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| | q_idwriting-search-test-551querywhat is the difference between specificity and specification?doc_id69996170835answersspecificity refers to a quality and specification refers to a description of a subject |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1091querywhats the literal meaning of real estate?doc_id366263662336630100602624481040331448579729592798768781167361812728811186834164605answersimmobile / fixed portion of one\u2019s estate, that is, landphysical property |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1205queryrevealing that someone else is gay \u2014 counterpart to come outdoc_id58007579405198851957116811121948519568540185377answersoutingOuting |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1662querywhat does the idiom/phrase but i digress mean?doc_id7697310867018649943760770051365427698112268455368947071365693463111815217609976294511281930901045491645631404651306answersThe phrase is indicating self-consciousness of being off-topic, and therefore a return back to the original topicwe have strayed off topic |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-590querycorrect term for a person working two jobs secretlydoc_id13899213899170794137868141788answersmoonlighting |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1259queryetymology of the nick used in nickname?doc_id137621137622137794137624173631117795140116answersnickname is a variant of eke-name, with eke an Old English root meaning \, additional nameeke name (eke means additional), misinterpreted by wrong division, as a neke name-ik, -ick, word-forming element making adjectives, \]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , ], : [, is more common in the U.S. and that \ is more common in the U.K |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-85querywhat is it called when you believe there is a higher power?doc_id142316706301616852540314232010110419432882080152136104101178967667682082answersThe generic theist works fine here: belief in the existence of a god or gods |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-858querywhat is the difference between a notebook and notepad?doc_id24478answersnotebooks are sturdier and more likely to stay in one piece, while notepads are flimsiernotepads are flimsier and more likely to have pages removed |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-311queryhow do you pronounce git?doc_id266962672226697167541answersa hard G and a short I, so [\u0261\u026atThe word is pronounced [\u0261\u026at[g\u026at] is the expected pronunciation. |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-131querywhat does tl;dr mean and how is it used?doc_id918429166491670507984883091668175163112798645747778291019996311268answersmean, \]} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , , , , , , ], : [ describes the wider act of having been infirmed and gone to the hospital building |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-544querywhy god in godparent?doc_id176756176815176757176901answersrefers to the \u201crole\u201d of the godparents as God\u2019s vicarGodparents, to an extent, acted as 'parents' in the eyes of godit was a promise before God, that said person would take responsibility for their Godchildto reflect the view that the sponsors enter into a spiritual relationship with the baptized person |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-332querywhat is the difference between desktop background and wallpaper?doc_id3520835206answerswallpaper refers to the image, background refers to a concept in a multi-windowed environment |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-194queryhow is y\u2019all\u2019dn\u2019t\u2019ve pronounceddoc_id129172129167129204answersYaw woot nuh\]} |
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| | q_idwriting-forum-test-153querywhats wrong with ill open you the door?doc_id46845804664684715319462082answersis 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?\, ]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , ], : [ 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_idwriting-forum-test-1361querybest before says 11 ma 23; is it may or march?doc_id12527125291254017166965419160829147928150039answersMayMA=May |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-588queryusing utilize instead of use?doc_id1314052534211040739531144639521144811447157930100369answersutilise is (in principle, at least) a somewhat more precise word than use |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-791querywhere in the bible does it say quiver?doc_id96454180595answersPsalm 127 |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-629querywhat does arruginated mean?doc_id160629160548answersgrooved |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-502querywhat is the difference between so far and thus far?doc_id575053947883795972209716810823answersno significant difference between the two |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-436queryhave an ax to grind origin?doc_id73253167664101803answersoriginates from the act of sharpening an axe with a grinding wheel |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-806queryyour flies are undone meaning?doc_id157801157828197039answersyour 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_idwriting-search-test-627queryis it gonna or going to?doc_id722715832212328511040911386018316120862961838611232241501602536056869547701671099161094837173033629561411451501585535911863103718584369568075122420answersGonna\going to |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-839querywhat is the difference between tire and tyre?doc_id1273124613555784answersTire is the preferred spelling in the U.S. and Canada. Tyre is preferred in most varieties of English outside North America |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1310queryis using the possessive s correct in the cars