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| 0 How do you quote a passage that has used [sic] mistakenly? | |
| 1 Which word begins with y and looks like an axe in this picture? | |
| 2 Did English ever have a formal version of you? | |
| 3 Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun (his vs. her vs. their)? | |
| 4 What is the correct way to pluralize an acronym / initialism? | |
| 5 When should I use an em-dash, an en-dash, and a hyphen? | |
| 6 What is the rule for adjective order? | |
| 7 Is there a phrase that means sleeping with someone without sex? | |
| 8 How many spaces should come after a period/full stop? | |
| 9 Is there a word or phrase for the feeling you get after looking at a word for too long? | |
| 10 How are i.e. and e.g. pronounced? | |
| 11 Do you use a or an before acronyms / initialisms? | |
| 12 What is the factual basis for pirate speech? (Did pirates really say things like shiver me timbers?) | |
| 13 Which words in a title should be capitalized? | |
| 14 What is the plural form of status? | |
| 15 What is a feminine version of guys? | |
| 16 Are whores and horse homophones? | |
| 17 log in to or log into or login to | |
| 18 When etc. is at the end of a phrase, do you place a period after it? | |
| 19 Whats the difference between requester and requestor? | |
| 20 What is wrong with the word performant? | |
| 21 Unregister vs Deregister | |
| 22 Do most languages need more space than English? | |
| 23 What is the origin of ZOMG? | |
| 24 How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another? | |
| 25 When to use If I was vs. If I were? | |
| 26 Where were should, shall, and must in the 18th Century? | |
| 27 What the #$@&%*! is that called? | |
| 28 What is the plural form of zero? | |
| 29 More clear vs Clearer: when to use more instead of -er? | |
| 30 When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition? | |
| 31 Should I put a comma before the last item in a list? | |
| 32 Is it front-end, frontend, or front end? | |
| 33 What do you call a disk with a hole in the middle? | |
| 34 Why are the vowels in Christ and Christmas different? (and other strange diphthong behaviour) | |
| 35 What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly? | |
| 36 Why is “cannot” spelled as one word? | |
| 37 Status vs. state | |
| 38 Username, user name or user-name | |
| 39 Replace with versus replace by | |
| 40 Is it a user or an user | |
| 41 My wife and Is seafood collaboration dinner | |
| 42 Can doubt sometimes mean question? | |
| 43 Why do English writers avoid explicit numerals? | |
| 44 Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not? | |
| 45 Why is bicycle pronounced differently from other obviously related words? | |
| 46 When to use “that” and when to use “which”, especially in relative clauses | |
| 47 Unselect or Deselect? | |
| 48 Why is Pokémon written with an accent? | |
| 49 What are your favorite English language tools? | |
| 50 When should I use a vs an? | |
| 51 Is there an English idiom for trying to do two things at the same time and failing at both of them due to splitting your effort? | |
| 52 Why does quadratic describe second power when quad means four? | |
| 53 Which vs. what — whats the difference and when should you use one or the other? | |
| 54 What is it called when experts think they only know a small part of a topic and amateurs think they know almost all of a topic? | |
| 55 What is the difference between till and until? | |
| 56 When should no problem replace youre welcome as a response to thank you? | |
| 57 What is the difference between complicated and complex? | |
| 58 The plural of index–indexes or indices? | |
| 59 Is there any English/American equivalent for the Hungarian phrase beating the nettle with someone elses penis? | |
| 60 Did English ever have a word for yes for negative questions? | |
| 61 Why should the first person pronoun I always be capitalized? | |
| 62 Is it bear or bare with me? | |
| 63 When should compound words be written as one word, with hyphens, or with spaces? | |
| 64 Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object? | |
| 65 Is guy gender-neutral? | |
| 66 Difference between artifact and artefact | |
| 67 I dont get this joke. Is it some kind of play on water, too? | |
| 68 Is women men girls love meet die a valid sentence? | |
| 69 What’s a “handegg”? | |
| 70 Should I always use a comma after e.g. or i.e.? | |
| 71 How to say Its not rocket science before rockets existed | |
| 72 Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings? | |
| 73 When should I use a versus an in front of a word beginning with the letter h? | |
| 74 Can “thanks in advance” be considered rude? | |
| 75 What is the word for things that work even when they arent working (e.g. escalators)? | |
| 76 What is the difference between “tits” and “boobs”? | |
| 77 How do native English speakers respond to Thank you? | |
| 78 Jane makes over six figures - how much money does she make? | |
| 79 How many tenses are there in English? | |
| 80 Is there a suffix like phile or phobe for dont care? | |
| 81 Heres looking at you, kid meaning? | |
| 82 Alternative terms to Blacklist and Whitelist | |
| 83 Which is correct: Filename, File Name or FileName? | |
| 84 What does a single letter J mean in emailing? | |
| 85 Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark? | |
| 86 Is there any word in English where th sounds like t+h? | |
| 87 How did 7 come to be an abbreviation for and in Old English? | |
| 88 Is there a word for a person with only one head? | |
| 89 Email or e-mail? | |
| 90 What is the word for the smell of rain? | |
| 91 Which is correct, you and I or you and me? | |
| 92 Whether or not vs. whether | |
| 93 What does something 101 mean? | |
| 94 Why does I was happy to do my homework work, but I was tired to do my homework doesnt? | |
| 95 Why does the multi-paragraph quotation rule exist? | |
| 96 Why is Nike pronounced naikee and not naik? | |
| 97 Is there English counterpart(s) to Japanese old saying, “Present salt to your enemy.”? | |
| 98 Why is embassy spelled with E but ambassador with A? | |
| 99 Which is correct: __ is different from __ or __ is different than __? | |
| 100 How to say that food is hot (temperature) without the listener thinking that I mean spicy? | |
| 101 A/An preceding a parenthetical statement | |
| 102 When I say comment out, does it mean to uncomment something or comment it? | |
| 103 Are the dual transportation and learning meanings of both coach and train just a coincidence? | |
| 104 What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb help: with or without to? | |
| 105 What is the difference between an Emperor and a King? | |
| 106 Which day does next Tuesday refer to? | |
| 107 Idiom for someone who buys all the best gear to do something before they even have a basic proficiency? | |
| 108 What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in ‑s? | |
| 109 Why are names starting with a J common, while words starting with a J are uncommon? | |
| 110 Should I use a comma before and or or? | |
| 111 Which expressions can be used to close an email? | |
| 112 A few vs. few | |
| 113 What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them? | |
| 114 Why does Mickey Mouse Operation refer to a poorly run company? | |
| 115 Why Third Reich? Why is reich not translated when third is? What is the English synonym of reich? | |
| 116 Is believe you me proper English? | |
| 117 Why is there no autumntime or falltime? | |
| 118 Which is correct: could care less or couldnt care less? | |
| 119 Soccer mom: why soccer? | |
| 120 Why is it geometric but theoretical? | |
| 121 How did English retain its non-Christian names of the week? | |
| 122 Compared with vs Compared to—which is used when? | |
| 123 Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular? | |
| 124 Should there be a comma after i.e.? | |
| 125 Difference between delete and remove | |
| 126 History of X is dead. Long live X | |
| 127 Is there a gender neutral equivalent of “manspreading”? | |
| 128 Is that an r in worship in a text from 1591? | |
| 129 Is there a single term for nieces and nephews? | |
| 130 A word for a value between 0 and 1 (inclusive) | |
| 131 What does TL;DR mean and how is it used? | |
| 132 Is it acceptable to nest parentheses? | |
| 133 How do Americans refer to their non-metric system in everyday circumstances? | |
| 134 Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom carrying coals to Newcastle? | |
| 135 Is data treated as singular or plural in formal contexts? | |
| 136 Is there a name for this type of sentence structure: She looks as though shes been poured into her clothes, and forgot to say when? | |
| 137 Maximum vs. maximal | |
| 138 Why is the word pants plural? | |
| 139 Is there really no English equivalent to Germans “Fachidiot”? | |
| 140 Is denigrate a racist word? | |
| 141 Appropriate dash to use when attributing a quotation? | |
| 142 Is Idve proper use of the English language? | |
| 143 How to read “E = (mc)²” so as not to mistake for “E = mc²” | |
| 144 How to pronounce tuple? | |
| 145 Is -1 followed by a singular or plural noun? | |
| 146 English equivalent of the Persian proverb When theres fire, wet and dry burn together | |
| 147 How do you greet multiple recipients in an e-mail? | |
| 148 Consist in vs. consist of | |
| 149 What is the difference between 20$ and $20? | |
| 150 Two crows being an attempted murder | |
| 151 What is a word for making something seem not as bad as it actually is? | |
| 152 Words with bi- prefix that no longer mean two | |
| 153 Whats wrong with Ill open you the door? | |
| 154 Idiom or word for a very crowded place | |
| 155 Is it Yours faithfully or Yours sincerely? | |
| 156 What does the phrase Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish mean? | |
| 157 Whats the difference between a graph, a chart, and a plot? | |
| 158 Are there rules about using that to join two clauses? | |
| 159 Captain America said if you get killed, walk it off! How to understand walk it off? | |
| 160 What is deliberately using complex sentences to confuse people called? | |
| 161 It worths it, it worth it or it is worth it? | |
| 162 Should there be a space before a percent sign? | |
| 163 Which is correct, dataset or data set? | |
| 164 Is it wrong to use the word codes in a programming context? | |
| 165 Have a look vs. Take a look | |
| 166 Any followed by singular or plural countable nouns? | |
| 167 Difference between nevertheless and nonetheless | |
| 168 Why is Sean pronounced Shawn? | |
| 169 Is You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din! still considered a compliment in English? | |
| 170 Donald Trumps run-on sentences | |
| 171 If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J sound that preceded the design of the letter? | |
| 172 Equivalent of both when referring to three or more items? | |
| 173 Is there a reason the British omit the article when they go to hospital? | |
| 174 How to degender separate the men from the boys? | |
| 175 A fun, catchy way to say the opposite of a no-brainer? | |
| 176 Is there any online tool to read (pronounce) IPA and APA written words? | |
| 177 A formal way to say I dont want to sound too cocky... | |
| 178 Why do eleven and twelve get unique words and not end in -teen? | |
| 179 Word for fake religious people | |
| 180 Is it conceivable that President Obama might use the word queue? | |
| 181 Why the powers that be? | |
| 182 Should I write PhD or Ph.D.? | |
| 183 Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title? | |
| 184 Is it falsy or falsey? | |
| 185 Is there a word for air can pass through it? | |
| 186 What is ass door? | |
| 187 Why is distro, rather than distri, short for distribution in Linux world? | |
| 188 Where does the period go when using parentheses? | |
| 189 Do you really answer How do you do? with How do you do? | |
| 190 Which is correct: rack my brain or wrack my brain? | |
| 191 There is/are more than one. Whats the difference? | |
| 192 What is the difference between its up to you and its down to you? | |
| 193 Whats the difference between null and void in legal language? | |
| 194 How is y’all’dn’t’ve pronounced | |
| 195 Which is correct: feedback is welcome or feedback is welcomed? | |
| 196 Substitute X for Y | |
| 197 Updatable vs. Updateable: which is correct? | |
| 198 Why is it behead and not dehead? | |
| 199 Dear Sir or Madam versus To whom it may concern | |
| 200 Whats the difference between resolve and solve? | |
| 201 Is it correct to use their instead of his or her? | |
| 202 Synced or synched | |
| 203 Why is zero followed by a plural noun? | |
| 204 How can I order eggs over hard in the UK? | |
| 205 Idiom criticizing a person who has unsolved problems but tries to give someone advice about them | |
| 206 Extensible vs. extendible | |
| 207 Is there a polite alternative to No thanks, Im full? | |
| 208 What is the error called when two letters are mistakenly swapped? | |
| 209 Derogatory word, describing person (a pupil) who memorizes instead of learning? | |
| 210 Why do we refer to computers and other machines as being up or down? | |
| 211 What is the difference between make decision and take decision? | |
| 212 Queueing or Queuing | |
| 213 When I should use assure vs. ensure vs. insure? | |
| 214 What’s the rule for adding “-er” vs. “-or” when forming an agent noun from a verb? | |
| 215 What is a word similar to amateur yet having a strong connotation of someone who likes something? | |
| 216 It really doesnt matter v It doesnt really matter | |
| 217 Has fat chance always been used sarcastically or was it once a factual term? | |
| 218 Did gamblers get their lingo hijacked? | |
| 219 Why does paper cut so well?, ambiguous question? | |
| 220 Etymology of fairy | |
| 221 Should I put myself last? me and my friends vs. my friends and me or my friends and I | |
