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"message": "Like <code>materialise</code> is to turn something into real. Is there a word to mean turn something into money?e.g. Please don't give me any medal, I would rather want you to [the word] it.Bet there is no <code>moneilise</code>?",
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"message": "Consider monetize (als... | Word to say "turn it into money" | english | 2017-04-27T04:06:47.747 |
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"message": "I have a sentence containing a parenthetical which is itself a full sentence. Do I capitalize the first word of the part in the parentheses?Example:<blockquote> The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (see above for bead size correction).</blockquote>or<blockquote>... | Capitalize first word of a string within parentheses which is also a full sentence? | english | 2017-04-28T06:36:57.163 |
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"message": "Recently I was talking with one of male friends, where he expressed that he would be glad to help me.In response to his kind concern of offering me help, I replied \"You are so gallant\". After a few minutes, when I looked up the dictionary, this is how the word has been defined: <blockquote> (of... | Single word for-A man who is polite and kind towards women | english | 2017-04-30T09:36:28.710 |
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"message": "Recently I was talking with one of male friends, where he expressed that he would be glad to help me.In response to his kind concern of offering me help, I replied \"You are so gallant\". After a few minutes, when I looked up the dictionary, this is how the word has been defined: <blockquote> (of... | Single word for-A man who is polite and kind towards women | english | 2017-04-30T09:36:28.710 |
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"message": "I've asked <a href=\"https://space.stackexchange.com/q/21343/12102\">this question about the path that a rocket takes during launch, or actually the ground-track of its path.If the rocket launching from Florida were to go into a polar orbit, it would have to do some kind of dogleg maneuver. I'm st... | dog-leg, dogleg, or dog leg? | english | 2017-05-02T11:46:37.107 |
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"message": "In the Xenophobe's guide to the English, page 54, under the heading Sense of Humour, the authors, Antony Miall and David Milsted, state that:<blockquote> English humour is as much about recognition as it is about their ability to laugh at themselves, for example: 'I thought my mother was a rotten... | What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'move about'? | english | 2017-05-02T12:57:51.470 |
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"message": "Is there an adverb for expressing that something is always done in a correct manner? Examples that I'd like to apply this to:\"He always does this correctly\" -> \"He does this ***-ly\".\"This cannot always be done correctly\" -> \"This cannot be done ***-ly\"",
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"me... | Adverb for "always correct" | english | 2017-05-02T14:45:04.093 |
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"message": "Is one of these two right and the other wrong?There aren’t many farms out here, but the few fields he does see have already been emptied of their crop. There aren’t many farms out here, but the few fields he does see have already been emptied of their crops.If both are right, how does the meaning ... | When to use the plural of "crop"? | english | 2017-05-04T14:25:43.123 |
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"message": "If there is a sale on candy bars and I buy three, but then the cashier says<blockquote> Sorry sir, but the sale price is limited to a minimum purchase of 5 candy bars</blockquote>is that the correct usage of the word \"limit\"?Or can it only be used with a maximum, such as in<blockquote> Speed l... | Can "limit" be used regarding a minimum? | english | 2017-05-07T13:41:50.983 |
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"message": "In one school's mid-term English exam, there was a question that had three blanks to fill in. <blockquote> When you sleep, it is important to get a good night's sleep _______ _______ _________<br> by 'sleep thieves'such as night lights, TV, computer, or cell phone. </blockquote>Original[intende... | Do "without being disturbed" and "as being undisturbed" have similar meanings? | english | 2017-05-09T06:17:36.227 |
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"message": "I want an adjective to define someone who is very knowledged of many things, even unusual stuff.I know about polymath and its uses, but I was searching for a word more general, that could be used in this phrase:<blockquote> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Jennings\" rel=\"nofollow nor... | Word for random knowledged person | english | 2017-05-10T20:16:22.150 |
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"message": "From <a href=\"http://www.dictionary.com/browse/pointed\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">the definition of pointed, we know that \"pointed question\" is something like: \"A \"sharp\", piercing, or directed question\".And \"pointed question\" has <a href=\"https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content... | What is the origin of "Pointed Question"? | english | 2017-05-15T07:37:52.137 |
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"message": "The word \"lowering\", as in the context of lowering something, therefore making it lower in some measurable way, is pretty common.It is so common that I often start sentences about doing the opposite, and get to the specific word, and it's completely blank. I have no idea what word could mean \"m... | Opposite of lowering | english | 2017-05-15T12:46:36.680 |