antenna?doc_id602607539871172519091211491744755161196493221203971665778344437845452720820102261514265038818679828546answersUsing -'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_idwriting-forum-test-740queryis seafood inclusive of seaweed?doc_id152894152958answersplant 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_idwriting-forum-test-1409querywhy was the th combination chosen for the th sound?doc_id16189653818145277608answersthere were no typefaces for thorn \u00fe or eth \u00f0, and English printers were forced to use \ |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1153queryis it a good practice to refer to countries, ships etc using the feminine form?doc_id1205567240answersoptional figure of speech, and is advised against by most journalistic style guides |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1134querycomprise or comprise ofdoc_id5388853884answersactive voice, COMPRISE is not followed by OF but when used in the passive voice, it is followed by OF |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-283querywhen ending a list with etc., should there be a comma before etc.?doc_id89991000925085002685614502318665215993983565111852answersthe correct version is: red, green, blue, etc |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-662queryis the word hitherto outdated?doc_id165575165638179690answersby no means |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-737querywhat are the specific parts of eating utensils called?doc_id180673answersA fork merges at its neck into a root carrying prongs or tines |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-269querywhat is the purpose of using the word automagically when we already have automatically?doc_id12305615341153421537015356answersused jokingly, implying that something happens both automatically and as if by magicimplication of a deep appreciation of the cleverness of whatever secret process makes the system work |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1654querydifference between warm regards and best regardsdoc_id26310answersWarm sounds a bit warmer than best, but basically the two are interchangeable |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1170querywhat does the idiom \u201cfunny as hell\u201d mean?doc_id1712051712061117245498answersvery funnyvery, very funny |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-32queryis it front-end, frontend, or front end?doc_id19882752316350813907210619717214619972177717answersfront end\front-end\, (noun) \ (adjective |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-854queryare mad and upset the same thing?doc_id2174421724217251653036256430436921answersMad means: enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry. While upset means: to disturb mentally or emotionally; perturbupset\mad\, is not quite the same as being \]} |
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| | q_idwriting-search-test-853querywhat is the difference between well-known and popular?doc_id45504531453215186413399245384533140440answersFamous means well known. Popular means well-liked |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1297querywhat does google-fu mean?doc_id1154311544115421154116700215730019222674613715611473137058answersmastery of GoogleGoogling skillthe 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_idwriting-forum-test-461queryinputted or inputdoc_id1762717628125612answersMy NOAD lists input and inputted both as acceptable participles |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-673queryis it grammatically correct to say many a times?doc_id972966860668756444424964623526003866853105890answers\ is wrongthe expression \ is either a typo, or else it is not standard usage |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1365querythe british pronunciation of the word scheduledoc_id1390615226313914185434answersshed-yul/\u02c8s\u025bdju\u02d0l/ |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-1023querywhat does it mean when a guy tells you i got you?doc_id19216320360888151114017512855261answersI'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_idwriting-search-test-844queryis dupe short for duplicate?doc_id102277182246answersOxford Dictionary acknowledges dupe as an abbreviation of duplicateShort for duplicate |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-561queryare you back in or to?doc_id386333862938631answersNow I am back in London |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1225querywhat does p.u. (in reference to stinkiness) stand for?doc_id1498615006answerspee-youshortened term for puteo |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-491queryis wtf an acronym or initialism?doc_id2860421512918611547971394168992799817082359021796351757928155228222765989502166230215961139161376682851149459266802918930072answersinitialism |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-130querywhat is the difference between cook and cooker?doc_id95501answersThe word \u2018cook\u2019 refers to a person who cooks food or prepares food. On the other hand |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-87querywhat is difference between leaving and going?doc_id18801answersGo\leave\]} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ], : [, , in a metaphoric sense as the seat of things like emotion, strength, and courage |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1248querywhy do newspaper headlines use strange syntax rules?doc_id122314332923131673878786019571214417121941106968783881291724121100464086143228774164775191217964026519865722answersto use less space on the page |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-773querya man who behaves dishonourably?doc_id95886130683157607130616160284130618966511032371460821469771296731306971947281055278785135328answersa 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_idwriting-search-test-560queryis the prefix for possible?doc_id7275931171110084answersIt 