| 222 Which is correct, neither is or neither are? | |
| 223 Why use need not instead of do not need to? | |
| 224 Which is correct: one or more is or one or more are? | |
| 225 “kinda”, “sorta”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “lotta”, “oughta”, “betcha”, tseasy, etc. What are these? | |
| 226 Less vs. fewer | |
| 227 Meaning of has a ____ to it | |
| 228 Effect vs. Affect | |
| 229 Lets vs. lets: which is correct? | |
| 230 Polite alternative for none of your business | |
| 231 Is there a word for someone who really has their act together | |
| 232 Why is the word Holy used before swear words? | |
| 233 What is so bad about puns? | |
| 234 Whats a less offensive substitute for rep-whores? | |
| 235 Usage of p. versus pp. versus pg. to denote page numbers and page ranges | |
| 236 How do you handle that that? The double that problem | |
| 237 Alternatives to and/or? | |
| 238 Use of I, we and the passive voice in a scientific thesis | |
| 239 One of us is wrong, arent we? | |
| 240 Why do sentences that start with guess end with a question mark? | |
| 241 Is there a word for a non-geek? | |
| 242 When does thousand turn into thousands? | |
| 243 What does “l. s. d.” stand for? | |
| 244 Josephine, Schmosephine | |
| 245 How come ou was reduced to o in the US? | |
| 246 When do I use I instead of me? | |
| 247 Based on instead of based off of | |
| 248 How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping/snoring? | |
| 249 Word meaning both create and update? | |
| 250 Which is the correct spelling: grey or gray? | |
| 251 Was man a gender-neutral word in common usage at some point? | |
| 252 What is it called when you search for something on the internet and end up looking for other and it goes in endless meander? | |
| 253 Is there an English idiom that means you can always find a law to convict anyone? | |
| 254 Why do Wh question words in English so consistently map to Q words in Latin? | |
| 255 When to use & instead of and | |
| 256 What is the correct usage of myriad? | |
| 257 Content or Contents? | |
| 258 What is it called when someone says something like: Im not a racist, but... | |
| 259 Whats the negation of I used to be? Surely not I didnt used to be? | |
| 260 Is there an idiom or typical expression for an unfunny joke? | |
| 261 Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article? | |
| 262 The company I work at has this thing we have to say every morning. What is it called? | |
| 263 What is worse than mediocre? | |
| 264 Why is this joke about elephants and quarts funny? | |
| 265 Why is Santa Claus a man but Santa Maria a woman? | |
| 266 How to avoid ambiguity in I am renting an apartment in New York? | |
| 267 Is Is it a girl or a boy? really calling the infant an it? | |
| 268 Toward or towards? | |
| 269 What is the purpose of using the word automagically when we already have automatically? | |
| 270 Is there a term for the type of misleading joke comedians such as Stephen Colbert often use? | |
| 271 Help, the onus is on me! What do you call whatever it is Im supposed to do with it? | |
| 272 Central Pennsylvanian English speakers: what are the limitations on the needs washed construction? | |
| 273 The Dude abides — what does abide mean in that context? | |
| 274 When to use nude and when naked | |
| 275 If cow = beef, pig = pork, and deer = venison, then where is the word for human = [flesh as food source]? | |
| 276 How to pronounce the programmers abbreviation char | |
| 277 When should I use shall versus will? | |
| 278 What happened to Youre welcome? | |
| 279 Pregnant as a taboo word | |
| 280 Which term correctly identifies those who enjoy programming/technology: geek or nerd? | |
| 281 Fill out a form or fill in a form | |
| 282 Is Updation a correct word? | |
| 283 When ending a list with etc., should there be a comma before etc.? | |
| 284 What is the term for when you become more aware of something? | |
| 285 Difference between scheme and schema | |
| 286 When is a gerund supposed to be preceded by a possessive adjective/determiner? | |
| 287 Phrase for a small, legitimate fix for part of a system so broken the fix is unimportant | |
| 288 Is there a proverb to express You are too late and its your own fault.? | |
| 289 Why would you throw a party? | |
| 290 Whats the difference between the adjectives strategic and tactical? | |
| 291 Whats the difference between using single and double quotation marks/inverted commas? | |
| 292 Are w/o, w/, b/c common abbreviations in the US? | |
| 293 When should the word English be capitalized? | |
| 294 What is the correct plural of octopus? | |
| 295 All but idiom has two meanings? | |
| 296 What are the differences between inverse, reverse, and converse? | |
| 297 X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...? | |
| 298 What non-religious expressions can I use instead of Thank God? | |
| 299 When is L doubled? | |
| 300 What is the name of a small unluxurious restaurant? | |
| 301 What does the idiom batteries not included mean? | |
| 302 How small does a land-mass have to be before you live on it, rather than in it? | |
| 303 Doctors appointment or doctors appointment? | |
| 304 Relation versus relationship | |
| 305 There are no comments vs. There is no comment | |
| 306 Is errored correct usage? | |
| 307 Is at the time of writing correct? | |
| 308 How to read exponential expressions, e.g., 2^16? | |
| 309 You quench your thirst. What do you do with your hunger? | |
| 310 Order of not with infinitive | |
| 311 How do you pronounce Git? | |
| 312 How did Americans greet each other before Hi? | |
| 313 My personal opinion is... Is it always pointless to use the words personal and personally? | |
| 314 What is the correct word for dependee? | |
| 315 What is the word for always YES (100%) or always NO (0%), never in-between | |
| 316 What weve gelost — why doesnt English use the prefix ge-? | |
| 317 What did pop a cap mean, other than shoot someone, in the 19th century? | |
| 318 Why does legal English continue to remain archaic? | |
| 319 Is it ever worth the time and effort to correct someone elses grating grammatical mistakes? | |
| 320 Is there an English phrase for an inability to actually *leave* already? | |
| 321 How should I abbreviate versus? | |
| 322 What is the difference between dialogue and dialog? | |
| 323 Man is to womanizer as woman is to what? | |
| 324 Where does the quint in quintessential come from? | |
| 325 Is there a general word or phrase to describe the things you do after getting up, such as face-washing? | |
| 326 When did it become correct to add an “s” to a singular possessive already ending in “‑s”? | |
| 327 Is there a reason behind the ordering of letters in the English alphabet? | |
| 328 Is certainly possible an oxymoron? | |
| 329 What is the first part of a joke called? | |
| 330 What do you call a minor flaw in a work that makes you realize how perfect/flawless it is otherwise? | |
| 331 When is it necessary to use have had? | |
| 332 Agree on vs. agree with vs. agree to | |
| 333 Solution for or solution to a problem? | |
| 334 Which is correct: prefer X to Y or prefer X over Y? | |
| 335 What is the correct way to pronounce router? | |
| 336 Is substract (versus subtract) a proper word? | |
| 337 How is SQL pronounced? | |
| 338 When are because, since,for and as interchangeable? | |
| 339 Is there an English equivalent for the expression Playing the flute to a buffalo? | |
| 340 When should end punctuation go inside quotes? | |
| 341 Which is more wet: ‘moist’ or ‘damp’? | |
| 342 What is the difference between gender and sex? | |
| 343 Are there counterpart English expressions to Japanese proverb, the nail that pops up is always hammered down? | |
| 344 Whatever a Russian does, they end up making the Kalashnikov gun? Are there any similar proverbs in English? | |
| 345 Rhetoric vs. Mathematics: ellipsis/ellipse, parable/parabola, hyperbole/hyperbola | |
| 346 What is the English equivalent to the Chinese/Japanese saying, “塞翁失馬— Life is like Old Sai’s horse”? | |
| 347 If a ship sinks, what does an airship do? | |
| 348 Etymology of the use of Drive to refer to a digital storage medium | |
| 349 If an insertion in parentheses ends with a smiley, how do I distinguish between the two? | |
| 350 Phrase for overusing just-learned skills? | |
| 351 What animal is a “weefil”? | |
| 352 Worse comes to worst or worst comes to worst | |
| 353 Difference between I have got and I have gotten | |
| 354 In the Internet vs. on the Internet | |
| 355 Made of vs. Made from | |
| 356 Independent/independently of/from | |
| 357 Origin and exact meaning of the phrase I have to go see a man about a dog | |
| 358 What is the correct plural form of LEGO: LEGO or Legos? | |
| 359 Is there a secular, non vulgar alternative to for heavens sake? | |
| 360 I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he? | |
| 361 Is there a non-vulgar version of pulled it out of their ass? | |
| 362 Can I vs May I in restaurant setting when ordering | |
| 363 To camouflage is to sight as to ____ is to sound | |
| 364 The act of baiting someone into (incorrectly) calling bullshit | |
| 365 Why are there so few English words that begin with the letter X? | |
| 366 Why is “disabled“ preferred over “handicapped”? | |
| 367 English proverb for They danced, but didnt take a bow, as for failing good work on a final step | |
| 368 Name of the cut-outs in the side of a printed dictionary at each letter | |
| 369 Insecure or unsecure when dealing with security? | |
| 370 What is the difference between nevermind and never mind? | |
| 371 “between” vs. “among” | |
| 372 Why do people say to be honest? | |
| 373 What is the opposite of Optimal? | |
| 374 What is the difference between proven and proved? | |
| 375 When should a verb be followed by a gerund instead of an infinitive? | |
| 376 Where did the term OK/Okay come from? | |
| 377 Etymology of a pride of lions | |
| 378 Why do some words have two past tense forms (e.g. dreamed vs. dreamt)? | |
| 379 If I farm, Im a farmer. But if I guard, Im a guard? | |
| 380 What does “Your hair is so white now, it can talk back to police” mean? | |
| 381 You show someone a picture. You --- someone a song? | |
| 382 A skill that you have, but has little to no benefit for you | |
| 383 What happened to the “ch” in moschito? | |
| 384 Polite alternatives to as soon as possible | |
| 385 provide vs. provide with | |
| 386 Use of as per vs per | |
| 387 Data pronunciation: dayta or dahta? | |
| 388 Is there an apostrophe in a masters degree? | |
| 389 Do footnoting superscripts go inside or outside punctuation? | |
| 390 In the word Scent, is the S or the C silent? | |
| 391 Should I use a semicolon or a dash to connect two closely related sentences? | |
| 392 What do you call the interconnecting bits of a puzzle piece in English? | |
| 393 Singular of dice | |
| 394 Why is pound (of weight) abbreviated lb? | |
| 395 Is alcohol called spirits due to linking of imagery? | |
| 396 Was book to beek as foot is to feet? | |
| 397 Position is to space as what word is to time? | |
| 398 Are there any fake French words used in English? | |
| 399 What’s purportedly wrong with Strunk & White’s “The Elements of Style”? | |
| 400 What word denotes a belief that apparently inanimate objects actually express a malicious, autonomous will? | |
| 401 More formal way of saying: Sorry to bug you again about this, but ... | |
| 402 Difference between publicly and publically | |
| 403 Is there a word to describe someone who tends to disagree with others only to upset them? | |
| 404 Eat is to feed as drink is to what? | |
| 405 What were the rules for capitalising nouns in the 17th and 18th centuries? | |
| 406 Screwed vs. nailed: why is the slang so different? | |
| 407 Where does the phrase dry run come from? | |
| 408 Time zone vs. Timezone | |
| 409 Why, in old books, are dates often given with the years redacted? | |
| 410 Is Just a friendly advice grammatical? | |
| 411 Is faff well understood outside Britain? | |
| 412 Why is the letter Q almost always followed by the letter U? | |
| 413 How is deque commonly pronounced? | |
| 414 What is less harsh than brainwashing? | |
| 415 Image is to pixelated as a song is to ___? | |
| 416 English equivalent for the Persian idiom send someone out in pursuit of black chickpeas | |
| 417 Whats the English equivalent of the Japanese saying, “A fart ruins 100 days of sermons by the priest (bishop)”? | |
| 418 What are the rules for splitting words at the end of a line? | |
| 419 When do I use can or could? | |
| 420 When to use override and overwrite | |
| 421 Polite alternative to the term bitch when referring to a female dog | |
| 422 What is a prize for last place called? | |
| 423 When is my sons first birthday? | |
| 424 What does for mean in We are done for? | |
| 425 White Noise: Why White? | |
| 426 Why cant the word can be used in future tense (will can)? | |
| 427 What do you call a disk drive that is not solid state? | |
| 428 What would you with the king? -From the book Eats, Shoots and Leaves | |
| 429 What is musset? | |
| 430 Is the term String too jargony to use in a user interface? | |
| 431 Correct usage of persons (vs. people) | |
| 432 Why is pineapple in English but ananas in all other languages? | |
| 433 When your 10-year old boy says “It’s meta,” what does it mean? In what situation and of what sort of object they use this phrase? | |
| 434 Why use the word copy in do you copy that? | |
| 435 Are there any words I can use to disambiguate biweekly? | |
| 436 Amount vs. number vs. quantity | |
| 437 Is there a word for four times as much, analogous to once, twice, and thrice? | |
| 438 Is it appropriate to use short form of have (ve) when it means possession? | |
| 439 What does you will want to mean? | |
| 440 To science the sh*t out of something | |
| 441 Alternative expression for xyz Nazi | |
| 442 What is the etymology of “yellow”, and why is it so different in other European languages? | |