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"message": "I'm generating some text that on a website that informs the user when a specific event is scheduled to take place. The temporal information is always relative to the current point in time, e.g. 2 days ago or a week from now. In all cases (past, present and future), could I use the static prefix Sc... | Can you say "Scheduled for 2 days ago"? | english | 2017-05-15T13:49:48.277 |
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"message": "Forgive me but I'm Italian and I have difficulty to perceiving the function of the word \"ware\" in everyday life. I found a similar question here but the responses do not meet my needs.My goal is to create a smartphone app where you can enter an inventory of objects of our daily uses. Through a f... | Ware/Wares for a domestic warehouse app | english | 2017-05-16T13:21:20.467 |
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"message": "I've been rereading Heinlein's <a href=\"http://www.angelfire.com/or/sociologyshop/lazlong.html#inter\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">\"Notebooks of Lazarus Long\" recently and came across this phrase:<blockquote> People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is sh... | meaning of "slug" in a phrase | english | 2017-05-19T20:40:04.610 |
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"message": "I am looking for a wider expression for someone who is hyper-scared of pain and things that cause pain. I came up with “afraid of as much as a needle,” but I get nowhere when I search for it on Google books. “Agliophobia” sounds too complex to me. Would an average teenager in the USA understand Ag... | How to describe "hyper-scared?" | english | 2017-05-20T08:26:53.980 |
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"message": "There is a <a href=\"https://spanish.stackexchange.com/q/20987/9385\">question at Spanish SE about the Spanish equivalent of the English word perversion. The question refers specifically to sexual perversion (which I did not want to mention in the title, since I've noticed at Academia SE that any... | Does "perversion" necessarily have a negative connotation? | english | 2017-05-21T21:09:10.017 |
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"message": "<blockquote> I would rather you were to do it (i would rather were you to do it)</blockquote>1) is this sentence correct?<blockquote> I would rather you were to have done it</blockquote>2) is this sentence correct?I am trying to use subjunctive formal structure in different grammar constructio... | Would rather/ wish + subjunctive | english | 2017-05-22T12:39:03.950 |
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"message": "My draft says:<blockquote> Weyl wrote these words in 1925, since when a long torrent of mathematical development has surged under the bridge of time.</blockquote>Unsure that the phrase \"since when\" is sufficiently acceptable in formal writing, I went to substitute the phrase \"since which time... | The use of "since when" | english | 2017-05-23T14:19:40.603 |
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"message": "I just ran across a reference to \"incumbent companies.\" I think the writer means \"established\" or \"long-established\" companies. I thought incumbent referred to office holders — politicians and other public servants. Is it OK to use incumbent this way? Here's the paragraph:<blockquote> The b... | Can the word "incumbent" be used to describe a company? | english | 2017-05-23T17:29:58.090 |
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"message": "UPDATE: (05/25/17)One word that was suggested was \"own\". While not perfect, it is close. Some more examples it made me think of to illustrate what I mean by flipping something negative into a positive:Metallica's Jason Newsted's famous reply to the criticism that Metallica were \"sell-outs\":<bl... | Term for reclaiming or restoring pride in social stigmas ("Taking it back")? | english | 2017-05-25T18:42:53.930 |
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"message": "would you mind helping me.?What kind of word is \"care about\" in this sentence follwing?. Is it a phrasal verb or idiom?She cares deeply about environmental issues.",
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"message": "It's neither. \"She cares\" is the root of the sentence. \"Deeply\" is merely an adve... | What kind of word is "care about"? | english | 2017-05-27T17:34:06.513 |
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"message": "Jack from India: what sort of country is USA?Tom: the USA is a very big country, and very democratic!Jack from India later tells a friend: I asked Tom; USA is ......<blockquote> I asked Tom; USA is a very big country, and obviously very democratic. I asked Tom; USA is a very big country, and a... | Use of *obviously*, *apparently* and *evidently* as qualifying words while reporting what someone said -- what is the difference? | english | 2017-05-27T21:41:43.087 |
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"message": "I always thought that the adjective for “alone but not lonely” was “lonesome” but apparently “lonely” and “lonesome” mean the same thing:<a href=\"https://english.stackexchange.com/q/83969/36373\">What's the difference between "lonely" ... | What's an adjective for "alone but not lonely"? | english | 2017-05-28T00:13:45.663 |
