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Someone who does not like excess
Apr 27, 2016
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What's another word for "disingenuous interpretation" that also insinuates a malicious interpretation (not merely inaccurate)?
Jul 26, 2021
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Rustle up, cook up, google up—what’s up with phrasal verbs?
Jul 14, 2021
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Is it bad to use wrong measurement system with a particular English style
Jun 8, 2018
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Are nouns that can be both an action and a state or condition treated differently syntactically than other nouns?
Apr 19, 2015
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Opposite of Hoarder
Apr 27, 2016
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What's the word for the small square indicating a right angle in a geometric figure?
Apr 22, 2016
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Word for “place of power”
May 7, 2021
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What's the equal and opposite proverb of "Variety is the spice of life"?
Jun 29, 2021
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What is the general name/description for what I thought was "Makeout Creek"?
Aug 31, 2021
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Is using "colored girls" as an incidental example offensive or unwelcoming?
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UNDELETED: Deleting a highly upvoted but questionably correct answer (the one with the subjunctive)
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Please don't migrate obviously off-topic questions to ELL - it just makes things harder on the author
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Is it the ELU answerer's responsibility to first check for duplicate questions on the English Language Learners site?
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Should I correct, point out or ignore egregious mechanical errors?