| 443 What was “Herbal Tea” called before ‘tea’ was introduced in Europe? | |
| 444 If we have a second of time, whats first? | |
| 445 When should I use Would, Would have, Will, and Will have? | |
| 446 Is using fruits as the plural of fruit acceptable? | |
| 447 What is the purpose of using the word why in why, thank you? | |
| 448 Oriented vs. orientated | |
| 449 What did google mean in the 1900s? | |
| 450 Why meth-, eth-, prop-, when there is uni-,di-,tri-? | |
| 451 How to pronounce the ^ symbol? | |
| 452 Is there a word for a change so small that it doesn’t seem to be a change at all? | |
| 453 What is this method of joking about a morbid situation called? | |
| 454 How did phobia ever come to mean hatred? | |
| 455 What does non-normative mean in this context? | |
| 456 Symbols for YES and NO in formal English writing | |
| 457 How did biscuit come to have a distinct meaning in North American English? | |
| 458 Why were Scottish & Irish names once rendered with apostrophes instead of Mac or Mc | |
| 459 In time versus on time | |
| 460 Simple Past vs. Present Perfect: was vs. has been | |
| 461 Inputted or input | |
| 462 Race is to racism as religion is to what? | |
| 463 Distinction: What can I do you for? vs. What can I do for you? | |
| 464 Is forte pronounced fort or for-tay? | |
| 465 Is “either” only used with two options? | |
| 466 jury-rigged, or jerry-rigged | |
| 467 What do you call a person who started something that is later followed by everyone? | |
| 468 Antonym of recommend | |
| 469 Grammatically correct sentence where youre and your can be interchanged? | |
| 470 What is the wife of a henpecked husband called? | |
| 471 Word for a software bug that occurs again after having fixed it? | |
| 472 Why can we say an American but not a British? | |
| 473 Is the word repeat really used as a synonym of vomit? | |
| 474 Why Speak of the devil? | |
| 475 Why is ‘i’ in milk pronounced differently from ‘i’ in find? | |
| 476 Is flu the only disease usually accompanied with the? | |
| 477 English counterpart to Japanese signal word, “Dokkoisho” | |
| 478 The dark dot in your eye | |
| 479 What does ctee mean? | |
| 480 How do you respond back to Hi, how is it going? | |
| 481 What is the meaning and origin of the common phrase the world is your oyster? | |
| 482 What is the origin of the term ginger for red-headed people? | |
| 483 The other way around or the other way round | |
| 484 Is therere (similar to theres) a correct contraction? | |
| 485 When should into be used rather than in to, and vice versa? | |
| 486 Is there a standard ordering for the question mark and the exclamation mark used together? | |
| 487 Can revert be used as a synonym of reply? | |
| 488 What is wont a contraction of? | |
| 489 How long can you say the late so and so? | |
| 490 What is the difference between illicit and illegal? | |
| 491 Why is the subject omitted in sentences like Thought youd never ask? | |
| 492 How do you say Come on, man to a woman? | |
| 493 Does the term white lie have racist connotations? | |
| 494 Why is You’ve brought a knife to a gun fight considered to be a mixed metaphor? | |
| 495 When should I not use a ligature in English typesetting? | |
| 496 Is rather shifting to become a verb? | |
| 497 Is there a word similar to reddening for the color blue? | |
| 498 What exactly is an adverb? | |
| 499 Mimsy were the Borogoves - why is mimsy an adjective? | |
| 500 What is it called when you raise a problem and someone else makes it seem like youre entitled by bringing up something far worse? | |
| 501 A way of describing the lesbian parent that is not pregnant? | |
| 502 A word for first name and middle name/s, but not last name | |
| 503 What is a good way to remind someone to reply to your email? | |
| 504 Call me through/at/on this number | |
| 505 How to answer a negative question without ambiguity? | |
| 506 Is evidence countable? | |
| 507 What would you call someone who imposes on other peoples generosity? | |
| 508 Retriable or retryable? | |
| 509 Bracket vs brace | |
| 510 Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supported | |
| 511 Referer or referrer | |
| 512 Meaning of the phrase womp womp in American English? | |
| 513 Use of pussy as term of endearment | |
| 514 Why do we say under the grill, not above or on the grill? | |
| 515 Why is there no plural indefinite article? | |
| 516 English equivalent for the Persian proverb The mountain just gave birth to a mouse | |
| 517 What is the most common English term for a person who attempts a coup détat? | |
| 518 Does OP mean “original poster” or “original post”? | |
| 519 What did we say before clockwise? | |
| 520 When did men start to lose their virginity? | |
| 521 Usage and origin of sister in expressions like sister company, sister ship, sister site etc | |
| 522 Is act like a mensch too localized for ELU readers (U.S. and/or British English)? | |
| 523 Term for being unable to see glaring errors after working for some time on a task? | |
| 524 The old switcheroo: Where did the -eroo suffix come from? | |
| 525 What does went through the guards of the broadsword mean? | |
| 526 What does “Barack Obama’s real crime is presiding while black” mean? | |
| 527 In sex talk, how many bases are there and what do they all mean? | |
| 528 what is the correct abbreviation for millions, billions and trillions in a financial context? | |
| 529 Dieing vs dying | |
| 530 Is everyone singular or plural? | |
| 531 Which is correct: troubleshooted or troubleshot? | |
| 532 What is the proper name for AM and PM? | |
| 533 Is there a word for someone with the same name? | |
| 534 noone, no one or no-one? | |
| 535 What do you call a person who uses vulgar words too often? | |
| 536 Pronunciation of Azure in Microsoft Azure | |
| 537 Is authentification a real word? | |
| 538 Is it alright or allright? | |
| 539 Why is primer pronounced with a short i sound? | |
| 540 Suggested alternatives for nice-to-have as a noun | |
| 541 Whats the single-word for left or right handed? | |
| 542 Whats the opposite of concatenate in programming? | |
| 543 What do we call a person in a war who holds the armys flag? | |
| 544 Why god in godparent? | |
| 545 How should I phrase a question that must be answered with an ordinal number (e.g., the third prime)? | |
| 546 Why do we say try and [verb] instead of try to [verb]? (E.g., Try and call me tomorrow.) | |
| 547 Does she still have all of her fingers? | |
| 548 Where did cc and bcc come from? | |
| 549 Is there a term which covers ATM cards, credit cards, and debit cards? | |
| 550 An English equivalent of Arabic idiom ‘Show us the breadth of your shoulders’ | |
| 551 Idiom: People caring about minor stuff while something terrible is happening | |
| 552 Have choir and deer ever rhymed? | |
| 553 Why is it Universal Time Coordinated? | |
| 554 Alternative to manned when referring to an extraterrestrial spacecraft? | |
| 555 What is the origin of the phrase Top of the morning to you? | |
| 556 What is the difference between thee and thou? | |
| 557 Is yay or nay an acceptable alternative to yea or nay? | |
| 558 What is a suitable word to describe a place where two rivers meet? | |
| 559 What are the differences between assume, presume and suppose | |
| 560 When a sentence starts with e.g., should the e be capitalized? | |
| 561 What is wrong with saying pleased to meet you? | |
| 562 Why are Greek letters pronounced incorrectly in scientific English? | |
| 563 Why doesnt its have an apostrophe? | |
| 564 Is there some rule against ending a sentence with the contraction its? | |
| 565 How did nominal come to mean within acceptable tolerances? | |
| 566 What is the meaning of the phrase Here be dragons? | |
| 567 Should I say ATM or cashpoint in the UK? | |
| 568 Is there a word/ phrase to describe somebody who has devoted their life to practising something but is still not very good at it? | |
| 569 Why the phrase thunder and lightning, and not lightning and thunder? | |
| 570 What is the opposite of the Devils Advocate? | |
| 571 Adding dot com to the end of a sentence? | |
| 572 A better word for unanswered | |
| 573 Equivalent English phrase for dont roll around where youve fallen | |
| 574 Is there an expression to indicate the strategy of wearing someone down with numerous small irritations? | |
| 575 What is this famous example of the absurdity of English spelling? | |
| 576 Are there rules to determine whether a musicians title will end with “-er” or “-ist”? | |
| 577 Have you got a chance to vs Did you get a chance to | |
| 578 Speak to vs. Speak with | |
| 579 Get hold of, get ahold of, get a hold of | |
| 580 Co-Founder, Co-founder, or cofounder? | |
| 581 Is it peek, peak or pique? | |
| 582 What is the proper plural form of apparatus? | |
| 583 Is it what it looks like or how it looks like? | |
| 584 Is a whole nother grammatical? | |
| 585 Is there a difference between Therefor and Therefore? | |
| 586 What does H/F, M/F and M/W abbreviation in job titles mean? | |
| 587 Is a hamburger considered a sandwich? | |
| 588 Using utilize instead of use? | |
| 589 When did a buck start being used to mean any unit of 100? (E.g. a buck fifty for 150 lbs.) | |
| 590 Correct term for a person working two jobs secretly | |
| 591 What does Wine! Because you never got a pony mean? | |
| 592 Is there an idiom for winning a contest because you were the only participant? | |
| 593 Is there an English equivalent to the Persian saying Now that its my turn, the sky fell down? | |
| 594 Is there a widely-accepted opposite of as the crow flies? | |
| 595 What is the type of English used in the King James Bible called? | |
| 596 A word to describe an excessively formal process or procedure | |
| 597 Why do the titles of scholarly works sometimes begin with the word on? | |
| 598 Are there English proverbs that warn against “speaking up” in front of people? | |
| 599 Please, dont - Im not | |
| 600 Is Many thanks a proper usage? | |
| 601 Which is correct: special thanks go to or special thanks goes to? | |
| 602 The difference between an analogy and a metaphor? | |
| 603 X times as many as or X times more than | |
| 604 Difference between an acronym and abbreviation? | |
| 605 Origin of the beatings will continue until morale improves | |
| 606 What is the name of the symbols ? | |
| 607 Why do people say over- and underwhelmed but never just whelmed? | |
| 608 A word for a worldly wise person who pretends to be naïve? | |
| 609 Is there an antonym for “capitalize” (as in letter-case)? | |
| 610 What do you call the facial expression or the state just before bursting into tears? | |
| 611 Is there any English word in which ph is not pronounced as f? | |
| 612 Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely...? | |
| 613 Why is there confusion between depreciated and deprecated? | |
| 614 Why is cupboard pronounced with a silent p? | |
| 615 To shoot out of cannon into sparrows | |
| 616 Is there another way of saying user-unfriendly? | |
| 617 Around how old is a woman of a certain age? | |
| 618 Is there a name for a window without glass? | |
| 619 English equivalent of Polish saying A yokel can leave a village, but village will never leave yokel | |
| 620 What Are Some Pejorative Terms for the Words Boat or Ship? | |
| 621 Is the etymology of salary a myth? | |
| 622 Is there a word used to describe a weekend plus a one-day holiday? | |
| 623 What is the correct term for paper that has become wet and deformed as it dried out? | |
| 624 What is the mistake in There are many Danes who speak English? | |
| 625 Whats up with the pronunciation of awry? | |
| 626 Why is a songs radio edit called a ‘7 version’? | |
| 627 Oil is slippery; rubber is _____? | |
| 628 How should I punctuate around quotes where the punctuation required by the quote interferes with the punctuation of the sentence? | |
| 629 What does arruginated mean? | |
| 630 Is there a similar English phrase for this Tamil proverb - Lavish outside home yet starving inside of it? | |
| 631 What is the opposite of gravitas? | |
| 632 Around 1960 in Britain Have you a camera? or Do you have a camera? | |
| 633 What is the binary equivalent to decimal and decimal point? | |
| 634 How macro in computer programming came about | |
| 635 Why is the apostrophe positioned differently in ones complement than twos complement? | |
| 636 Paid vs payed | |
| 637 Canceling or cancelling | |
| 638 As a side note vs. on a side note | |
| 639 Should So, Therefore, Hence, and Thus be followed by commas? | |
| 640 proficient What is the correct usage? | |
| 641 What is meant by steep learning curve? | |
| 642 Is there a word for the person who hides truth in order to deceive? | |
| 643 Focussed or focused? Rules for doubling the last consonant when adding -ed | |
| 644 A number of questions has been or have been asked? | |
| 645 Punctuation with units | |
| 646 Real time, real-time or realtime | |
| 647 Is using passive voice bad form? | |
| 648 Should I use related or -related | |
| 649 How obsolete is the word overmorrow? | |
| 650 I and am | |
| 651 Are there any differences between update and upgrade? | |
| 652 Is there a subtle difference between somebody and someone, anybody and anyone? | |
| 653 created at or created in | |
| 654 Difference between try to do and try and do | |
| 655 What is a less controversial name for the clothing item known as a wife-beater in the United States? | |
| 656 Is there a common saying in English that means Its just business, I dont feel any shame | |
| 657 Should the word Boolean be capitalized? | |
| 658 Does so called have a negative connotation in English? | |
| 659 What is the term for a beginner who is already very good? | |
| 660 Why is the anti in anti-semitism? | |
| 661 Handwriting is to illegible as drawing is to what? | |
| 662 Is the word Hitherto outdated? | |