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"message": "Gerunds and present participles happen to look exactly the same in English, the first acting as a noun and the second as either an adjective, a verb denoting continuous action, or introducing a participle clause. When adding a descriptive word to them, should gerunds get adjectives and participles... | Descriptive words and gerunds or present participles | english | 2017-05-28T12:08:10.743 |
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"message": "Sometimes one intends to lie and says something that she thinks it is false. But, unbeknownst to her, that is in fact true. Is there any word for such kind of lying/truthfulness?I have collected almost a dictionary about different forms of lying, but for this kind I just didn't find anything. Besi... | What is it called when something is actually true but someone mistakenly believes it is false and tells it to others intending to lie? | english | 2017-05-28T20:28:43.513 |
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"message": "Start from the vision of a suddenly broken beaded necklace, from which all beads seem to escape, falling down to the ground and bouncing away. My English is imperfect, yet a sentence I can think of would be:<blockquote> The *** beads broke away from the neck of their elegant hostess.</blockquote>... | An adjective for expressing beads freed from a beaded necklace | english | 2017-05-29T20:02:36.710 |
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"message": "Here in Brazil the people whe live in condominiums are called \"condômino\", the people who represent all residents are called \"síndico\" (syndic). I want to translate \"condômino\". Thanks.",
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"message": "<a href=\"http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definiti... | What do you call the people who live in condominiums? | english | 2017-05-30T12:39:05.233 |
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"message": "\"badly-behaved boy\" or \"badly-behaving boy\" ?behaved is past participle which has passive meaning.behaving is present participle which has active meaning.would you mind explaining to me why \"badly-behaved boy\" is correct?",
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"message": "Actually, no form of \"... | "badly-behaved boy" or "badly-behaving boy" | english | 2017-05-30T18:49:54.367 |
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"message": "Suppose you have a database installed from a vendor - suppose this is MySQL. There is a website that just happens to interact with this MySQL, and people call it (the website) \"MySQL\", even if there are many MySQL databases having been set up.This is vaguely related to <a href=\"https://english... | What is the term that describes a noun being used to represent it's use? | english | 2017-05-31T07:22:35.487 |
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"message": "The preface to John Calvin's <a href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=ftnYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Yea+marie:+but+that+should+haue%22&dq=%22Yea+marie:+but+that+should+haue%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjImPHxl6PUAhVK-2MKHfw6DwwQ6AEIJDAA\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Sermons on Deuteronomy s... | What is the meaning of "yea, marie"? | english | 2017-06-03T21:04:14.553 |
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"message": "I am trying to find a laconic and \"ringy\" synonym for the word \"multi-use\" or \"reusable\". The word needs to be an adjective. To give you an idea of the context, think of a sheet of paper on which one can write, then erase what was written and then write again. It is this property that I am w... | Succinct Synonym for "Multi-use" or "Reusable" | english | 2017-06-04T20:19:50.053 |
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"message": "What's the difference between:'his question didn't include a link on Yahoo answers? ' and 'his question didn't contain a link on Yahoo answers? '(I want to say there wasn't a link in his question on Yahoo answers). Someone mentioned there are subtle differences, but just can't tell what they are, ... | What's the difference between contain and include in English? | english | 2017-06-06T01:01:17.123 |
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"message": "I have read the following example online:<blockquote> The journey there took three hours. (correct)<br> (A) The trip took three hours (wrong)</blockquote>All dictionaries defined a trip as a short distance travel while journey it takes a lot time to achieve, i.e. to travel for a distant area by ... | What is the difference between trip and journey? | english | 2017-06-06T11:01:52.480 |
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"message": "Which word or phrase could be used in these sentences?<blockquote> Look at that cockroach helplessly _______ to flip itself back onto its legs.</blockquote>Or <blockquote> The battle is over. The deer cannot escape the lion’s jaws anymore, yet it still ______.</blockquote>The word needs not impl... | What's the word that describes the strenuousness of an animal untenably struggling to help itself? | english | 2017-06-06T12:41:58.577 |
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"message": "I've noticed in informal communication it's not uncommon to refer to a grown women as a 'girl'. For example:<blockquote> \"The girl on the phone said we needed to apply in person\" \"I saw two men hitting on the same girl at the bar last night\" \"Maybe the new girl they just hired can help,... | Single syllable informal word for women that is less disempowering then 'girl' | english | 2017-06-07T15:39:33.703 |