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_idwriting-forum-test-1270querycomplete the job, as directed. there is a comma. why?doc_id13787191640151984327651832193276915405112367891616161830267823302170692143356120901145097133927180700answersThe comma after \u201cjob\u201d tells us that the phrase as directed is non-restrictive |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-647queryis picky a bad word?doc_id108732108694163146106580224648605074008195714880517378104888answersgenerally has a negative connotation |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-400querywhat word denotes a belief that apparently inanimate objects actually express a malicious, autonomous will?doc_id7747777692179538answersResistentialismresistentialism |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1916querywhere [if anywhere] should the apostrophe go in three days work?doc_id168051680613470315094143296245689429152824260472930176590393111590921452531829865242317775465073186798179074194827170389161196747473920369000132886156453539873054233155120397166577119346177758671304330122946answersThree days' work\" is correct", "three days' work |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1923queryenglish equivalent of komorebi (\u6728\u6f0f\u308c\u65e5) \u2014 sunshine filtering through leavesdoc_id82821826568164481655170661146685answersdappled sunlightSunshine filtering through leaves\u201d is perfectly good English, and seems to be the only exact English equivalentThere is no single word, but the conjunction of \ and \ and \ is the usual evocative usage |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-2querydid english ever have a formal version of you?doc_id1141053027710298555981969425599560117147379179102785answersyou actually is the formal, originally plural version |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-169queryis you\u2019re a better man than i am, gunga din! still considered a compliment in english?doc_id19988515284196666152774152820157813131546answersit isn't a compliment", "no longer considered a compliment", "it's also of its era and so was and remains complimentary |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-325queryis it grammatically correct to start a sentence with then?doc_id1710941388831011711367631010721177091734501011651756467078144136177148556162141811576765482260181051170513answersYes |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-665querywhat is the word for pronouncing \u2018th\u2019 as \u2018v\u2019 as part of your english accent?doc_id168304168303198899137082133728answersth-fronting |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-613querywhy is there confusion between depreciated and deprecated?doc_id25347253435573327317answersbecause the spellings of the two words are nearly identical |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-816querycan you begin a sentence with her?doc_id170794168504172891132173676541585503051216759514415318440317164117604950051376419901712169119953646673121137103025154320486answersYou can obviously start a sentence with \]} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , ], : [, ]} |
| | {: , : , : [, , ], : [u\curiosity\]} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , ], : []} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , , , , ], : []} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , ], : []} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ], : [, is more common, and correctIt'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_idwriting-search-test-52querywhat is the difference between concentration focus?doc_id800884283762734171487129411120134answersfocus relates to the (better definition of) lateral extent (breadth/ range/ coverage), while concentration is about depthFocus is to narrow down your attention to something, concentration is to keep the focus maintained |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-128queryis that an r in worship in a text from 1591?doc_id185540130161166192108903answersit was an r |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-756querywhat 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 gonnaa 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_idwriting-forum-test-761queryetymology for \u201cmc\u2011\u201d and \u201co\u2019\u2011\u201d prefix in surnamesdoc_id332133339291040340192462answersMac, is the Gaelic for \, and O' means \"grandson of\""]} |
| | {"q_id": "writing-search-test-150", "query": "what is the difference between miss and ma'am?doc_id120052679602299316297590421634511948959053answersmiss\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 1840Chuse\]} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , ], : [necessarily |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1095queryparametrise or parameterise a curve?doc_id870414335590545153189134778answersBoth parameterize and parametrize are acceptableboth are acceptable |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-665querywhy are g strings called that?doc_id148374148356answers1870s 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 lesscould not care less |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-182queryshould i write phd or ph.d.?doc_id273961480939950735671429491899331269732087194996116308190403171267answersboth correct |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-567queryhow 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_idwriting-forum-test-742queryhas hacker definitely gained a negative connotation?doc_id1278891278781880102953128034349203348212759112792276477707987117145867140198139380answersAmong the general public, hacker still has a negative connotation |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1111querywhat does dis sho am good mean in this old advertisement?doc_id140694140699answersThis sure is goodthis sure is good |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-541queryis it based