| 663 What word defines a category suited for both header and footer? | |
| 664 Word for a person who learned something in the past, but is now back down to beginner level? | |
| 665 What is the word for pronouncing ‘th’ as ‘v’ as part of your English accent? | |
| 666 What would you call an operation you can undo? | |
| 667 Is D-glottalization a plausible explanation of ambiguity in Donald Trump interview with WSJ? | |
| 668 Is there a term for referring to an organization by its city rather than by its name? | |
| 669 another greeting aside from I hope you are well in an email? | |
| 670 Should there always be a comma after therefore,However etc.? | |
| 671 Whats the difference between a gerund and a participle? | |
| 672 What does to come undone actually mean? | |
| 673 What is the correct way to use neither and nor in a sentence together? | |
| 674 What does For what its worth mean? | |
| 675 What do Americans think of using cheers to sign off an email? | |
| 676 Should the number 0 be pronounced zero or oh? | |
| 677 Is the phrase its just a matter of semantics meaningless? | |
| 678 Why is our todays meeting wrong? | |
| 679 Why does Polly want a cracker? | |
| 680 Sign up vs. signup | |
| 681 Whats the difference between allow and allow for? | |
| 682 Difference between validation and verification | |
| 683 Using that and this interchangeably | |
| 684 What do you call a child for whom you act as a guardian / custodian? | |
| 685 What are the origins and proper uses of “s***gibbon”? | |
| 686 What is wrong in Please dont pluck the flowers and other phrases used in the Indian subcontinent? | |
| 687 What is the plural of Mrs? | |
| 688 Why does orange rhyme with (almost) nothing in English? | |
| 689 Is there any word for the opposite of a bug in programming? | |
| 690 Whats a good idiom or saying to say dont leave your current job before getting another? | |
| 691 How did s*** and the s*** come to mean opposite things? | |
| 692 Is there a saying or proverb for a situation where the weakest party will always lose? | |
| 693 Where does “ö” fall in alphabetical ordering? | |
| 694 Is there an equivalent term to Cold Turkey for starting something instead of quitting something? | |
| 695 Why is elsewhen not a proper word? | |
| 696 What is a good alternative for the reverse of a boycott? | |
| 697 Who is Jesus H. Christ? | |
| 698 Is there any equivalent for this Persian expression ____ is like an unopened watermelon? | |
| 699 English word for taking a derogatory term and owning it with pride | |
| 700 Why do verbs end with oke while their corresponding nouns are written with c? | |
| 701 Does the quirky spelling in English actually make it easier to read? | |
| 702 What does trodie mean? | |
| 703 My shoes cant think; how can they be sensible? | |
| 704 Can I do anything else with aspersions other than cast them? | |
| 705 At or in the office? | |
| 706 Expressing an opinion: to me or for me? | |
| 707 In detail vs. in details | |
| 708 Whats the difference between e.g. and ex.? | |
| 709 What is the difference between by contrast and in contrast? | |
| 710 Difference between invoice and bill? | |
| 711 An other vs another | |
| 712 Why is idea sometimes pronounced as idear? | |
| 713 What is the difference between electric and electrical and their usage? | |
| 714 What is the best format to use when writing out dates? | |
| 715 How correct is quote, unquote and where does its usage come from? | |
| 716 What is meant by dont piss on my boots and tell me its raining? | |
| 717 Why is the spelling of pronounce and pronunciation different? | |
| 718 Cancelled or Canceled? | |
| 719 Is it correct to say on accident instead of by accident? | |
| 720 Why does bananas mean crazy? | |
| 721 Can a word be contracted twice (e.g. Ivent)? | |
| 722 Dependence vs. dependency | |
| 723 Who wants ice-cream? — Should I say (not) I or (not) me? | |
| 724 Whats the meaning of the word brand in the expression brand new? | |
| 725 What term can be used to describe Yodas speech? | |
| 726 What do you call unclean water that you cant see through? | |
| 727 Are the endings -zation and -sation interchangeable? | |
| 728 Maths for Mathematics; where does the S come from? | |
| 729 Appropriate word for someone immune to embarrassment? | |
| 730 A single word synonym for A person not to mess with | |
| 731 Can I wear an umbrella? | |
| 732 Single-word antonym for cheapest? | |
| 733 Idiom for situation where you can either gain a lot or lose a lot | |
| 734 Does a word meaning Created Recklessly for Temporary Use exist? | |
| 735 What informal English expression would you use to let a couple know that they are being too intimate in public? | |
| 736 Word for a task which is flawed or doomed to failure but which you have to do anyway? | |
| 737 What are the specific parts of eating utensils called? | |
| 738 Are there any English words pronounced with sounds/syllables that arent part of the spelling? | |
| 739 Why is Nebraska listed after other states? | |
| 740 Is seafood inclusive of seaweed? | |
| 741 I can understand Disaster Preparedness but what is Pediatric Terrorism? | |
| 742 Has hacker definitely gained a negative connotation? | |
| 743 Is there a difference between disc and disk for naming digital storage media? | |
| 744 Word ending in -ine for rat-like | |
| 745 Why is the prefix Trans shortened to X? | |
| 746 Childlessness is hereditary in our family What do you call a statement containing a contradiction such as the example? | |
| 747 In old books, why is the first word of the next page printed at the bottom of this page? | |
| 748 How many birds in the bush? | |
| 749 Why is quixotic not Quixotic (a proper adjective)? | |
| 750 Which variant of English should I use when my target audience is the world? | |
| 751 Trolling: billy goats gruff or fishing reference? | |
| 752 What does What are you up to? mean? | |
| 753 Whats the difference between I look forward to and Im looking forward to? | |
| 754 Whats the difference between eldest and oldest? | |
| 755 At the beginning or in the beginning? | |
| 756 Difference between OK and okay | |
| 757 In what cases should I use a comma after please? | |
| 758 Capitalize fields of study? | |
| 759 How did sinister, the Latin word for left-handed, get its current meaning? | |
| 760 Using a comma before but | |
| 761 Etymology for “Mc‑” and “O’‑” prefix in surnames | |
| 762 What is the reasoning for the idiom in and of itself having the meaning it has? | |
| 763 Is “of ” necessary in “all of ”? | |
| 764 Is there a gender-neutral word for aunts and uncles/parents siblings? | |
| 765 Should I write module/theme or module / theme? | |
| 766 Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe? | |
| 767 Replacement for God forbid | |
| 768 Postfix or suffix? | |
| 769 Todo list or to-do list | |
| 770 How to deal with abbreviations like etc. at the end of parentheses which are closing a sentence? | |
| 771 What is a word for a person who uses resources to the maximum? | |
| 772 Difference between computation and calculation | |
| 773 Is used in anger a Britishism for something? | |
| 774 What word means the feeling of discomfort caused by watching peoples ineptitude? | |
| 775 Why use of in the phrase delivered of a baby? | |
| 776 Less vulgar synonyms for circlejerk | |
| 777 1 in 10 are or 1 in 10 is? | |
| 778 Can I use an if clause without then? | |
| 779 What does the phrase Begging the question mean? | |
| 780 Word to describe to sit in quiet anger | |
| 781 Is the usage of personally in I personally dont like something redundant? | |
| 782 A word for a non-logged in user | |
| 783 For all its worth or for all its worth? | |
| 784 How did sanction come to have two opposite meanings? | |
| 785 Phrase to describe a moving goal that is forever just out of reach | |
| 786 Etymology of a pegged CPU | |
| 787 Is there word like excruciating but relating to pleasure rather than pain? | |
| 788 Is there a word for happiness made possible by a tragic situation? | |
| 789 Word(s) to say if someone doesnt want one thing they surely dont want some second thing | |
| 790 Is there a name for text that reads the same upside-down? | |
| 791 Is there a visual equivalent of the word overhear? | |
| 792 Wash me, but don’t make me wet! | |
| 793 Are there English equivalents for “as beautiful as butt inside out”? | |
| 794 Is there a proper term for the arms of a star? | |
| 795 Difference between think of and think about | |
| 796 What does “covfefe” exactly mean? | |
| 797 Meaning of reach out to somebody | |
| 798 What is the correct abbreviation for the word numbers? | |
| 799 What does pax mean in the context of the apartment rental? | |
| 800 What is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes? | |
| 801 How about vs. What about | |
| 802 Is there a difference between holiday and vacation? | |
| 803 What does I stand corrected mean? | |
| 804 Invite vs. invitation | |
| 805 Where does the term Smurfing come from? | |
| 806 What is the proper way to write the plural of a single letter? Or a word used as a word (mention usage)? (another apostrophe question) | |
| 807 What is the proper way of using triple dots and spaces before/after them? | |
| 808 Neither Michael nor Albert is correct or Neither Michael nor Albert are correct? | |
| 809 Difference between choose and select | |
| 810 A more appropriate word for feeling high? | |
| 811 Where does emphasis mine go in a quotation? | |
| 812 How should I address someone with a known name and unknown gender? | |
| 813 Can one explain the different distributions of the Saxon and the analytic (Norman) (periphrastic, of) genitive | |
| 814 Which preposition to use with rename? | |
| 815 Is misconfigured a word? | |
| 816 Correct position of only | |
| 817 Word that describes someone that causes his own misfortune | |
| 818 What does it refer to in its raining? | |
| 819 Is dude becoming gender neutral? | |
| 820 A word for a joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh | |
| 821 How do you capitalize a proper noun such as iPhone? | |
| 822 What’s a possible one-word replacement for “applicable in every situation”? | |
| 823 Atheist/agnostic form of expressing condolences | |
| 824 Is the plural of prefix really prefixes rather than prefices? | |
| 825 Is there a word for an object that is no longer kept for its original purpose but instead for sentimental value? | |
| 826 Why do I pronounce horrible so harrhibly? | |
| 827 Double is to triple as halve is to ...? | |
| 828 Whereäs as an alternative spelling of whereas | |
| 829 Backstabs you constantly in a subtle way | |
| 830 Earth-based adjective counterpart to Lunar or Solar | |
| 831 Opposite for gold standard for a benchmark of awfulness | |
| 832 When should farther and further be used? | |
| 833 Word for damage that isnt serious, mostly visual and not hindering the function of the thing | |
| 834 Etymology of Butterfly | |
| 835 A word or a phrase for completely optimised, thoroughly researched technology | |
| 836 Two yellow spots on its wings vs a yellow spot on both wings | |
| 837 English equivalent of Vietnamese Rather kill mistakenly than to miss an enemy. | |
| 838 Why and when did Downs Syndrome change to Down Syndrome? | |
| 839 Why is whomse not a word? | |
| 840 Paucity of words for relationships | |
| 841 What is the equivalent of Persian idiom When the reed blooms? | |
| 842 Two English words to distinguish French words “numéro” and “nombre” | |
| 843 A word for when you speak ill of something and it turns out the person you are speaking to likes that thing | |
| 844 In 1700s, why was books that never read grammatical? | |
| 845 What was the crime described as letting out of ponds during Elizabethan England? | |
| 846 Flora, fauna, robot | |
| 847 What is an appropriate response to whats up greeting? | |
| 848 One word for someone who doesnt care about anything | |
| 849 Should I write that being said (vs. thats been said or Having said that)? | |
| 850 Is it a uniform or an uniform? | |
| 851 More so or moreso? | |
| 852 Word meaning to make more efficient? | |
| 853 Does staff take a plural verb? | |
| 854 Versus versus vs. in writing | |
| 855 The point is moot | |
| 856 Whats the difference between big and large? | |
| 857 What is the opposite of procrastination in one word? | |
| 858 Meaning of native speaker of English | |
| 859 Is there a term that defines nostalgia for something youve never experienced? | |
| 860 The past participle of split: split or splitted? | |
| 861 Why go off, as in alarm went off? | |
| 862 AM/PM vs a.m./p.m. vs am/pm | |
| 863 Is it acceptable to start a sentence with “however”? | |
| 864 Use vs. usage | |
| 865 What is the most professional name for squiggly bracket? | |
| 866 What do you call a person who is always online on the Internet? | |
| 867 Head is to decapitate as arm is to what? | |
| 868 Friendly way of saying I love you | |
| 869 What is a word for a condition one is born with? | |
| 870 A little brain fart | |
| 871 Why does Not in a month of Sundays mean It wont happen? | |
| 872 What do you call a person who keeps talking about art; studies art, criticizes art, and thinks hed be amazing with it. But he doesnt practice it | |
| 873 How is a in mathematics pronounced? | |
| 874 Is there an Extended Backus–Naur form (EBNF) that covers all of English? | |
| 875 Left and right are to side as front and rear are to what? | |
| 876 ETcetera pronounced as EXetera ? Correct? | |
| 877 Whats an antonym of demonize (other than deify)? | |
| 878 What is this strange sentence by Walt Whitman? | |
| 879 Term for Gift that Turns out to be a Burden | |
| 880 Why were slum kids called “urchins”? | |
| 881 In architecture, you {cut?} the corners of a building to keep it from featuring right-angles. Whats the word Im looking for? | |
| 882 What is it called when a highly respected person commits an immoral act but people dont believe that he committed the act? | |