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"message": "I am not a native English speaker.I work in IT and we have a kind of ticketing system to track reported issues.I am not sure whether it is correct to ask people to file a ticket by saying \"Lodge a ticket\", as I heard a colleague saying \"Log a ticket\".So which one is right?",
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"message": "I saw the following sentence in a book:<blockquote> That people were so willing to respond is one measure of the importance of the topic.</blockquote>Is there any reason to bring the \"that\" clause to the beginning of the sentence? Does it differ in meaning from the normal sentence?",
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"message": "In German Kompetenzgerangel means a situation between either persons or organisations (typically: government agencies, or departments in a company) where there is a lack of clarity about competencies of the individual parties, and parties try to grab competencies or responsibilities that others cl... | English expression for what Germans call 'Kompetenzgerangel' | english | 2017-06-10T15:41:32.593 |
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"message": "I've heard before that there is an actual distinction between the two. To \"agree\", as I understand it, is to believe that that a person's decision, opinion, or what have you is correct. To \"concur\", on the other hand, would mean that you came to the same opinion/conclusion on your own. For exa... | Is there a technical difference between "agree" and "concur"? | english | 2017-06-12T03:08:35.033 |
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"message": "<blockquote> The beauty of fireflies, which are an indicator of environmental health, will overwhelm you.</blockquote>It sounds fine when I say it, but not sure it is grammatically correct.Does 'which' indicate the beauty of fireflies or the fireflies?Can I say that what the 'which' indicates is... | the correct usage of 'Which' | english | 2017-06-13T00:31:01.927 |
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"message": "If you cannot find what you looking for use/give this instead.What do you call this?if someone wants a \"pen\" give them a \"book\"if someone wants a \"shoe\" give them a \"sock\"if someone wants a \"chair\" give them a \"table\"otherwise give them a \"paper\"<blockquote> \"paper\" is the _____</... | noun for "something to use/give if no other match" | english | 2017-06-13T08:35:45.800 |
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"message": "Is there an art-related idiom that compares two things/people as being alike but different in some way? For example, if I were comparing two bankers who are different, I'd say they were two sides of the same coin.I'm trying to find something related to painting/sculpting.",
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"message": "<blockquote> Click, click. The rapid shrill sound constantly came and went, _____ing in my ears.</blockquote>Which word can best fit the blank in the sentence? Ringing or echoing fit, but seem too lackluster and mediocre to me.Definition:A word that refers to a repeating shrill sound being vibra... | A word that refers to a shrill sound vibrating in someone's ears and alerting the senses | english | 2017-06-16T17:43:58.797 |
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"message": "I'm trying to say that “they” don’t want to take on what they have been asked. Instead of doing that, they are giving it to other people (or trying to). If I say,<blockquote> They are trying to push their responsibility out.</blockquote>is that sentence correct? Will it be understood to mean the ... | Is "They are trying to push their responsibility out" correct? | english | 2017-06-17T08:21:04.457 |
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"message": "I am confused about distinguishing between the two sentences below.Receiving wisdom is better than learning the hard way.Received wisdom is better than learning the hard way.The most-obvious reading of (1) I think is for \"receiving\" to be interpreted as a present continuous verb. There's a secon... | "Something as Received" versus "Receiving Something" | english | 2017-06-18T18:07:41.590 |
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"message": "I feel like I know this word/phrase (may not necessarily be English, but it would be a common borrowed term) on the tip of my tongue but I can't seem to recall it. It has a feeling/tone like \"expected disappointment\". Not quite \"disheartening\", nor \"disenchanting\" but along those lines.The s... | Single Word for "Expected Disappointment" | english | 2017-06-19T06:22:49.807 |
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"message": "I am not a fluent speaker in English however I was watching this episode on Late night show and the guest (Michelle Obama) framed a sentence saying <blockquote> \"It's usually dinnertime. That's the time when unless Malia asks him about his work — which we try not to have her do — it's all about ... | Using have/has differently in a sentence | english | 2017-06-20T12:37:39.477 |
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"message": "From <a href=\"https://english.stackexchange.com/help/duplicates\">the Help Center:<blockquote> Marking a question as duplicate is part of the <a href=\"https://english.stackexchange.com/help/closed-questions\">question closing procedure, except when a question is closed as duplicate, the title i... | “Marking a question as duplicate … except when a question is closed as a duplicate…”? | english | 2017-06-20T15:22:15.333 |
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"message": "Are there any words that have this meaning? One of many, as in a person out of many people.Clarification:The single individual or item is similar to the group and not unique in any way.",