on or base on?doc_id121188154055answersOne bases something on something else (active), whereas something is based on something else (passive) |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-917queryetymology of *spreadsheet* / an anachronistic usedoc_id192057answersnamed because it was sheet of paper the size of a full spread |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1122querynot on the rocksdoc_id87261872558722287221answersunmixed with anything elseStraightNeat |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1828querywhy is it \u201cmerry\u201d christmas, but \u201chappy\u201d new year?doc_id2965129646answersmerry implies more short-term jollity, and happy more long-term contentment |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-845querywhat was the crime described as letting out of ponds during elizabethan england?doc_id190877190876answersletting the water out enabled poachinglowering the water level in a pond would make it easier to poach the fish within |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-933querywhat does it mean when you say per someone?doc_id2653930756160583445311230715021797238259635411242724265423445262342188015answersaccording to |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-517queryi am not up to it meaning?doc_id9608073811157610806631280answersI am not feeling up to it. means \]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ], : [ was originally plural, \ was the singularYou and ye used to be the plural forms |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-995querytitle in a letter to an unknown persondoc_id68991689825660812377798154333858186064746551491901720801853051764861931107717668057306245106682244474694149216answersDear Sir or MadamDear Sir/Madam |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1084queryis \u201cmight could\u201d a correct construct?doc_id527988672718703876118711510451107448834244answersnot grammaticalThis construction would be considered incorrect (a grammatical mistake) in most varieties of English |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1281queryoriginal meaning of blood is thicker than water, is it real?doc_id183950144885answersthe blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the wombties between people who\u2019ve made a blood covenant were stronger |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-989queryis a few a couple?doc_id108512922313561368595319310150433142662118138answersA few is more than a couple |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1961queryusername + password = one worddoc_id1278041277932809127988127997106614437241211691916041278297160871377answersCredentialsauthenticationcredentials |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-722queryhas or have after a list?doc_id6834317007112960681990890899945716543646004180302196862119032983801162492423610006516854575641answersit stays in \ |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-294querywhat is the correct plural of octopus?doc_id648150746504383715515714897543754252288142107754075443278510135086989292137042answersoctopusesoctopuses, octopi and octopodesOctopodesOctopuses and octopodes are both correct |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-868queryare arrows shoot or fired?doc_id7343036648105606116618123981639541626004949917016316796019109417390818058867471170184495401280014465317391049507answersshoot |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-658querydoes so called have a negative connotation in english?doc_id980097957679558795607956513182979566657277957971206797071416577079879622182837194123102953158443284838741131489141660170706162648145483answersevokes a rhetoric of falsity or fraud in the thing being referred to, which is a negative connotationit has both a negative, idiomatic meaning and a neutral, scientific meaning |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-813querywhat does it mean when someone tells you take care?doc_id218252182410941316107512672418704814222016107455321610368145617961996794answersalmost always used in a friendly way, or when genuinely warning somebody to be careful |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1030querywhat is the original connection between nurse and sister?doc_id148028148027148176148046148121178981148026answersnurses were generally nuns - sistersthe word for nurse is \ ([medical] sisterreligious (and specifically European Catholic) origin, since Nurses were, in fact, \ (nuns |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-152querycan you start a sentence with especially?doc_id17775653632107451758321519214186667654630738835418744518923458591107135750513678017578810753702701136441070710759616973910736answersYou may use words like 'especially' or 'because' at the beginning of the sentenceas long as you provide a supporting clause after it |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-718querycancelled or canceled?doc_id7054524212397352391899811895551047306500696812answersboth |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1554queryis tnetennba a real word?doc_id916059160291600169594103918answersit'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\, ]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , , , ], : [ means \, however, \ means \]} |