| 883 Origin and evolution of hapless | |
| 884 The phrase do the lions | |
| 885 Pronunciation of the English alphabet | |
| 886 Why do I give my pets food but my livestock feed? | |
| 887 Is fastly a correct word? | |
| 888 Need of vs. need for | |
| 889 Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat. | |
| 890 Whats the difference between kind and type? | |
| 891 Do I keep myself up-to-date or up to date on something? | |
| 892 Should I capitalize the starting sentence after a greeting that ends in a comma (e.g. Hello,)? | |
| 893 Successfull/successful — is this a UK/US difference? | |
| 894 What are the similarities and differences between irony and sarcasm? | |
| 895 Why is it on *the* one hand? | |
| 896 Is it alright to use lowercase i or should you always use I (uppercase)? | |
| 897 What is a word that means unforgettable but with a negative connotation? | |
| 898 Is triple the proper counterpart of pair when describing a group of three items? | |
| 899 Why do Americans go downtown whilst people in the UK go up town? | |
| 900 Why is the unit of measure placed before the value for currencies? Are there other measures where the unit precedes value? | |
| 901 What is the infinitive of can? | |
| 902 Is it acceptable to use is become instead of has become? | |
| 903 What do you call hypothetical inhabitants living on the Moon? | |
| 904 How and when did American spelling supersede British spelling in the US? | |
| 905 This question has been asked at Stack Overflow vs. on Stack Overflow | |
| 906 Why is Wheres it Grammatically incorrect? | |
| 907 The intensifier pure D: where and when did it originate, and what does the D stand for? | |
| 908 What is the antonym of assemble a team? | |
| 909 What is the verb for criticizing someone (especially juniors) in an annoying way? | |
| 910 How did Jew become pejorative? | |
| 911 Why job in nut job | |
| 912 I sightsaw London. Is this correct? | |
| 913 What is the origin of daemon with regards to computing? | |
| 914 If I were you, Id apologise to my/your mum | |
| 915 Is there a word to describe a highly desirable cursed treasure? | |
| 916 Did the English call a fruit “openærs” for 700 years? | |
| 917 Etymology of *spreadsheet* / an anachronistic use | |
| 918 Reply to I hope you are well? | |
| 919 Should I use everyones, everyones or everyones? | |
| 920 Congratulate for vs. congratulate on | |
| 921 Regarding Re: ; what is the correct usage in an email subject line? | |
| 922 When do we need to put a comma after so at the beginning of a sentence? | |
| 923 Is receival a valid word for the act of receiving something? | |
| 924 On vs At with date and time | |
| 925 What is the origin of the word goodbye? | |
| 926 What do we call people who go to the gym? | |
| 927 Electronic vs. electric | |
| 928 About definite article before Earth, Moon and Sun | |
| 929 Reason for different pronunciations of lieutenant | |
| 930 Is there an English idiom for your silence implies your consent? | |
| 931 Is there any difference in meaning between efficacy and efficiency? | |
| 932 Trainer is to trainee as mentor is to what? | |
| 933 On the other hand without the first hand | |
| 934 What do you call a response which does not address the question? | |
| 935 Should we use plural or singular for a fraction of a mile? | |
| 936 I dont have a ___ in this ___ (saying) | |
| 937 Types of things vs. types of thing | |
| 938 Why are sugar and sure pronounced with an SH? | |
| 939 Use of “f ” instead of “s” in historic, printed English documents | |
| 940 What is it called when words are deliberately spelled incorrectly but pronunciation is kept unchanged? | |
| 941 Plural form of schema | |
| 942 What is the difference between lay and lie? | |
| 943 Is there a word or an idiom for people who only spend their families money and fool around? | |
| 944 Verb meaning to alter someones famous saying | |
| 945 My colleagues body is amazing | |
| 946 How to pronounce 720p and 1080p | |
| 947 Bill O’Reilly Is Forced Out at Fox News | |
| 948 What is the player called who has a turn? | |
| 949 A derogatory term for a book or other printed material | |
| 950 What can be used as formal euphemism of hack? | |
| 951 Why Giraffe as a name for the animal? | |
| 952 Is there a word for a message that is intended to be intercepted by an adversary? | |
| 953 Generic word for uni-, bi-, tricycle, etc.? | |
| 954 Origin of -ing | |
| 955 Clintons “wonky” | |
| 956 Positive variant of taint | |
| 957 Is this sentence from Orwells Animal Farm grammatically sound? | |
| 958 Difference between How are you? and How are you doing? | |
| 959 With who vs. with whom | |
| 960 How should midnight on... be interpreted? | |
| 961 Detail or Details? Read on for more detail/details | |
| 962 What is the difference between nothing but, anything but, and everything but? | |
| 963 “Programming” versus “programing”: which is preferred? | |
| 964 Collective word for food and drink | |
| 965 What would be an appropriate opposite of exceed? | |
| 966 Proverb or expression for a situation with two choices, both leading to a different kind of trouble | |
| 967 Life cycle, life-cycle or lifecycle? | |
| 968 Is there a difference between “arse” and “ass”? | |
| 969 None of us is vs None of us are, Which is Correct? | |
| 970 What does “a couple” mean to you, and what does “a few” mean to you? | |
| 971 Is useable preferred in certain regions, or just an alternate spelling of usable? | |
| 972 Footnote marks at end of a sentence | |
| 973 Using And at the beginning of a sentence | |
| 974 Awesome vs. Awful | |
| 975 Proper way to address a very small group that includes both sexes | |
| 976 Origin of ballpark estimate to mean a very rough estimate? | |
| 977 Person, Persons, People, Peoples | |
| 978 How to use hyphens appropriately when listing multiple hyphenated terms? | |
| 979 What is the word for the emotion I feel when I see someone being humiliated? | |
| 980 Plural of syntax | |
| 981 Pluralization rule for five-year-old children, 20 pound note, 10 mile run | |
| 982 What is the word for an action that is considered to be frowned upon? | |
| 983 Is “I am getting married with my sister” ambiguous? | |
| 984 Why are not infamous and inflammable the opposite of famous and flammable? | |
| 985 Is there an English equivalent for Les carottes sont cuites, while keeping the vegetable reference? | |
| 986 President is to presidential as moderator is to what? | |
| 987 Is there a term to describe an event which happens every 18 months? | |
| 988 How to describe a person who has done well in every task except one, but he has done extremely bad in that one task | |
| 989 Is this toilet sign correct usage of the English language? | |
| 990 Which word describes an identity that can be filled by more than one individual, but only one at a time? | |
| 991 Is there a name for an adjective that cannot precede a noun? | |
| 992 Intentionally committing hypocrisy, to show a wrong-doer why you think what they do is wrong | |
| 993 The hidden flaw in singular they—what to do about reflexive pronouns? | |
| 994 How far back in time could I travel and still be understood? | |
| 995 Title in a letter to an unknown person | |
| 996 Is x plotted against y or is y plotted against x? | |
| 997 Scheduled on vs scheduled for | |
| 998 fine by me vs fine with me | |
| 999 By foot vs. on foot | |
| 1000 How is æ supposed to be pronounced? | |
| 1001 What is the difference between English and British? | |
| 1002 What is the difference between Have you seen this? and Did you see this? | |
| 1003 On a page or in a page for a web page | |
| 1004 Whats the difference between adviser and advisor -- are both interchangeable? | |
| 1005 What does wrt mean? | |
| 1006 have vs.have got in American and British English | |
| 1007 Whats the origin of the idiom to cut your teeth on something? | |
| 1008 Which is correct, buck naked or butt naked? | |
| 1009 Changes in English names of people | |
| 1010 Opened vs open? | |
| 1011 Why is the ph pronounced like a v in Stephen? Is this the only word like that? | |
| 1012 What is the opposite of the sub prefix? | |
| 1013 Is it despite or despite of? | |
| 1014 Why are the French pejoratively referred to as frogs? | |
| 1015 What is an alternative fact? | |
| 1016 Clean vs Clear | |
| 1017 Is it togglable or toggleable? | |
| 1018 Your fly is open You mean my flies? | |
| 1019 Gender-neutral alternative to craftsmanship? | |
| 1020 How are marry, merry, and Mary pronounced differently? | |
| 1021 What is the opposite of meta? | |
| 1022 Explanation of must needs | |
| 1023 What is a word to describe a lifestyle of few possessions? | |
| 1024 Whats a word for a thing that makes one sleepy? | |
| 1025 What is the correct pronunciation of “regex”? | |
| 1026 Underwater equivalent of aerodynamic? | |
| 1027 What is the optional plural form of a word that ends in “‑y”? | |
| 1028 Is legit a legitimate word? | |
| 1029 How bad is the f-word, really? | |
| 1030 What is the original connection between nurse and sister? | |
| 1031 Is there a non-medical name for the curve where index finger and thumb meet? | |
| 1032 Why did Blake spell tyger with a y? | |
| 1033 What does the s in thanks mean? | |
| 1034 What is a long, complicated word for adding many unnecessary details to make a story seem more believable? | |
| 1035 Why are Leicester & co pronounced as they are? | |
| 1036 What do you call a road that goes up and down? | |
| 1037 Word for dismissing someones opinions as racist, liberal, etc, instead of debating back | |
| 1038 How do you pronounce numbers written in different bases? | |
| 1039 Is the term aspie derogatory? | |
| 1040 Regulatory bodies and authoritative dictionaries for English | |
| 1041 Predator is to Predatory as Prey is to...? | |
| 1042 (k+1)th or (k+1)st? | |
| 1043 Whats a good term for source code that could theoretically still run, but is purposefully not? | |
| 1044 Is the phrase yellow card slang for a female body part? | |
| 1045 Is there a word like apathy but with positive moral connotations? | |
| 1046 The times they are a-changin | |
| 1047 What kind of noun is picture? | |
| 1048 A word for really thin book pages | |
| 1049 Is recent past an oxymoron? | |
| 1050 Phrase for a situation where a problem disappears when you are about to fix it, but reappears later | |
| 1051 What do you call these rolls on old clothes? | |
| 1052 At what point did gross come to mean disgusting? | |
| 1053 Person who pretends to not understand unless one speaks in exactly the words they expect | |
| 1054 Why is there paternal, for fatherly, fraternal, for brotherly, but no similar word for sons? | |
| 1055 Word that means the classification of a number as even or odd | |
| 1056 Why are clothes “hung” but men “hanged”? | |
| 1057 Is “the girls are want to gossip” correct? | |
| 1058 th in mother, father, brother— but not sister | |
| 1059 Has the verb to import me ever been commonly used in English the way to concern me is in the phrase It does not concern me? | |
| 1060 Why is a splash screen so called? | |
| 1061 What does the term a free concert in the mud mean in this sentence? | |
| 1062 Is Valley Girl speak like, entering the language? | |
| 1063 Term for something that is supposed to increase safety, but really just increases fear? | |
| 1064 What is the equivalent in English of the French pipotron, which refers to meaningless filler content that looks like it was written by a bot? | |
| 1065 Regional dialect or just improper grammar? Eating on leftovers or just eating leftovers | |
| 1066 Angry with vs. angry at vs. angry on | |
| 1067 Is it appropriate to use the salutation Dear All in a work email? | |
| 1068 I get it vs. I got it | |
| 1069 Washroom, restroom, bathroom, lavatory, toilet or toilet room | |
| 1070 Is my bad a correct English phrase? | |
| 1071 Translate into vs. Translate to | |
| 1072 An idiom meaning someones doing something useless and has no result at the end | |
| 1073 you versus You as polite form of writing | |
| 1074 Can “due to” and “because of ” be used interchangeably? | |
| 1075 Why do we say to boot? | |
| 1076 Whats the difference between a picture and an image? | |
| 1077 Why are there two pronunciations for either? | |
| 1078 Whats the difference between recall and remember? | |
| 1079 Is there any rule for the placement of space after and before parentheses? | |
| 1080 It isnt vs. its not | |
| 1081 Why do we say I win instead of I won? | |
| 1082 Why does bass sound like base? | |
| 1083 Is it ever acceptable for a period to come after a quote at the end of a sentence? | |
| 1084 Is “might could” a correct construct? | |
| 1085 Why do we say INcomplete but UNcompleted? | |
| 1086 What follows next in the sequence unary, binary, ternary...? | |
| 1087 Usage of many vs many a? | |
| 1088 When did More tea vicar? start to be used after farting? Where did it come from? | |
| 1089 Whats a word for avoiding a question with a generic (fake) answer? | |
| 1090 Usage of the word orthogonal outside of mathematics | |
| 1091 Whats the literal meaning of Real Estate? | |
| 1092 Is there any relation between the suffix -ship and actual ships? | |
| 1093 What is a room a company provides for eating food called? | |
| 1094 Other word for an empty promise (that is likely not to be held) | |
| 1095 Parametrise or parameterise a curve? | |
| 1096 What is it called when something appears so obvious, no one expects it? | |
| 1097 Derogatory term for a corporate employee | |
| 1098 A number between 0 and 1 - like a percentage but expressed as a decimal | |
| 1099 What is the female equivalent of a sausage fest? | |
| 1100 Word to describe beautiful but worthless | |
| 1101 Winter — wintry; summer — summery; spring — ?; autumn — ? | |
| 1102 Secular alternative to preaching to the choir? | |
| 1103 An English idiom for solve a problem that has been solved? | |
| 1104 Word for the thiefs key that can unlock anything | |