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"message": "Depending on context, the word clone might suit. One of the defini... | Is there a word which describes "one of many"? | english | 2017-06-21T17:19:04.567 |
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"message": "An example to clarify:Say John made a drunken fool of himself at the office party, which not everyone attended. On Monday, at the company lunch, Mike says publicly, with feigned sincerity, \"John, I just want to let you know, we've all been there, and there's no reason to be embarrassed today.\" ... | Word for "innocently" directing attention to damaging information | english | 2017-06-21T18:58:47.170 |
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"message": "<blockquote> Her depression has something to do with her marital problems. Global warming has something to do with deforestation.</blockquote>In these examples and a lot of other examples, what comes after \"have something to do with\" is somehow the cause of/a contributory factor in what come... | The precise meaning of "to have something to do with"? | english | 2017-06-22T15:20:13.577 |
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"message": "I'm currently writing an essay and have the following paragraphs.\"We analyze NBA games from the 2000 to 2010 season, and uncover several results. First, ... . Second, ... . Third, ... .\"The <a href=\"http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarcheck#.WU0jFOvyu70\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ginger sof... | To uncover results | english | 2017-06-23T14:19:22.570 |
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"message": "Can I use it in this case?Example:<blockquote> The weather is awesome! But what if vice versa?</blockquote>I think that this phrase means: \"the weather is awesome, but what if weather will be bad?\".Is is possible to use \"vice versa\" this way?",
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"message": "No, ... | Can I use "vice versa" phrase in this case? | english | 2017-06-23T22:41:31.403 |
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"message": "Below is part of a <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">recent article in the New York Times about Donald Trump's public lies.<blockquote> Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump’s lies. But as regular as ... | "as.....as" structure when not making comparison | english | 2017-06-26T14:31:01.933 |
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"message": "What is a word similar to \"patented\" but without the legal connotation? It is something that only you or your company offers. May be a methodology rather than a product.",
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"message": "<blockquote> Proprietary [pruh-prahy-i-ter-ee] /adjective pertaining to... | Word similar to patented but not legally patented? | english | 2017-06-27T00:22:59.750 |
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"message": "When a landlord rents a property, he can insure himself in one of two ways:Security Deposit - an item or amount of money that is in the possession of the landlord and can be used to cover damages or failure to pay rentGuarantor - a person or body that accepts the responsibility to pay if the tenan... | Term for how the Landlord makes sure he's covered | english | 2017-06-27T09:51:57.097 |
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"message": "I have come across a few written documents by my peers that have what I would call a proper noun grouped with a common noun. So as an example without any capitalization:<blockquote> Select the edit menu from the menu bar.</blockquote>The way I usually see them write it is:<blockquote> Select the... | Noun Capitalization When Used With Common Nouns | english | 2017-06-27T17:23:17.017 |
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"message": "I'm trying to think of a word for the feeling someone gets when they have been working towards achieving a dream, and they finally make it.Example: Andrew has been working to be signed with the Yankees his whole life, and he finally makes it. What does he feel during his first game?When they final... | What's a word for the feeling of fulfilling a dream? | english | 2017-06-29T04:34:20.730 |
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"message": "A politician might use every chance to emphasize that he/she was poor indeed to gain public sympathy and support. are they playing poor card? that doesn't sound idiomatic.Aside from politics, when someone is trying to gain sympathy or support from the public by emphasizing that he/she is poor, li... | How do you describe this behavior in English? | english | 2017-06-29T12:55:28.687 |
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"message": "e.g. imagine somebody is looking for an apartment and needs it from September. They see a post somewhere that says \"Crazy cool apartment available from August\" and they just ignore the fact that it says \"from August\". So when asked \"Are you going to take this from August?\" they just reply \"... | How would you name somebody that ignores something just because it's more comfortable or in their interest not to know it? | english | 2017-06-30T14:48:03.050 |
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"message": "What's the word to describe a person who has a big ambition, likes to become one of richest men in the world. but he won't take certain action to achieve it, likes wouldn't even bother to get started with doing small business. He thinks and talks a lot but done little.What do you describe that kin... | What's the word to describe a person like that? | english | 2017-07-01T11:27:48.880 |