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| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1316querynot empty set in one word?doc_id11588651771517695722177141answersnonemptyinhabited |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-562queryis shew the past tense of show?doc_id7003370035120375150189991814165answersshew (past of show) |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-518querydo i italicize game titles?doc_id944169441318570191432151484559352902318435015975791104answersthe title of the video game should NOT be italicizedIn the text itself, the title of the video game should be capitalized and italicizedIn running text video game titles are italicized |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-537querycan you begin a sentence with even though?doc_id620786208076528650045867018407314971216408014387117882930512183377912961017619243912486816470916533919380812535571188214398623110622018421370926206901784706604413673461734506765465247126076189080answersno sensible reason to avoid starting a sentence with even thoughWe can start a sentence with Even though |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1749querywhats the word for an unused, enclosed space between two apartment buildings?doc_id192942192944answerslightwellair shaftair well |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-994queryhow do you write 1 on 1?doc_id3585646022answersOne-on-oneOne-on-Oneone-on-one |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1143querydoes one use a or an before the word x-ray?doc_id3818646314630462938188411572980151126192135831939941550189606733072659616280319391137459634662096180468535901744011481731861638629255878answersanAn X |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-18querywhen etc. is at the end of a phrase, do you place a period after it?doc_id910006006546456164021354384754138401925082581961942475318665233687294041677272375117066219017431588136851answersdo not add another period |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-833queryis it zeros or zeroes?doc_id218419896356122413101347031843783228124886115030184379159576164864675701843779403612627answerszeros and zeroes are acceptablezeroes |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1008querywhich is correct, buck naked or butt naked?doc_id1332713319133173468434664134066answersBoth variants are correctBoth phrases currently mean the sameboth \]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , ], : [, , or possibly the \, Wonder Woman (power) pose |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-301querywhat does the idiom batteries not included mean?doc_id151431151340answersprovide an essential component yourself to power it, namely the batteriessomething 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_idwriting-forum-test-136queryis 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_id8598answersparaprosdokian |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-298queryis it dads or dad\u2019s?doc_id26490173788112546answersBoth are grammatically correct but they have different meanings |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1116queryif the plural of \u2018man\u2019 is \u2018men,\u2019 shouldn\u2019t the plural of \u2018german\u2019 be \u2018germen\u2019?doc_id1172353878212678117236549721585318725055729answersit is etymologically unrelated to the word man and does not form a plural the same way |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1060querywhy is a splash screen so called?doc_id5319153192answerssplashes content over the whole screen |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1240queryis there a difference between cheers and thanks in colloquial british english?doc_id9481131128331858942531857190305230855480100398185856answersnot aware of any particular difference in meaningThanks' 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_idwriting-search-test-348querywhat is the difference between usually and normally?doc_id3883938850388533884935782answersusually when you talk of a habit or custom and normally when there is an underlying rule |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-612queryweekly, daily, hourly --- minutely...?doc_id179717140412151711120785577179859596answersEvery minuteonce a minuteminute by minuteon a minute-by-minute basis |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1820queryword to describe the quality of being optional or mandatorydoc_idanswersrequisiteness |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1317query\u201cfire\u201d a weapon before firearms existed?doc_id17018416169073430answersLoose/release/shoot an arrowshoot a bow |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-724queryis as soon as possible rude?doc_id89103195969458371536641583811645395763538011792185156106900153630178202104373967891292102596324675answersnot considered rude |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-204queryhow can i order eggs over hard in the uk?doc_id15852015858315851515853564863180348answersask for your egg to be fried with a \, ]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , ], : [ is used in the third-person singular and \ is used for first- and second-person |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-781queryis the usage of personally in i personally dont like something redundant?doc_id11075122129563345635123188569601400741086296051823186answersIt'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_idwriting-search-test-596querywhat does it mean when a man says i got you?doc_id2036020359906553685481847512812848150904answersslang, saying \ means either \ or \]} |
| | {: , : , : [, , , , ], : [ copies the archaic word order one finds in Early Modern English for a marked imperativea well-established idiom |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-874querywhen are you considered alumni?doc_id27722answersYou must have graduated |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-259querywhat is the difference between sleeping and asleep?doc_id3529518784813087335294160507144226114874answersAsleep is an adjective in Are you asleep? while sleeping is a verb in Are you sleepingUse asleep if you want to emphasize the state and sleeping if you want to emphasize the action |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-31querywhat is the difference between particle and particulate?doc_id18564749453answersA particle is a small object. A particulate is made of one or more particles |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-394querywhy is pound (of