| 1105 Appropriate word for internet name of a person | |
| 1106 Plural of an initialism that ends with the letter S | |
| 1107 Formal alternative to bullsh-t | |
| 1108 Feminism being referred to as equality for all, as opposed to equality for women | |
| 1109 True is to false as truth is to... what? | |
| 1110 Why would an mule be used instead of a mule? | |
| 1111 What does Dis sho am good mean in this old advertisement? | |
| 1112 Indefinite articles used with plural nouns: It was AN amazing TWO DAYS | |
| 1113 Ive said it once, Ive said it twice, Ive said it a thousand times | |
| 1114 Why do you drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway? | |
| 1115 Just how offensive are the terms retarded and gay? | |
| 1116 If the plural of ‘man’ is ‘men,’ shouldn’t the plural of ‘German’ be ‘Germen’? | |
| 1117 A word sounding like weatherall to refer to someone who doesn’t have the courage | |
| 1118 What is the origin of the exclamation mark? | |
| 1119 What are the words for the different parts of a ticket? | |
| 1120 Secular alternative to doubting Thomas | |
| 1121 Debussy as term for bathroom? | |
| 1122 Not On the Rocks | |
| 1123 Their hunt the roast vegetable sauce: can you parse this? | |
| 1124 Is there a pre-Internet term for gamification? | |
| 1125 Origin/meaning of burninate | |
| 1126 Can a statement be hissed without any sibilants? | |
| 1127 unknown usage of verb pit | |
| 1128 How should I ask for a bill in a restaurant politely? | |
| 1129 What is the meaning of dont mention it (in response to thank you)? | |
| 1130 What is the difference between as per and according to? | |
| 1131 Common phrases for something that appears good but is actually bad | |
| 1132 Is it correct to say Person A is the spitting image or the splitting image of Person B? | |
| 1133 When to use rather than versus instead of? | |
| 1134 comprise or comprise of | |
| 1135 Wait on vs wait for | |
| 1136 What does gotcha mean? | |
| 1137 When to use cannot versus cant? | |
| 1138 When is Y a vowel? | |
| 1139 Which one is correct to say: Its me or Its I? | |
| 1140 Polite synonyms for a——hole-ish behavior | |
| 1141 Dos and donts or dos and donts? | |
| 1142 What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”? | |
| 1143 Does one use a or an before the word X-Ray? | |
| 1144 Do in future and in the future imply different meanings? | |
| 1145 Difference between response and reply | |
| 1146 Toilet, lavatory or loo for polite society | |
| 1147 Firstname or First Name? | |
| 1148 Is there a slang word or idiom for someone who borrows money from friends or relatives and never (or rarely) pays them back? | |
| 1149 What does vanilla mean in the context of gaming? | |
| 1150 Why is the term depressed often used to describe a button which is pressed? | |
| 1151 Are greetings and salutations redundant in an e-mail? | |
| 1152 Is more than one nor after a neither correct? | |
| 1153 Is it a good practice to refer to countries, ships etc using the feminine form? | |
| 1154 What is the difference between maybe and may be? | |
| 1155 Why is colonel pronounced kernel? | |
| 1156 A word for saying things indirectly because you do not know the correct word | |
| 1157 What is the difference between minimum and minimal? | |
| 1158 Where do shenanigans come from? | |
| 1159 Is there a word that means to walk slowly? | |
| 1160 Why is “toast” uncountable? | |
| 1161 One word - someone so scared that he cant move | |
| 1162 Specially vs especially | |
| 1163 Reason for the current trend to use «she» as the gender-neutral pronoun? | |
| 1164 Is But allowed at the beginning of a sentence as a synonym to Though or However? | |
| 1165 Blanket term for things we often buy at grocery store that are not groceries, e.g., toilet paper, laundry detergent, window cleaner, saran wrap | |
| 1166 Hypernym for approve and reject | |
| 1167 Generic name for places like village, town and cities | |
| 1168 Whats the verb to describe a good guy becoming a bad guy? | |
| 1169 Whats it called when you lose contact with reality when watching a movie? | |
| 1170 What does the idiom “funny as hell” mean? | |
| 1171 When do you use “learnt” and when “learned”? | |
| 1172 What does days mean? | |
| 1173 Is there an English equivalent for the Persian proverb to play with tail of lion | |
| 1174 Why did only English undergo the Great Vowel Shift, making pronunciation stray so far from spelling? | |
| 1175 What is the American word for tea-towel? | |
| 1176 Words with opposite meanings in different regions | |
| 1177 What do you call someone without a nationality? | |
| 1178 How to jokingly express an if you pay me, Ill say it attitude? | |
| 1179 What is the word for to do something one considers to be beneath oneself? | |
| 1180 When talking to American clients, should I say smoothie or milkshake? | |
| 1181 What do you call someone who has fought his way from a lower social class to a higher social class with his/her own efforts? | |
| 1182 How come people say “Would of”? | |
| 1183 Why is it usually friend of his, but no possessive apostrophe with friend of Peter? | |
| 1184 Is there a word that combines aerial, aquatic, and terrestrial? | |
| 1185 Meaning of Hes got more bottle than a milkman | |
| 1186 Are there any words whose spelling was deliberately changed to make them non-offensive? | |
| 1187 What does Mrs mean when used with a mans name? | |
| 1188 Word for the distance from the waterline to the main deck of a boat | |
| 1189 What is the thirsty equivalent of ravenously? | |
| 1190 Why is white noise called static? | |
| 1191 Word for metallic “dust”? | |
| 1192 What rules make “Remember me, who am your friend” grammatical? | |
| 1193 Is there a word for two persons dodging each other on the street? | |
| 1194 What does “Pitchforks change hands” and “Pitchforks have their uses” mean? | |
| 1195 A derogatory word for a splendid person | |
| 1196 What is the idiom, expression or proverb for If you let them use you once they will use you for life? | |
| 1197 Words that are pluralized in the middle? | |
| 1198 Is there an English equivalent of the Italian idiom non confondiamo loro con la tolla!? | |
| 1199 Does apologizing entail recognizing being at fault? | |
| 1200 Why is anyone in a porn movie considered a porn star? | |
| 1201 Whats a parallel for mitigate, for worsening a good situation? | |
| 1202 Is there a word for a person from another race? | |
| 1203 What is the lexical class of the word worth when used in a sentence like Is this apple worth $3? | |
| 1204 Why is hysterical applied to women but rarely to men? | |
| 1205 Revealing that someone else is gay — counterpart to come out | |
| 1206 Why use BCE/CE instead of BC/AD? | |
| 1207 Which is correct: with regards to, in regards with, regarding? | |
| 1208 people are/is: which one is correct? | |
| 1209 Which is correct: the below information or the information below? | |
| 1210 Difference between résumé and CV | |
| 1211 Spelt vs. spelled | |
| 1212 Do you need a comma before a subordinating conjunction (like if)? | |
| 1213 Acceptable uses for associated with or associated to | |
| 1214 Is it correct to say The reason is because ...? | |
| 1215 the USA vs. the US | |
| 1216 Which is correct: coming down the pike or pipe? | |
| 1217 I cant seem to vs I cant | |
| 1218 May you please explain this? | |
| 1219 Proper Timezone Acronym Usage - PT vs PDT or PST | |
| 1220 What is the plural form of Software? | |
| 1221 Euphemism for diarrhea | |
| 1222 Biweekly, bimonthly, biannual, and bicentennial | |
| 1223 Is there a more common phrase that means preponed? | |
| 1224 Outside or outside of? | |
| 1225 What does P.U. (in reference to stinkiness) stand for? | |
| 1226 What does it mean to call someone a drink of water? | |
| 1227 Is it spelt naïve or naive? | |
| 1228 Denoted by or just denoted? | |
| 1229 Word to describe person who is rich in wealth, but is poor in class? | |
| 1230 How does it look? | |
| 1231 Difference between «so that» and «such that» | |
| 1232 Is using he for a gender-neutral third-person correct? | |
| 1233 Is there a word which means whatever you want it to mean? Or has no meaning? | |
| 1234 Idiom for just because you give something a different name, it doesnt change what it is | |
| 1235 How many people are in the sentence My friend, John, and I went shopping? | |
| 1236 Why is a large shuriken sometimes called a glaive? | |
| 1237 What is the fundamental difference between ‘search’ and ‘seek’? | |
| 1238 Why is present perfect present if it happened in the past? And why is it perfect? | |
| 1239 Do the words jail and prison refer to different things? | |
| 1240 Is there a difference between cheers and thanks in colloquial British English? | |
| 1241 English equivalent for Dont burn your house to smoke out a rat! | |
| 1242 Why is math always pluralized in British English but singular in American English? | |
| 1243 Is there a word for being so polite as to appear insincere? | |
| 1244 Besides raisins, what other dried fruits and vegetables have their own names? | |
| 1245 What is a word for fake seriousness, especially when you are intending to be funny | |
| 1246 What does the suffix “‑fu” mean? | |
| 1247 WhAt iS tHiS kINd oF caPiTaLiSAtIOn cAlLeD? - random capitalisation or intermittent capitalisation | |
| 1248 Why do newspaper headlines use strange syntax rules? | |
| 1249 Why is there a Romeo but not a Juliet? | |
| 1250 Is there a word for a question asked despite knowing the answer, but meant to elicit a response for the sake of the audience? | |
| 1251 Is the use of the term bugged to refer to software bugs in English a worldwide or regional use? | |
| 1252 Word request: a period of time in which someones best work was done | |
| 1253 English equivalent of cest gratuit | |
| 1254 crisscross, dillydally, riffraff, etc | |
| 1255 antonym of spoiled | |
| 1256 What is the English verb/phrase/expression for cheating customers with an inaccurate scale? | |
| 1257 How does one correctly use a semicolon? | |
| 1258 How can the Chinglish expression you can you up be translated? | |
| 1259 Etymology of the nick used in nickname? | |
| 1260 Is there an idiom for someone who nods and listens usefully? | |
| 1261 How do you solve a problem like Maria? | |
| 1262 Why is it take a leak? | |
| 1263 How to positively describe something, such as a war memorial, which doesnt invoke positive feelings? | |
| 1264 Is ageing the only exception? | |
| 1265 Is there a term for a masked / veiled question to find sensitive information? | |
| 1266 Why is the zh (ʒ) sound so infrequent in English? | |
| 1267 Terms for collections of animals | |
| 1268 Meaning of bull in Byrons this is no bull, although it sounds so | |
| 1269 Meaning of I have often seen Essex cheese quick enough | |
| 1270 Complete the job, as directed. There is a comma. why? | |
| 1271 Is there any noun in English which changes the first letter in the plural? | |
| 1272 What is the antonym of DRM-free? | |
| 1273 What native word did second replace in English? | |
| 1274 Why do I instinctively want to use the present tense with a conditional? | |
| 1275 Possessive of a word that is already possessive | |
| 1276 What does Roger mean in war movies? | |
| 1277 Difference between at and in when specifying location | |
| 1278 Convenient for you vs convenient to you | |
| 1279 Warranty vs. guarantee | |
| 1280 Sit in a chair vs. sit on a chair | |
| 1281 Original Meaning of Blood is thicker than water, is it real? | |
| 1282 Bachelor thesis or Bachelors thesis | |
| 1283 What is one word for the nervous excitement associated with new things? | |
| 1284 What is the correct pronunciation of the word route? | |
| 1285 Using nor in a list without neither | |
| 1286 parentheses vs parenthesis | |
| 1287 What is the plural of scenario? | |
| 1288 What is the difference between gift and present? | |
| 1289 Whats the difference between egotism and egoism? | |
| 1290 Is must ever grammatical as a past tense verb? | |
| 1291 Logged-in, log-ined, login-ed, logined, log-in-ed, logged in? | |
| 1292 A word to make something bad sound good | |
| 1293 Should you use a comma/period after Thanks/Regards in email signatures? | |
| 1294 Czar vs tsar - origins and pronunciation | |
| 1295 Punctuation around abbreviations | |
| 1296 May & Might: Whats the right context? | |
| 1297 What does Google-fu mean? | |
| 1298 Difference between commentor and commentator | |
| 1299 How does the phrase used to work, grammatically? | |
| 1300 Why do we say was supposed to for should have? | |
| 1301 What would you call a person who is self-righteous, brags about her/his moral values and is imposing when it comes to her/his ideas? | |
| 1302 How many syllables are in the word hour? | |
| 1303 Are so and so that interchangeable? | |
| 1304 There Is/There are depends on plurality of the first list element or not? | |
| 1305 Is there a sentence that begins with “them”? | |
| 1306 Can or should ask ever be used as a noun? | |
| 1307 Is it necessary to use the multiple times? | |
| 1308 Opposite of Midas touch? | |
| 1309 What does “There she blows’” mean? | |
| 1310 Is using the possessive s correct in the cars antenna? | |
| 1311 Why is the plural form of house not hice? | |
| 1312 Is there an English word or phrase that means intending to help and hurting instead? | |
| 1313 Man-hour vs. person-hour? Is the former now considered politically incorrect? | |
| 1314 Why we capitalize all race names but our own | |
| 1315 A cup of hot coffee or A hot cup of coffee | |
| 1316 Not empty set in one word? | |
| 1317 “Fire” a weapon before firearms existed? | |
| 1318 What is the proper term for when an animal is pregnant with eggs instead of live young? | |
| 1319 Ye olde english alphabet question: Any other letters lost besides thorn, edh, and yogh? | |
| 1320 What is the word to describe the gaining of full control over an ability or power you already have? | |
