901", "6339", "49176", "84360", "198046", "108527", "190158"], "answers": ["Obvious can itself be a noun", "You can speak of \u2018stating the obvious"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-936", "query": "what is the difference universe and world?", "doc_id": ["4179", "130781", "4181", "4180"], "answers": ["World = Earth while the Universe = earth and space"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-762", "query": "is upset the same as mad?", "doc_id": ["21744", "21725", "21724", "145140", "16523", "16530", "3625", "172143", "16524"], "answers": ["upset\" could be just very sad and tearful, whereas \"mad\" implies acting irrationally", "being \"upset\" is not quite the same as being \"mad"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-703", "query": "my shoes cant think; how can they be sensible?", "doc_id": ["168289", "196523", "32334", "32338", "102574", "63538"], "answers": ["mean useful rather than fashionable when referring to things like clothes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1216", "query": "which is correct: coming down the pike or pipe?", "doc_id": ["32037", "1411", "1413", "159053"], "answers": ["original expression was \"coming down the pike"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-744", "query": "word ending in -ine for rat-like", "doc_id": ["182335"], "answers": ["murine"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1443", "query": "is there any phrase for the coldest days of the winter?", "doc_id": ["192263", "192283", "192241", "192249", "161836", "131010", "46366", "146390"], "answers": ["dead of winter", "brass monkey weather", "depths of winter", "midwinter"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-198", "query": "why is it behead and not dehead?", "doc_id": ["94991"], "answers": ["be\u00adcause we al\u00adready had a verb be\u00adhead by the time we start\u00aded us\u00ading de- to cre\u00adate verbs"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1772", "query": "thanks or thank you?", "doc_id": ["19030", "96727"], "answers": ["Thanks\" is slightly more informal, but otherwise, they both mean the same"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-841", "query": "can okay start a sentence?", "doc_id": ["30512", "30472", "30475", "16214", "38391", "56410", "65245", "14398", "43938", "196601", "21295", "106480", "80473", "21292", "34715", "67654", "42721", "84866", "173450", "169270", "165803", "47372", "167226", "193939", "107214", "12488", "51374", "40136", "66631", "46", "100549", "168001", "127417", "183782"], "answers": ["Yes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1325", "query": "what do you call intellectual jobs?", "doc_id": ["142388", "142389", "142449"], "answers": ["white-collar", "knowledge work", "Knowledge work"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-246", "query": "when do i use i instead of me?", "doc_id": ["45308", "145803", "153105", "33605", "109416", "91296", "133198", "72475", "615", "191660", "13215", "139574", "37680", "9495", "100171", "135906", "74815", "166226", "189789", "160023", "85200", "121179", "96566", "442", "15411", "64597", "1246", "183695", "29594", "17437", "4738", "97891", "111999"], "answers": ["If a pronoun is the subject of a verb, then you use I"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-879", "query": "what is the meaning of off you go?", "doc_id": ["59319", "90716", "162199", "73624", "184420", "51650", "162198", "137015", "61778", "137043"], "answers": ["go away", "leave now"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1637", "query": "seemingly quintessentially british non-medical meaning for surgery", "doc_id": ["133437"], "answers": ["Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, similar to a doctor's surgery"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1118", "query": "what is the origin of the exclamation mark?", "doc_id": ["116504", "116518", "116502"], "answers": ["joy exclamation, \"io\" in Latin, abbreviated with a \"i\" above an \"o", "from a system devised in the 3rd century BCE by an Egyptian librarian named Aristophanes"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-906", "query": "why is wheres it grammatically incorrect?", "doc_id": ["117590", "117570", "117618"], "answers": ["stress in the sentence produces stress on \"is\", which can't receive stress when it's a clitic"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-782", "query": "are disdain and contempt the same?", "doc_id": ["121960"], "answers": ["Contempt is the mental judgment, disdain is the feeling it produces"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1003", "query": "what is it called when you make someone choose between two