weight) abbreviated lb?doc_id5881558825588165548913094274718570815882615752answersL\u012bbra in Latin originally means \u2018stone\u2019, thence \u2018pound weightLibrum 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\, ]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , ], : [referee\umpire\]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , ], : [, and \, or as a word of praise |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-800querywhat is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?doc_id1329133511142460251140823139851454912308652900179747821882191394711509447634142089166731196424405691310945633335514276350665110216186223178409160324127057312688962083096172494answersto indicate that a direct quote has been edited |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-52querywhy does quadratic describe second power when quad means four?doc_id70364703271351641177703282213318672117546132915answersQuadri-, quadru-, quadr- is a Latin prefix related to the verb quadrare \u2018to make square |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-248queryhow did the letter z come to be associated with sleeping/snoring?doc_id1565747412155944181516208679976answersbecause human snoring often sounds like the pronunciation of the letterzzzz (or z-z-z-z) is sound of snoringZZZZZZ = Sawing Wood = Snoring Sound |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-609queryis there an antonym for \u201ccapitalize\u201d (as in letter-case)?doc_id368565807527998114873685017007683881943848380answerslowercasedecapitalizeuncapitalize |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-401queryis unabashed a negative word?doc_id135103answersIt does have a slight negative connotation |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1227queryis it spelt na\u00efve or naive?doc_id730713077112883240013388571283501651401488674639659113630149317423316402075987answersThe dieresis is optional |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-386queryperiod of 25 years is called?doc_id3321333211answerssilver jubilee or silver anniversaryquarter centuryquadranscentennial |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1924querynumber agreement when using \u201c(s)\u201d for optional pluraldoc_id17543048527166253answersbe prepared to adjust the surrounding context as necessary: for example, \u201cthe award(s) is (are) accounted forA parenthetical plural verb must correspond to the parenthetical ending |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-953querygeneric word for uni-, bi-, tricycle, etc.?doc_id140018140156140019140056191982131476answerscyclevelocipedeVelocipedePedal cycle |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1754querywhy did the letter \u201co\u201d disappear in the word \u201cpronunciation\u201d?doc_id942639429220920answersbecause it never had onethe 'O' got squashed out of the root by \]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , ], : [deckd\u025bk/, just like the word deckdeck |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1776querywhat is the difference between here we go and there we go?doc_id44158answersHere we go\u201d is frequently inclusive of the speaker, and \u201cThere we go\u201d frequently is not |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-794queryis there a proper term for the arms of a star?doc_id160754160769123326answersrayslimbs |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-693querywhat is the difference between a parent and parents?doc_id655496555111107657096194527794512387379452answersparents is plural for parentsingular/plural difference |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-896queryis it alright to use lowercase i or should you always use i (uppercase)?doc_id2518454902981081790381475554901550741901919021answersThe first-person pronoun should always be capitalized in English |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1079queryis there any rule for the placement of space after and before parentheses?doc_id3385339333657827685980499937414178answersDo not put a space after the opening or before the closing parenthesis |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1439querytoo much pills and liquor or too many pills and liquor?doc_id9928999268992319923572278167648answersThe former (much) is correcttoo many pills and liquor |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1266querywhy is the zh (\u0292) sound so infrequent in english?doc_id19746719746913326716952713567617942939697answersOld English did not have the phoneme /\u0292/ so there are no \ English words with the phoneme /\u0292 |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1696queryshould \u201chell\u201d be capitalized?doc_id8381783171974001840891858703908639653102281803551193371340199161answersHell\]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , , , ], : [would've\" is basically the same as \"would of", "English speakers often contract \"would have\" into \"would've.\would of,standard pronunciation of the contraction would\u2019vethe sounds of \ and \ in \ are very similar or identical |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-395queryis it wholistic or holistic?doc_id65541768597478515216472282132889answersWholistic is holistic, but spelled wrongHolistic\, is an Anglican version of the spelling |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-435querywhat are the semi vowels in english alphabet?doc_id12216312217559856315811805812240814699123921625371234671956277059185353148342answersy' 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_idwriting-forum-test-1106queryplural of an initialism that ends with the letter sdoc_id1957911662210014581329221938answersOSes |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-482queryam is are was were will be?doc_id70470570618316191072578136603161016191397948371253617024717127210627516092568400480721761511608922939031740248012409237611326634864472563491811411833554918052213958372577answersforms