| 1321 How should URL be pronounced? | |
| 1322 Famous phrase for something which is forbidden or impossible, but can be done if desired enough | |
| 1323 Word for software with a large size? | |
| 1324 When to drop the e when ending in -able? | |
| 1325 What do you call intellectual jobs? | |
| 1326 What would you call a person who is obsessed with being normal? | |
| 1327 What is the antonym of virtual machine? | |
| 1328 Completing something just to finish it despite lack of interest - is called …? | |
| 1329 On hard drive versus in memory | |
| 1330 Origin of queer as a clockwork orange | |
| 1331 Why “daily” and not “dayly”? | |
| 1332 A word that refers to saying something in an attempt to anger or embarrass someone into doing something that they don’t want to do? | |
| 1333 Why have the subjunctive and indicative converged in Modern English? | |
| 1334 What is the difference between Ukraine and the Ukraine? | |
| 1335 What does this mean: Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink? Why is it funny? | |
| 1336 Is there a verb for remaining silent? | |
| 1337 During the Cold War, did Americans/Westerners call it such? | |
| 1338 Who is “That Guy”? | |
| 1339 Word for the opposite of a feature in software development. An unwanted feature | |
| 1340 Origins of turn over in his grave?; turn over in her grave? etc., etc | |
| 1341 Is best still a superlative in best friend, as in can you have more than one best friend? | |
| 1342 Is there a term for a foreign word that looks like an English word but has a completely different meaning? | |
| 1343 When a word has both English and Latin plurals, which style should I use? | |
| 1344 What makes like and so popular? | |
| 1345 What is the difference between a dieresis and an umlaut? | |
| 1346 What is the difference between “they” and “it” for people, especially for those people who identify as non-binary? | |
| 1347 Why dont we use the indefinite article with software? | |
| 1348 What is the best way to explain how to choose between its and its? | |
| 1349 When did the term scientist overtake usage of the term natural philosopher? | |
| 1350 Could you please vs Could you kindly | |
| 1351 At/on (the) weekend(s) | |
| 1352 Difference between slacks, pants, and trousers? | |
| 1353 Which one is correct? Explain me or Explain to me? | |
| 1354 What is the meaning of I am humbled by XYZ? | |
| 1355 What is the difference between taking courses, classes or lessons? | |
| 1356 On website or at website? | |
| 1357 Date format in UK vs US | |
| 1358 As part of versus as a part of | |
| 1359 Does notified by [date] include the end date? | |
| 1360 Precise names for parts of a day | |
| 1361 Best Before says 11 MA 23; is it May or March? | |
| 1362 Is equal to or equals | |
| 1363 Correct, clear, concise way to use potato-potato in writing | |
| 1364 What does sucker for mean? | |
| 1365 The British pronunciation of the word schedule | |
| 1366 unless stated otherwise or unless otherwise stated? | |
| 1367 Onward vs Onwards | |
| 1368 What is the difference between begin and start? | |
| 1369 Each other vs. one another | |
| 1370 Why is the word bologna pronounced like baloney? | |
| 1371 Difference between theorem and theory | |
| 1372 right vs correct | |
| 1373 Baggage versus luggage | |
| 1374 Overrode vs Overridden | |
| 1375 Did English ever have a you plural? | |
| 1376 Is prepone being used outside India? | |
| 1377 Is it recommended to use we in research papers? | |
| 1378 Word/phrase to mean something that just happens once | |
| 1379 Is there a difference between treble and triple? | |
| 1380 Is it appropriate to put a comma before which? | |
| 1381 Which is the proper spelling: Adapter or adaptor? | |
| 1382 Is from whence correct? Or should it be whence? | |
| 1383 Nothing to tell versus nothing to say | |
| 1384 People or peoples when referring to an indigenous population? | |
| 1385 Is it proper to omit periods after honorifics (Mr, Mrs, Dr)? | |
| 1386 Why does corn mean maize in American English? | |
| 1387 Whats the difference between general and generic? | |
| 1388 Why did sceptical become skeptical in the US? | |
| 1389 Why aint I and arent I instead of amnt I? | |
| 1390 Why is sheep the same when talking about one or more than one? | |
| 1391 English word equivalent of 膩 (sick of something due to overindulgence) | |
| 1392 How do I politely say I have used my mouth while drinking water from a bottle? | |
| 1393 What is the name of the sound that a coin makes when hitting coins collected in a jar? | |
| 1394 Origin of the term wizard in computing | |
| 1395 Framing a question whose answer is an ordinal number | |
| 1396 To hear something makes it audible, to see is visible, so what are touch and smell? | |
| 1397 What is a word for reverse homesick? Not wanting to go back | |
| 1398 Should punctuation surrounding italicised words be italicised? | |
| 1399 What word means the top of a persons head? | |
| 1400 Why has the word thrice fallen out of common usage? | |
| 1401 Warm is to warmth as cool is to what? | |
| 1402 None as plural indefinite pronoun | |
| 1403 What does President Obama’s phrase “We don’t need to spike the football” mean? | |
| 1404 What does great good mean in the tutorial title Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!? | |
| 1405 Can a sentence start with Because? | |
| 1406 Is there an idiom available, that is exactly opposite to Cake walk or Childs play? | |
| 1407 English idiom for learning a skill by observing someone else doing it | |
| 1408 A verb for “The cartographer painstakingly ___ a map of the city.” | |
| 1409 Why was the th combination chosen for the th sound? | |
| 1410 Should we refer to a female senator as a senatrix? | |
| 1411 Idiom for making fun of something people are ashamed of? | |
| 1412 Does pass mean OK or not OK? | |
| 1413 What is the difference between everyday and every day? | |
| 1414 Punctuating question tags: A question mark is always required, isnt it. (Well, isnt it?) | |
| 1415 Whats a word to describe an apartment when its owners are on vacation? | |
| 1416 Whats a negative word for subtle? | |
| 1417 Sleepy tired vs physically tired | |
| 1418 Opposite of smartwatch | |
| 1419 What do you call a person who is always noisy on the Internet? | |
| 1420 Where does the word totient come from? | |
| 1421 What is the origin of the -th suffix? What is the linguistic term for the meaning it adds to words? | |
| 1422 Is there a synonym for fake that has good connotations? | |
| 1423 Whats a word for the exact opposite of regret? | |
| 1424 Why are hard water and soft water so called? | |
| 1425 A word that says a person is both female and your friend | |
| 1426 Is there an etymological explanation for the silent ‘g’ in “paradigm”? | |
| 1427 The idiom used when a bad situation is not fully resolved and can escalate easily again | |
| 1428 Any equivalent to this Persian proverb The yellow dog is the jackals brother? | |
| 1429 Rosa Parks is a [symbol?] for the civil rights movement? | |
| 1430 Word meaning of or relating to trains | |
| 1431 Is there a historical trend towards shorter sentences? | |
| 1432 Term like air lock, but underwater? | |
| 1433 Word for not obscure but not mainstream | |
| 1434 Why is myrrh spelled the way it is? | |
| 1435 Looking for a better term than benign envy or mudita | |
| 1436 Phrase for a problem that resolves itself shortly after giving up | |
| 1437 Is there any equivalent to this Persian proverb? A bad or faulty item should inevitably be kept by its owner | |
| 1438 Of Yuppies and Yippies and Hippies | |
| 1439 Too much pills and liquor or Too many pills and liquor? | |
| 1440 English equivalent of the Portuguese phrase: this persons mood changes according to the moon | |
| 1441 Are disgraceful and ungraceful two different kinds of negations? | |
| 1442 Word or phrase describing situation where adequately addressing X is not harmful involves a self-destructive proof | |
| 1443 Is there any phrase for the coldest days of the winter? | |
| 1444 Did courage to work used to mean must be willing to stay sober during working hours? | |
| 1445 What does the fox say? | |
| 1446 Usage of diacritics in loanwords | |
| 1447 What were—or are—odd pants? | |
| 1448 Punctuation for the phrase including but not limited to | |
| 1449 What does 8/7c mean? | |
| 1450 When should Mom and Dad be capitalized? | |
| 1451 I and someone, me and someone or I and someone we | |
| 1452 At Night or In the Night? | |
| 1453 Whats the difference between a jumper, a pullover, and a sweater? | |
| 1454 Meaning and usage of bite me | |
| 1455 Half an hour versus half hour | |
| 1456 Is actioned a valid word? | |
| 1457 What is the meaning of the phrase to this end? | |
| 1458 What would you call a person who doesnt want to learn anything new? | |
| 1459 What is the difference between accumulative and cumulative? | |
| 1460 Have not versus do not have | |
| 1461 Is yesterday a noun, an adjective or an adverb? | |
| 1462 Etymology of Buff and Nerf as used in video-game slang | |
| 1463 What exactly is Imma? | |
| 1464 Alternately or alternatively | |
| 1465 Is the word wotcher British slang? What does it mean? | |
| 1466 Which is correct: This is her or This is she? | |
| 1467 A word for people who work under a manager | |
| 1468 Is it poor form to start too many sentences with I? | |
| 1469 Where should the comma be placed in the salutation of a letter? | |
| 1470 If someone is electrocuted, do they have to die or can they just be injured? | |
| 1471 Whats the difference between informal, colloquial, slang, and vulgar? | |
| 1472 Eventually vs. finally | |
| 1473 American vs. British English: meaning of One hundred and fifty | |
| 1474 Is et al. used as a singular or plural subject? | |
| 1475 What do you call a person who is utterly independent and a loner? | |
| 1476 What is a word for a question that has no answer because it is seemingly invalid? | |
| 1477 Difference between ability and capability | |
| 1478 Bobs your uncle ... no hes not! | |
| 1479 Antonym to Assign | |
| 1480 How does the be- prefix change the words to which it is applied? How did it come about? | |
| 1481 Single-word synonym for a “pedantic rule-follower”? | |
| 1482 Word to describe 100% success in an exam | |
| 1483 Is it proper to use a colon followed immediately by a hyphen? | |
| 1484 Idiom or expression that would imply someone is a habitual liar | |
| 1485 Word for someone who is quietly reliable | |
| 1486 When should I use in or on? | |
| 1487 pseudo-, quasi- semi- and | |
| 1488 What is the difference between archetype and prototype? | |
| 1489 Is there a verb form of Extinct? | |
| 1490 Why is there a riding in Little Red Riding Hood? | |
| 1491 Term for a person with absolutely zero knowledge of a topic | |
| 1492 What do you call a person who is regionally biased? | |
| 1493 Word to describe object that can be physically passed through | |
| 1494 A person who has a hard time throwing away unnecessary things | |
| 1495 Hip Hip Hooray! | |
| 1496 Antonym of exodus | |
| 1497 Whats a common phrase that means To put it simply though not 100% correctly? | |
| 1498 Adjective that means snake-like | |
| 1499 What does the phrase Does the Pope sh** in the woods? mean? | |
| 1500 What is the distinction between among and amongst? | |
| 1501 What word can I use instead of tomorrow that is not connected with the idea of the rising sun? | |
| 1502 What does information porn mean? | |
| 1503 Adjective describing a person who has lots of children, not fertile | |
| 1504 What is the origin of in a jiffy? | |
| 1505 Opposite of As early as possible | |
| 1506 Is there a word for someone who youve not physically met but know well? | |
| 1507 Shoplifting vs. a word for someone who orders, eats and sneaks without paying the check | |
| 1508 Is there a name for starting a chapter with a quote? | |
| 1509 Really nice, Mat | |
| 1510 Are there metaphoric English expressions meaning “keeping composure at a fatal moment, never panicky”? | |
| 1511 Is there a name for letters that cross the line (hang low) when written in lowercase (g, j, p, q, y)? | |
| 1512 Was the pronunciation of “symmetry” different in the past? | |
| 1513 Is there a single word for when something becomes neglected or forgotten (e.g. a plant dies because the gardener forgets to water it)? | |
| 1514 User accounts or users account | |
| 1515 What is a work wife? | |
| 1516 Is there a word/term for a question where the asker knows hell criticise any answer? | |
| 1517 Word for Significant enough to make a difference | |
| 1518 What are the nuances of the British expression gone used with time, as in gone 8 or gone midnight? | |
| 1519 Word for song sung at a burial? | |
| 1520 Is there a more general term for googling that doesnt imply a particular search engine? | |
| 1521 Concatenate vs. Catenate | |
| 1522 Is Needless to say ever worth saying? | |
| 1523 From which language has English borrowed the most words? | |
| 1524 What is the opposite of fad? | |
| 1525 Looking for a word to describe someone who is famous to a small group of people | |
| 1526 Offensiveness of black in reference to race or skin colour | |
| 1527 How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech? | |
| 1528 Transform or transformation? | |
| 1529 What was m(o)ustache called before the term entered the English language? | |
| 1530 Single word for people who are like a frog in the well | |
| 1531 Why is there a distinction between its and its? | |
| 1532 What do you call a computer window when it is not maximized or minimized? | |
| 1533 Does I am eating vegan cheese in my underpants really imply that the vegan cheese is inside my underpants? | |
| 1534 Word when two people use two different languages in a conversation | |
| 1535 Why are there 4 ambiguous phonetic symbols in IPA representations of English? | |
| 1536 Why are knobs called pots by some sound designers? | |