things?", "doc_id": ["112124", "95766", "164193", "160387", "18825", "110354", "182306", "95767", "109185", "50314", "96946", "65507"], "answers": ["Dilemma"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1799", "query": "fine semantic differences between thus and therefore", "doc_id": ["17686", "17685", "100651", "69742", "3001"], "answers": ["thus puts more focus on the argument as a whole and the way it leads towards the conclusion"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-952", "query": "what is the difference between increase and increment?", "doc_id": ["47829", "47830", "47831", "99152", "132325", "184181", "99133", "169132"], "answers": ["increment' indicates an increase in regular steps, whereas 'increase' has a wider, more general usage"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1771", "query": "english notation for hour, minutes and seconds", "doc_id": ["97753", "72156"], "answers": ["The best option is hh:mm:ss", "You can also suffix the digits with the unit, such as 1h 12m 23s"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-814", "query": "which preposition to use with rename?", "doc_id": ["50503", "50499", "175071", "124828", "198970", "124640", "103533"], "answers": ["to", "as"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1674", "query": "use of capitals and full stops in bullet points", "doc_id": ["30857", "30854", "5579", "121491", "153185", "180972", "172756", "166194", "54356", "8705", "84910", "97140", "154370", "186152", "98457", "6219", "41128", "24056"], "answers": ["Items carry no closing punctuation unless they consist of complete sentences", "do not end with a period or other punctuation unless it is a complete sentence"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-534", "query": "noone, no one or no-one?", "doc_id": ["4966", "134429", "125120", "173368", "86505", "128933"], "answers": ["no one"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-532", "query": "what is the proper name for am and pm?", "doc_id": ["20163", "185663"], "answers": ["Meridiem Indicator"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1790", "query": "origin of the idiom go south", "doc_id": ["59640", "23762", "110469", "53163"], "answers": ["The use of south as in the phrase go south stems from the 1920s", "appears to be of U.S. origin"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1127", "query": "unknown usage of verb pit", "doc_id": ["148897", "148878"], "answers": ["PIT maneuver, or precision immobilization technique"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-959", "query": "what does it mean when something is key?", "doc_id": ["19070", "187841", "134700", "165572", "189535", "191865", "68676", "169957", "3670", "172864", "126436", "28707", "193414", "133629", "173699", "37177", "172762", "23844", "161721", "115474", "164225", "105028", "162125", "74642"], "answers": ["the only, or most important, factor"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-969", "query": "what is the difference between kind and polite?", "doc_id": ["25036", "25042", "25021", "25024", "25022", "25023", "25027"], "answers": ["Polite\" has to do with presentation, \"Kindness\" has to do with act or action"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1158", "query": "where do shenanigans come from?", "doc_id": ["67429", "67344"], "answers": ["Irish \"sionnochwigham\" = I play tricks", "its origin is from Erse (Irish Gaelic)"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1633", "query": "is there a word for the time span between an old king and a new king?", "doc_id": ["111515", "111516", "111749", "111517", "195540", "194740", "111518"], "answers": ["interregnum", "Interregnum", "interstitial or perhaps interstice"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-808", "query": "neither michael nor albert is correct or neither michael nor albert are correct?", "doc_id": ["738", "681", "65984", "38391", "174971", "184916", "88531", "115881", "65922", "168590", "101896", "2023", "153037", "33849", "8235", "57005", "32010", "180617", "181160", "23873", "163341", "192926", "95383", "125040", "59564", "143605", "78021", "191614", "152063", "193032", "50836", "71129", "161439", "148841", "83474", "105355", "186201", "40249", "64555", "160670", "31136", "153213", "26945", "104580"], "answers": ["Neither Michael nor Albert is correct"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1298", "query": "difference between commentor and commentator", "doc_id": ["1461", "1375", "1387", "1390", "11657", "11616", "11627", "6535"], "answers": ["commentator is someone who commentates. A commenter is someone who comments"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-647", "query": "is using passive voice bad