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"message": "Considering the etymology of <a href=\"https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anomie\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">anomie, could lawlessness be considered the Anglo-Saxon translation of this learned word of Greek origin?",
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"message": "No.As you have pointed ou... | Anomy vs Lawlessness | english | 2017-07-01T12:00:07.840 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a single word to describe \"strategic actions\". These actions would be performed multiple times a week at a minimum, at best multiple times a day.I'm not a big fan of the word \"Lead\" but others have used this term, for example: \"Have you completed your leads this week\".I woul... | What is single word for a Strategic action | english | 2017-07-01T16:21:50.367 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a single word to describe \"strategic actions\". These actions would be performed multiple times a week at a minimum, at best multiple times a day.I'm not a big fan of the word \"Lead\" but others have used this term, for example: \"Have you completed your leads this week\".I woul... | What is single word for a Strategic action | english | 2017-07-01T16:21:50.367 |
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"message": "The following quote is found in \"The Mars Mystery\" by Graham Hancock.<blockquote> \"a profound diversification that saw the first appearance in the fossil record of virtually all animal phyla living today. With relative evolutionary rates of more that 20 times normal, nothing like it has occurr... | Diversification saw the first appearance | english | 2017-07-02T07:35:33.480 |
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"message": "\"Love from your hens\" or \"Love from your Hens\". Unsure of weather to capitalize the word hens when discussing a group of girls from a hen party.",
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"message": "If these girls are all part of an established, known and defined group, then Hens is fine. <a href=\"ht... | Should "hens" (as in a hen party) be capitalized? | english | 2017-07-02T09:10:00.160 |
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"message": "In India we routinely refer to all women as ladies, not only in Indian English but also using the English loanword 'lady/ladies' in Indian languages.<blockquote> These seats are reserved for ladies. The old lady running the roadside lunch house brought him rice and curry. The new District C... | A lady or a woman? | english | 2017-07-03T22:08:05.083 |
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"message": "Full Sentence:<blockquote> A Dynamic mapping is sometimes referred to as a One to Many or Many to One translation – implying that in a Dynamic translation, many addresses can appear as one, or one address can appear as multiple.</blockquote>I'm trying to determine a better way of phrasing the bol... | Elaborating on One to Many or Many to One (Can you end a sentence with the word "many")? | english | 2017-07-04T20:22:43.257 |
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"message": "Does it make sense to say that one has an \"incorrect bias\"? Or is this a tautology?Can a bias be reffered to as correct or incorrect? Positive or negative?Thanks!",
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"message": "<blockquote> Does it make sense to say that one has an \"incorrect bias\"? Or is this ... | Is there such thing as an incorrect and correct bias? | english | 2017-07-05T14:50:23.237 |
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"message": "I remember the basic definition of this word, but I can't remember the word itself. To paraphrase the definition (if I remember correctly):<blockquote> To include many unnecessary details with the objective of making a story or narrative seem more convincing or believable.</blockquote>The correc... | What is a long, complicated word for adding many unnecessary details to make a story seem more believable? | english | 2017-07-05T21:23:15.443 |
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"message": "May I know what is the difference between I used to vs I'm used to? I have seen both of these words on various media. So please tell me?",
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"message": "See this duplicate question. <a href=\"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/220242/the-difference-between-i-... | What is the difference between I used to vs I'm used to? | english | 2017-07-06T12:30:42.917 |
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"message": "word, expression, or to a lesser extent (likely ~80% less), a phrase requestthis is the goala = 60% b = 20% c = 20% you're looking for the combination of a, b, c where the net % of each combined would come closest to the goal abovewhat would indicate/signal the option that best matches your goa... | word or expression which indicate/signal the option that best matches your goal? the option that comes the closest? | english | 2017-07-07T11:38:15.830 |
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"message": "word, expression, or to a lesser extent (likely ~80% less), a phrase requestthis is the goala = 60% b = 20% c = 20% you're looking for the combination of a, b, c where the net % of each combined would come closest to the goal abovewhat would indicate/signal the option that best matches your goa... | word or expression which indicate/signal the option that best matches your goal? the option that comes the closest? | english | 2017-07-07T11:38:15.830 |