of the verb to be |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-172querywhat does it mean when someone says you lot?doc_id126172445342326071348185094answersYou lot\You people |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1726queryshould los angeles rhyme with cheese or lessdoc_id160349answersthe American pronunciation does not; rather, it nearly rhymes with scandalous |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-108querywhat is the correct possessive for nouns ending in \u2011s?doc_id18904210895853987139182189658884712332144755331551395995917724061158782896585188322566515717519313014664077709834443193613617502819804318991670311948272962316119620820118701189917168827464741667378856568648237718679823624763013491546708120583132992answersby adding an apostrophe after the plural -sFor 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_idwriting-forum-test-595querywhat is the type of english used in the king james bible called?doc_id1856881856851856979307818286414457289056187912161916521050388192240142395answersEarly Modern EnglishElizabethan English |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1087queryusage of many vs many a?doc_id128265147291665872707850231478661132155688816660818826311320510678014786710964024964answersMany a is a somewhat archaic or poetic or literary way of saying manymany a is followed by a singular countable noun and takes a singular verb with itMany\Many a\]} |
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| | {"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_idwriting-forum-test-582querywhat is the proper plural form of apparatus?doc_id6902669027198222328058698995501answersapparatuses |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-435queryare there any words i can use to disambiguate biweekly?doc_id28486288692847114499917563931181123410106641234132858210663answersUse fortnightly for \, and twice a week for, well, \, , twice a weekTo avoid confusion, it is better to use the prefix semi- to mean \u201ctwice each |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-634queryhow macro in computer programming came aboutdoc_id204822048326350answersoriginated in early assemblers, which encouraged the use of macros as a structuring and information-hiding device |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-418querywhat are the rules for splitting words at the end of a line?doc_id22212491198224answersAPA Style Guide, Section 1.A.9 Do not hyphenate (split) words at the end of a line |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-657queryis it pike or pipe?doc_id320371411141319929698800140070answersThe original expression was \]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ], : [, , is a comparative, i.e. it is a relationship between two things. \ is a superlative |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-1020queryis upto one word or two?doc_id1545751545788006498893124664725983672783138199670179062427761291861924733025535749106899323480812862795349910917016990322291132941358569107415283815902119184533007153519692798112381998answerstwo |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-78querya guy who only cares about money?doc_id159708159710159700135750171408146633answersAvariciousmoneygrubbermoneygrubber is \, ]} |
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| | q_idwriting-forum-test-644querya number of questions has been or have been asked?doc_id71139127155189303946315538619352444738761781173159471530281917001852564168913686890897768317983511758710785517624613672908105197149730575533017answersA number of questions have been asked here |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-794querywould you mind if i use or used?doc_id954484796917372656963answersBoth tenses of the verb are correct and either can be used |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-982querywhat is the difference between hemisphere and semisphere?doc_id15968539478115079answersno difference when describing a shape |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-283querycan you begin a sentence with due to?doc_id378713788886293123924456644645067654305121601029615916685312032838391618381305113787017109457398183782988347937418739747858answersthere is no problem in beginning a sentence with due to |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1141querydos and donts or dos and donts?doc_id1649479101404316495825316493196916164981690244932568409426461676639312869435441613891984441answersdo's and don'ts |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-550querywhat are bold and italics called?doc_id49932124321169507201221453552505492715148485280422888930146548answerstypographical emphasis |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-802queryis there a difference between holiday and vacation?doc_id1791413098765558577961502061793736610155322answersIn the UK \ means taking time off, what Americans call \]} |
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| | q_idwriting-forum-test-796querywhat does \u201ccovfefe\u201d exactly mean?doc_id153548153553answersCovfefe\u201d is a misspelling of the word \u201ccoverage |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-81querycan obvious be used as a noun?doc_id16838437543368813349763079115337534971008993180516109410890163394917684360198046108527190158answersObvious can itself be a nounYou can speak of \u2018stating the obvious |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-936querywhat is the difference universe and world?doc_id417913078141814180answersWorld = Earth while the Universe = earth and space |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-762queryis upset the same as mad?doc_id2174421725217241451401652316530362517214316524answersupset\mad\, upset\mad |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-703querymy shoes cant think; how can they be sensible?doc_id168289196523323343233810257463538answersmean useful rather than fashionable when referring to things like clothes |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1216querywhich is correct: coming down the pike or pipe?doc_id3203714111413159053answersoriginal expression was \]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , , ], : [, , , ]} |