form?", "doc_id": ["18566", "18554", "1646", "18557", "134445", "68083", "196055", "77863", "77864", "199610", "152010", "174905", "77868", "50974", "1875", "82954", "122361", "38964", "140970", "192079", "159955", "105795", "82953", "108475", "170589", "193709", "95138", "157807", "172158", "37177", "159319", "194598", "36243", "317", "147376", "112766", "99872", "182380", "12305", "173624"], "answers": ["there's nothing wrong with using the passive form", "there's nothing objectively wrong with the passive voice"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-556", "query": "what is the difference between thee and thou?", "doc_id": ["65309", "196942", "1930", "12861", "40309", "118675", "187535"], "answers": ["Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-933", "query": "on the other hand without the first hand", "doc_id": ["11706", "62336", "11709", "19600", "32857", "29528", "11721", "147079", "62334", "81865", "196754", "36372", "103512", "94982"], "answers": ["say \"on the other hand\" without saying \"on the one hand\" first"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-723", "query": "have you onboard or aboard?", "doc_id": ["86990", "86985", "86992", "132997", "188954", "70406", "142625", "154996", "58438"], "answers": ["As you are now on board, welcome aboard the our vessel"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-511", "query": "referer or referrer", "doc_id": ["148777", "182921", "19029", "106944", "182931", "23910", "1235", "98714", "157786", "44166", "19031", "44095", "28266"], "answers": ["referrer"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-975", "query": "what is the difference between use and usage?", "doc_id": ["173274", "19856"], "answers": ["Usage is how something is used; the fact of something being used is use"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-920", "query": "what is the meaning of the expression come again?", "doc_id": ["11482", "87212", "36749", "29758", "1884", "3158", "81970"], "answers": ["say again", "could you say that again", "could you repeat what you just said"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-497", "query": "is there a word similar to reddening for the color blue?", "doc_id": ["94905", "131625", "95057", "94929", "94861", "160342"], "answers": ["Bluing/blueing is definitely a legitimate word, though may not be commonly used for the situation you describe"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1018", "query": "your fly is open you mean my flies?", "doc_id": ["157780", "157816", "157789", "196310", "47927"], "answers": ["your flies are undone"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-892", "query": "what is the difference between education and educational?", "doc_id": ["163454", "91473"], "answers": ["Educational - means something that educates, and it is an adjective Education - is a noun"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-414", "query": "a man who provides massage professionally?", "doc_id": ["73509", "162921", "73517", "150481"], "answers": ["masseur", "massagist", "massage therapist"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-992", "query": "is tossing and throwing the same thing?", "doc_id": ["119151", "39774", "130528", "119150"], "answers": ["Toss to me always suggests an underarm movement, whilst throw involves the full overarm action"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-455", "query": "why yep instead of yes?", "doc_id": ["1140", "1141", "1146", "193821", "192899", "190545", "1305"], "answers": ["Yep is used when it's the only word in the answer", "yep\" has a slightly dismissive tone"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1449", "query": "what does 8/7c mean?", "doc_id": ["8729", "8728", "14089"], "answers": ["convenient abbreviation of 8 p.m. Eastern Time; 7 p.m.", "8 o'clock Eastern Time, or 7 o'clock Central time"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1756", "query": "is it correct to hyphenate with compound premodifiers? if so, where is the hyphen placed?", "doc_id": ["16872", "1736", "181042", "19881", "187637", "3472", "43165", "23185", "179812", "169074", "47173", "44850", "50768", "134336", "33204", "100120", "122118", "113453", "43514", "1973", "181409", "152178", "158502", "177432", "175598", "69734", "5158", "117672", "82612"], "answers": ["based on Fowler's advice (which I find practical and logical), I would write filesystem-related or file-system-related"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-843", "query": "what is the difference between goods and merchandise?", "doc_id": ["79036", "79024", "147326", "92798"], "answers": ["Goods are things which some individuals and businesses both buy and sell. Merchandise is something which is sold"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1691", "query": "correct spelling/italicization of e.g., i.e.?", "doc_id": ["193567", "125823", "48154", "102793", "182075", "159474", "169452", "15315", "9315", "42093", "48256", "29096", "29404", "2234", "73259", "297", "23752", "27471", "94506", "53684"], "answers": ["In formal contexts, I would go with \"e.g.