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"message": "I see repeated use in numerous 19th printed texts and manuscripts, both British and American, of a semi-colon followed by an em dash. It is clearly a punctuation device that was used frequently in formal writing, in letters, and in personal journals, but not anymore. Since I will be quoting some o... | Semicolon followed by a dash;—What is it? | english | 2017-07-07T14:50:53.453 |
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"message": "I'm working on a program that will have a list of functions each of which, given an object, will return a particular property of the object. For instance, one of these will return the height of the object, another will return the width, another the color, and so on. These properties will then be u... | What do you call something that gathers a particular property given an object? | english | 2017-07-09T19:28:45.957 |
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"message": "How will a hypothetical 22 year old feel if he has developed some romantic sentiment for a young person (classmate) aged 20, but she unknowingly said that 'I will be your sister always.'Context: This is very much a generic case. It is very common in India (especially among classmates) to say 'I w... | What is that feeling...? | english | 2017-07-10T05:46:49.097 |
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"message": "<blockquote> They always complained about the school's brooms: some of them started to vibrate if you flew too high, some always flew to the left, some just didn't fly.</blockquote>I think there is a problem in this sentence. there should be \"and\" before \"some just didn't fly \". The senten... | Using "and" after third "comma" | english | 2017-07-14T16:50:48.707 |
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"message": "According to Google (I'm not sure which dictionary source they use) the meaning of synonym is:<blockquote> a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close.</blockquote>I want to know if there is a simi... | I want a word, sort of like "synonym" or "cognate" | english | 2017-07-14T20:37:22.117 |
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"message": "Is there a word in English that could robustly and vividly describe the realization of one's power or potency? For example, something that you might feel after, like in good old fairy tales, the wizard says \"the strength was within you all this time\"?I almost sure I encountered the word that fit... | Word to describe realization of one's power or potency | english | 2017-07-15T14:24:07.467 |
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"message": "Sanctuary TV series, Episode \"Out of the blue\":<blockquote> Will: Ok, but why bring us here? I mean, why not just bring us to the Sanctuary? Foss: Clock was ticking from the second you guys got hit. If the venom was acftive in your system too long, there was less chance that we could save y... | what does "bygones, sporto, bygones" mean? | english | 2017-07-17T19:47:05.077 |
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"message": "Today, the <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/eus-barnier-seeks-clarity-from-u-k-over-brexit-divorce-bill-1500550926\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">WSJ reports: \"EU, U.K. Make Progress in Brexit Talks but Clash Over Divorce Bill.\" So, it appears as though they have no uniform/simple rule for ... | Why is there a preference for seemingly inconsistent punctuation of abbreviations like US, UK, EU? | english | 2017-07-20T16:03:13.717 |
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"message": "I've looked on google and so far I can only find definitions and usage examples. I'm particularly curious where the 'blue' comes from as 'ruin' makes intuitive sense",
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"message": "According to Green's Dictionary of Slang, \"blue ribbon,\" at one point meant \"the ve... | What is the origin of the term 'blue ruin' for low-end gin? | english | 2017-07-21T01:09:39.470 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/103956/what-does-badwrongfun-mean-where-does-it-come-from\">This question on rpg.se asks for the meaning and origin of the phrase \"Bad-Wrong-Fun\" or \"badwrongfun\". RPG.net lexicon <a href=\"https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/RPG_Lexica:ABC\" rel=\"... | General expression for the role playing game phrase "Bad-Wrong-Fun" | english | 2017-07-21T04:14:25.563 |
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"message": "Here's a sentence I randomly thought of:<blockquote> The number of people [who/that] don't give way to buses is staggering.</blockquote>This sentence got me thinking about grammar and sentence structure and thus prompted this question. There are two parts to my question, which somewhat go togethe... | Parsing the sentence "the number of people..." | english | 2017-07-25T07:37:43.613 |
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"message": "I'm writing a short story, and here's where I'm stuck over word-choice:<blockquote> I peered through the window with the slick navy blue curtains, swinging to and fro to the movement of the minibus, blocking my view to some extent. I could see my vague reflection on the misty window ______ my sur... | Word/phrase to fill the blank: "I could see my vague reflection on the misty window ______ my surroundings." | english | 2017-07-25T21:47:38.177 |
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"message": "I recently came across a description of a GitHub project that had a sentence similar to the following at the end:<blockquote> Project collaborated by James Smith and Olivia Jones.</blockquote>Does \"collaborated by\" make sense in the above sentence?<br>Does \"collaborated on by\" make more sense... | Does "collaborated by" make sense? | english | 2017-07-26T16:08:19.440 |