| | {: , : , : [], : []} |
| | {: , : , : [, ], : [ is slightly more informal, but otherwise, they both mean the same |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-841querycan okay start a sentence?doc_id30512304723047516214383915641065245143984393819660121295106480804732129234715676544272184866173450169270165803473721672261939391072141248851374401366663146100549168001127417183782answersYes |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1325querywhat do you call intellectual jobs?doc_id142388142389142449answerswhite-collarknowledge workKnowledge work |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-246querywhen do i use i instead of me?doc_id4530814580315310533605109416912961331987247561519166013215139574376809495100171135906748151662261897891600238520012117996566442154116459712461836952959417437473897891111999answersIf a pronoun is the subject of a verb, then you use I |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-879querywhat is the meaning of off you go?doc_id5931990716162199736241844205165016219813701561778137043answersgo awayleave now |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1637queryseemingly quintessentially british non-medical meaning for surgerydoc_id133437answersAny 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_idwriting-forum-test-1771queryenglish notation for hour, minutes and secondsdoc_id9775372156answersThe best option is hh:mm:ssYou can also suffix the digits with the unit, such as 1h 12m 23s |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-814querywhich preposition to use with rename?doc_id5050350499175071124828198970124640103533answerstoas |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1674queryuse of capitals and full stops in bullet pointsdoc_id3085730854557912149115318518097217275616619454356870584910971401543701861529845762194112824056answersItems carry no closing punctuation unless they consist of complete sentencesdo not end with a period or other punctuation unless it is a complete sentence |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-534querynoone, no one or no-one?doc_id496613442912512017336886505128933answersno one |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-532querywhat is the proper name for am and pm?doc_id20163185663answersMeridiem Indicator |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1790queryorigin of the idiom go southdoc_id596402376211046953163answersThe use of south as in the phrase go south stems from the 1920sappears to be of U.S. origin |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1127queryunknown usage of verb pitdoc_id148897148878answersPIT maneuver, or precision immobilization technique |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-959querywhat does it mean when something is key?doc_id1907018784113470016557218953519186568676169957367017286412643628707193414133629173699371771727622384416172111547416422510502816212574642answersthe only, or most important, factor |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-969querywhat is the difference between kind and polite?doc_id25036250422502125024250222502325027answersPolite\Kindness\]} |
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| | {: , : , : [, , , , , , ], : [, has a slightly dismissive tone |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1449querywhat does 8/7c mean?doc_id8729872814089answersconvenient abbreviation of 8 p.m. Eastern Time; 7 p.m.8 o'clock Eastern Time, or 7 o'clock Central time |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1756queryis it correct to hyphenate with compound premodifiers? if so, where is the hyphen placed?doc_id16872173618104219881187637347243165231851798121690744717344850507681343363320410012012211811345343514197318140915217815850217743217559869734515811767282612answersbased 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_idwriting-search-test-1044querywhat is the difference between an explanation and a description?doc_id116314123717453649232312818415346answersan 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_idwriting-search-test-875queryare poems and poetry the same?doc_id25751808998088511281780886answersPoetry refers to the art form itself. Poems means multiple instances of that art form |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-986querypresident is to presidential as moderator is to what?doc_id138936139005answersmoderatorial |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-684querywhat do you call a child for whom you act as a guardian / custodian?doc_id140981140979141050152973131827175712165519205108916131826492559956215691433712answerswardcharge |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-16queryare whores and horse homophones?doc_id13890913865713870115692017460851144182782answersnot homophones |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-645querypunctuation with unitsdoc_id170155490544394867916409170answersa space is always used to separate the unit from the number |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-443querywhat was \u201cherbal tea\u201d called before \u2018tea\u2019 was introduced in europe?doc_id132891132570answersTisane. an infusion (as of dried herbs) used as a beverage or for medicinal effectspocioun\drynkyng medecyne |
| | q_idwriting-search-test-513queryis feedback a countable noun?doc_id80330165657165687121509answersnot a countable noun |
| | q_idwriting-forum-test-1085querywhy do we say incomplete but uncompleted?doc_id92728172560172542answersSince 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"]} |
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