\" and \"i.e.\", with two periods and without a whitespace", "e.g., and i.e., Don't forget the comma"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-1044", "query": "what is the difference between an explanation and a description?", "doc_id": ["116314", "123717", "45364", "92323", "128184", "15346"], "answers": ["an explanation tells you why, by giving a theory of some sort, while a mere description doesn't do that"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-335", "query": "answer of how is your life going?", "doc_id": ["74656", "86647", "170365", "83621", "23522", "9375", "94762", "33249", "116733", "9392", "37360", "94761", "136150", "155953", "76560", "51360"], "answers": ["Just fine"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-211", "query": "what is the difference between make decision and take decision?", "doc_id": ["94254", "3600", "43005", "109298", "164088"], "answers": ["there appears to be no difference in meaning"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-714", "query": "is tidings singular or plural?", "doc_id": ["124832", "92280", "119500", "44212", "49142"], "answers": ["the singular form of \u201ctidings\u201d is simply \u201ctidings"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1808", "query": "parenthetical pluralization of words ending in -y", "doc_id": ["28602", "79105", "44053", "77663"], "answers": ["separate them with a slash: party/parties", "uncertain plural ending in \"y\": part(y/ies"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1667", "query": "is both singular?", "doc_id": ["101476", "176511", "21086", "34226", "193323", "15749", "110443", "15750", "172786", "84306", "90857", "77204", "34227", "68288", "65221", "5974", "31965", "77100", "2827", "51016", "45003"], "answers": ["Both is definitely plural"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1523", "query": "from which language has english borrowed the most words?", "doc_id": ["10623", "188173", "87586"], "answers": ["it's a draw between French and Latin"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-875", "query": "are poems and poetry the same?", "doc_id": ["25751", "80899", "80885", "112817", "80886"], "answers": ["Poetry refers to the art form itself. Poems means multiple instances of that art form"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-986", "query": "president is to presidential as moderator is to what?", "doc_id": ["138936", "139005"], "answers": ["moderatorial"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-684", "query": "what do you call a child for whom you act as a guardian / custodian?", "doc_id": ["140981", "140979", "141050", "152973", "131827", "175712", "165519", "20510", "8916", "131826", "49255", "99562", "156914", "33712"], "answers": ["ward", "charge"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-16", "query": "are whores and horse homophones?", "doc_id": ["138909", "138657", "138701", "156920", "174608", "51144", "182782"], "answers": ["not homophones "]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-645", "query": "punctuation with units", "doc_id": ["1701", "55490", "54439", "48679", "1640", "9170"], "answers": ["a space is always used to separate the unit from the number"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-443", "query": "what was \u201cherbal tea\u201d called before \u2018tea\u2019 was introduced in europe?", "doc_id": ["132891", "132570"], "answers": ["Tisane. an infusion (as of dried herbs) used as a beverage or for medicinal effects", "pocioun\", Middle English \"drynkyng medecyne"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-513", "query": "is feedback a countable noun?", "doc_id": ["80330", "165657", "165687", "121509"], "answers": ["not a countable noun"]}
{"q_id": "writing-forum-test-1085", "query": "why do we say incomplete but uncompleted?", "doc_id": ["92728", "172560", "172542"], "answers": ["Since it's an English verb, it uses the English negative prefix un-, not the Latin in-"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-365", "query": "what is the difference between personnel and employee?", "doc_id": ["124993", "169140", "140505"], "answers": ["personnel refers to many people and employee refers to one individual"]}
{"q_id": "writing-search-test-497", "query": "are appetizers and starters the same thing?", "doc_id": ["51275", "49274", "149362", "100187", "124066"], "answers": ["they are synonyms"]}