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"message": "I recently came across a description of a GitHub project that had a sentence similar to the following at the end:<blockquote> Project collaborated by James Smith and Olivia Jones.</blockquote>Does \"collaborated by\" make sense in the above sentence?<br>Does \"collaborated on by\" make more sense... | Does "collaborated by" make sense? | english | 2017-07-26T16:08:19.440 |
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"message": "When writing \"1 week 3 days,\" if week is abbreviated to wk., should days also be abbreviated? If so, what should it be abbreviated to?",
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"message": "The abbreviation for day is \"d\".<blockquote> 2wk 3d</blockquote>This abbreviation is rarely used, however is con... | Should "days" be abbreviated when in the context of other abbreviated words? | english | 2017-07-26T18:29:12.113 |
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"message": "I have met such sentence in my tutorial text: \"Today my brother has announced that he is going to enter the university next year. I wondered if he had thought it over properly. He would be able to pass all the exams providing he studies at full speed, wouldn't he?\" I wonder if we can use \"would... | Would + Present tense in conditional clauses | english | 2017-07-28T01:35:10.073 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a word that describes a person who has to fight against a powerful opponent on a regular basis. This does not involve a competition, like some kind of sport.Example : Lawyers willing to take on powerful companies are hard to find, however James from the law firm Crane & Schmid... | A word that describes a person who has to fight against a more powerful opponent on a regular basis? | english | 2017-07-29T08:51:03.947 |
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"message": "The following sentence is from a text extract:<blockquote> If necessary, I myself will put him off the train.</blockquote>I am trying to analyse the sentence and identify it as being a simple, compound, complex or compound-complex sentence. However, I'm unsure of how to go about this, particularl... | Is this sentence more than one clause? | english | 2017-08-01T00:51:13.347 |
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"message": "For example: He's been punished to clean the floor but he just quickly skimmed it with a broom, with no actual care to how much cleaner the floor would become, and said he's done. What did he do? - He _______ed it / he was ______ing itor: How did he perform this task? - ______lyor: \"Clean the flo... | Word, elegant phrase or slang to describe doing something merely to pass the criteria? | english | 2017-08-02T10:56:26.413 |
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"message": "I would like to describe the manner in which a person performs a task as something like \"done in a paranoid fashion.\" Suspiciously is close, but I'm thinking there should be something more like Paranoidly for this situation.The use case is actually for documenting a software routine that is part... | Concisely describe an action as being performed in a paranoid fashion? | english | 2017-08-02T22:16:37.647 |
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"message": "A newbie user question about acronym used today: \"SVO.\" I'm puzzled as to what it could be. What is SVO pray tell? something verb order?",
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"message": "If you're asking about <a href=\"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/404103/svo-rule-exception\">this que... | What does SVO stand for? | english | 2017-08-03T13:00:10.567 |
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"message": "Is there a word for someone who always tends to be the catalyst to conflict, then backs out of said conflict with a victim mentality? For example provoking an argument and then saying something like, \"I'm done arguing, you always treat me poorly\" or \"why did you have to turn this into an argume... | Someone who instigates conflict and then plays the victim? | english | 2017-08-04T20:04:54.020 |
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"message": "Why I'm asking<code>@Xanne</code> asks \"Does this really have to do with the English language?\" Yes. I seek an English language verb. If you, dear reader, find it confusing that the following mentions another language, please imagine this other language is Martian and I'm just trying to describe... | What's the best word for denoting "treat as a single item" in the specific context I describe? | english | 2017-08-05T16:30:56.607 |
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"message": "What would be a good word to describe \"making things nobody wants\"? If any.I'm searching for a word to describe a negative connotation. Context: the current trend is to fabricate \"everything connected\", \"internet-of-things\". There are numerous examples that make no sense (and a few that do).... | One word for that describes "making things nobody wants" | english | 2017-08-05T22:24:29.170 |
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"message": "I've tried \"asking\" Google this question in multiple ways, as well as using a reverse dictionary, but niether of those came close to being useful. I've seen this word several times, particularly In Ann McCaffrey's Pern novels, and believe it starts with a \"C\". It essentially means that somethi... | Word that means "spoken so as to make clear there is no arguing" | english | 2017-08-07T21:36:03.980 |
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