| 1537 What is the name for the process which turned iced cream into ice cream? | |
| 1538 Is there a word that describes a statement whose negative is senseless or would otherwise never be used? | |
| 1539 Phrase when you offer someone something but its really them who are paying for it | |
| 1540 When is the earliest usage of woke and wokeness in their meaning of awareness of social injustice? | |
| 1541 Do Americans understand Donald Duck? | |
| 1542 Are there any words in English that have a plural with a separate derivation? | |
| 1543 Are accuracy and precision interchangeable nouns? | |
| 1544 Sabotaging through purposeful procrastination | |
| 1545 Are there resources or tools for reverse etymology? | |
| 1546 Is it possible for a new irregular verb to appear in English language? | |
| 1547 What is the P in nope called? | |
| 1548 What are the historical processes of preposition coining in English? | |
| 1549 Is giffy (meaning airborne salt spray) a real word? | |
| 1550 Definition of vrit | |
| 1551 All The Best vs Best of Luck | |
| 1552 Can someone explain the phrase All is fair in love and war? | |
| 1553 How do I use as of now correctly? | |
| 1554 Is tnetennba a real word? | |
| 1555 What is a word that could define someone who likes to cause conflict? | |
| 1556 Difference between Im fine and Im good | |
| 1557 Difference between in contrast to and in contrast with | |
| 1558 “based in” vs “based out of ” | |
| 1559 What is the difference between can, could, may and might? | |
| 1560 How do you like them apples? | |
| 1561 Can sir be used to address female officers? | |
| 1562 Answering the question: Do you mind if...? | |
| 1563 How does one use the Latin word cum in a sentence? | |
| 1564 Whats the opposite word for sin? | |
| 1565 Whats the difference in meaning between emigrate and immigrate? | |
| 1566 How do I properly hyphenate well thought out? | |
| 1567 What is a word/idiom for unable to decide? | |
| 1568 When is it appropriate to use Yeah and Yep as variants of the word Yes? | |
| 1569 Difference between packet, parcel and package | |
| 1570 Is it a driver license or a drivers license or a drivers license or...what? | |
| 1571 Instable or unstable? | |
| 1572 Why are the United States often referred to as America? | |
| 1573 Why is the w silent in sword? | |
| 1574 Using the expression the same for a previously mentioned item | |
| 1575 Equivalent of former and latter for more than 2 items | |
| 1576 What is the collective term for Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Yearly? | |
| 1577 Is two-thirds plural? | |
| 1578 Why is the word number abbreviated to No. in UK English and # in American English? | |
| 1579 Whats the difference between mistrust and distrust? | |
| 1580 Why does for good mean forever? | |
| 1581 What do you call someone who asks many questions? | |
| 1582 What does up she rises mean in the sea shanty Drunken Sailor? | |
| 1583 Single word for Someone whos in on a secret | |
| 1584 Dialects where days of the week end with dee? | |
| 1585 What is the difference between simulate and emulate? | |
| 1586 Why do Americans say tuna fish? | |
| 1587 How do you describe these animals action/ state before attacking their prey? | |
| 1588 Parentheses vs. double commas vs. dashes to provide additional detail | |
| 1589 Runtime, run time, and run-time | |
| 1590 Is godspeed a religious term? (Can it be used without invoking religiosity nowadays?) | |
| 1591 Word for that certain fear, worrying you might involuntarily jump from a cliff? | |
| 1592 Alternative expression/term to trivial use of OCD | |
| 1593 What is a verb for illusion? | |
| 1594 less is to fewer as more is to what? | |
| 1595 Languages understandable to English-speakers without learning | |
| 1596 Are these garden path sentences grammatically correct? | |
| 1597 Was the word that is now considered a slur against Japanese people ever considered simply a standard, neutral demonym? | |
| 1598 What causes the pronunciation nucular? | |
| 1599 What do you call money earned through unethical sources? | |
| 1600 What do native English speakers call chips/fries that are no longer crispy? | |
| 1601 How popular is the slang usage of toss in British English? | |
| 1602 Raper vs. Rapist; Why the shift in suffix? | |
| 1603 Is it true that iambic pentameter is natural to English? If so, why? | |
| 1604 A single word for non-domesticated animals that live among humans? | |
| 1605 Is there a term for words that have a single meaning or are only used in a single context? | |
| 1606 What is / / used for in a sentence? | |
| 1607 Does five hundredth mean 0.05 or 1/500? | |
| 1608 Why is it came back from the dead and not came back from the death? | |
| 1609 Is there a word for food thats gone bad, but is still edible? | |
| 1610 What do you call a disgusting mixture you dont want to drink? | |
| 1611 Idiom for person who gets violent when drunk | |
| 1612 Why do Americans add The in front of a team name, but the British do not? | |
| 1613 How common is thrice? | |
| 1614 Word for winning because the competitors were miraculously all worse | |
| 1615 What is the problem that gets worse after you try to solve it? | |
| 1616 An idiom meaning sticking fingers in your ears does not change the fact | |
| 1617 Word a male can use to refer to a female that is not old or young (girl/lady/woman) | |
| 1618 How did stuck-up get to mean snob? | |
| 1619 A single word for not allowed to be changed or must be this way | |
| 1620 What does five-ten one-twenty mean? | |
| 1621 What is the opposite of skyrocket? | |
| 1622 Is there a word to describe a person whos addicted to downloading stuff from Internet? | |
| 1623 Is there an idiom for Im not an expert when it comes to kinds of feces | |
| 1624 Is there a single word for both atom and ion? | |
| 1625 What is a single word for something that takes on shape slowly? | |
| 1626 What is an English equivalent of the Chinese noun 心眼? | |
| 1627 What is the origin of the minced oath “Jiminy”? | |
| 1628 Will the word schadenfreude be understood in an English text? | |
| 1629 How to pluralize State of the Union without an additional noun? | |
| 1630 Whats a word for the shape of the space among the trees in a forest? | |
| 1631 Why did English change so much between Chaucer and Shakespeare? | |
| 1632 Word for a non-mainstream belief accepted as fact by a sub-culture? | |
| 1633 Is there a word for the time span between an old king and a new king? | |
| 1634 Is this use of chuse a spelling mistake, a digitization error or the correct spelling for the time? | |
| 1635 Is I like dogs but cats a valid sentence? | |
| 1636 Is it technically correct to call an almond drink milk in English? | |
| 1637 Seemingly quintessentially British non-medical meaning for surgery | |
| 1638 What Extravagant culture could be used as an antonym to Spartan? | |
| 1639 Why don’t we write poetry like Beowulf any longer? | |
| 1640 Phrase for observing a rule in a malicious way | |
| 1641 How was sexual intercourse referred to before sex? | |
| 1642 You have no, but can try for yes | |
| 1643 Can anyone provide me with a list of English words that are their own antonyms? | |
| 1644 English equivalent to a small fruit in an elephants mouth | |
| 1645 Opposite idiom for putting my foot down | |
| 1646 Are there shibboleths specific to native Russian speakers? | |
| 1647 Simply Not vs. Not Simply | |
| 1648 What is the Tacoma Narrows bridge doing in this picture? | |
| 1649 What is the meaning of his downfall was a mistletoe? | |
| 1650 derivation of riddled as in riddled with bullets? | |
| 1651 What is the meaning of comprehension in the term list comprehension? | |
| 1652 What are these symbols called in the English language? | |
| 1653 What is the origin and extent of the Indian English usage of only to emphasize something? | |
| 1654 Difference between Warm regards and Best regards | |
| 1655 “Thank you very much” vs. “Thank you so much” | |
| 1656 What is meant by pun intended? | |
| 1657 What does “10-4 ” mean? | |
| 1658 Is it quit or quitted? | |
| 1659 How to use to + V-ing? | |
| 1660 What is the difference between sardonic and sarcastic? | |
| 1661 Whats the difference between on the contrary and in contrast | |
| 1662 What does the idiom/phrase but I digress mean? | |
| 1663 Correspond to vs. Correspond with | |
| 1664 Neither do I / Nor do I / Me neither / Me either | |
| 1665 What does thy mean? | |
| 1666 Dont look a gift-horse in the mouth | |
| 1667 Is both singular? | |
| 1668 Does the casual use of a la ___ in English preserve the French meaning? | |
| 1669 Whats the difference between yet another and another? | |
| 1670 €10 = ten euro or ten euros? | |
| 1671 Pronunciation of cache | |
| 1672 Why do you say friend of mine instead of friend of me? | |
| 1673 A word for when you are almost crying, but not quite yet? | |
| 1674 Use of capitals and full stops in bullet points | |
| 1675 Whole vs. entire | |
| 1676 Can I use therefore, so, hence and thus interchangeably? | |
| 1677 Criteria versus criterion | |
| 1678 What is the correct pronunciation of the word solder? | |
| 1679 What is the difference between daemon and demon in a religious context? | |
| 1680 Correct usage of parallel versus in parallel versus parallelly | |
| 1681 How can I write out 1.5? | |
| 1682 Is there any idiom or expression that would mean all my efforts wasted? | |
| 1683 Does English use red thread as expression for theme? | |
| 1684 Forward vs Forwards | |
| 1685 There are a couple of apples or there is a couple of apples? | |
| 1686 What is the word for a path that is made naturally by the action of people walking? | |
| 1687 Why is X used when we pronounce it Z? | |
| 1688 Is the possessive of one spelled ones or ones? | |
| 1689 When should the word God be capitalized? | |
| 1690 What happened to the “‑est” and “‑eth” verb suffixes in English? | |
| 1691 Correct spelling/italicization of e.g., i.e.? | |
| 1692 Is there a word for a person who is always hungry? | |
| 1693 Opposite of literal | |
| 1694 Is there a word for “not greedy”? | |
| 1695 anymore vs. any more | |
| 1696 Should “Hell” be capitalized? | |
| 1697 Is there a word that means doing the right thing for the wrong reason? | |
| 1698 What is the correct pronunciation and spelling of asterisk? | |
| 1699 Is the use of a hyphen between non and an adjective strictly necessary? | |
| 1700 Should the words internet and web be capitalized? | |
| 1701 Is there a proper name for the 3 asterisks that are used to suggest temporal discontinuity? | |
| 1702 A verb that means “to prove someone is guilty of a crime” | |
| 1703 Whats an adjective for alone but not lonely? | |
| 1704 Person who fills out a form - single word | |
| 1705 Is there a word that means multiply by ten? | |
| 1706 Etymology of cut someone some slack | |
| 1707 Why does big cheese mean someone important? | |
| 1708 Why should I use ought to? | |
| 1709 Gender neutral version of housewife | |
| 1710 Noun for person with intermediate skill | |
| 1711 Does anyone use both whinge and whine? | |
| 1712 Firstly or first? | |
| 1713 Is went out like stink, died like a pig just an unfortunate choice of words? | |
| 1714 Secular phrase for Heaven only knows or God only knows? | |
| 1715 Meaning of with a hose-pipe on him | |
| 1716 How and in what way did the Danes come to influence English? | |
| 1717 Word that means to fill the air with a bad smell? | |
| 1718 What is the standard rule for using or not using hyphen and diaeresis on the words like reelect , reexamine, and cooperate? | |
| 1719 An antonym for shortcut | |
| 1720 What do you call someone whose unmarried partner has died? | |
| 1721 Where on Earth is penguin from? | |
| 1722 Why are they nude photos? | |
| 1723 Why is there an a in beggar? Why not an e? | |
| 1724 How is Can anyone tell me how can I solve this wrong? | |
| 1725 Is there a word/idiom for someone who thinks long and hard before spending money? | |
| 1726 Should Los Angeles rhyme with cheese or less | |
| 1727 What do you call a unit of beer within a pack? | |
| 1728 What accent is noice? | |
| 1729 Nonreligious version of heaven knows that… | |
| 1730 Which is correct: math or maths? | |
| 1731 Is there an adjective for someone who looks like a vampire? | |
| 1732 Sentence in which its and its can be interchanged without changing the meaning? | |
| 1733 Word that means non-human animals? | |
| 1734 Proverb for when one person sees something, but someone else takes it | |
| 1735 19th century English texts occasionally use Germanic-style number words, such as four-and-twenty. When did this fall out of use? | |
| 1736 Is there a non-gendered term for gentlemanly | |
| 1737 Why does impregnable mean cannot be impregnated? | |
| 1738 Can I use US-American to disambiguate American? If not, what can I use? | |
| 1739 What does Do you haz teh codez? mean? | |
| 1740 Idiom for a person who is above any question | |
| 1741 Mine’s a gin and tonic | |
| 1742 Is there any curse/ swear equivalent for this Persian curse? May your head be covered by soil! | |
| 1743 Does ruptcy have a meaning? | |
| 1744 When did while and whilst become interchangeable? | |
| 1745 Why do people in various professions like software engineering and management tend to use the word finalize instead of finish | |
| 1746 Word meaning: A slip of the tongue which suggests how you actually feel, often humorous | |
| 1747 Is allopathy pejorative? | |
| 1748 Examples of verbs that can be negated with not instead of dont | |
| 1749 Whats the word for an unused, enclosed space between two apartment buildings? | |
| 1750 Synonym for marketing that doesnt imply selling or profit | |
| 1751 What is the noun to refer to the 64- or 32-bit -ness of an operating system | |
| 1752 Why are two-digit numbers in Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels (1726) written in German style? | |
| 1753 Meaning and origin of dog whistle (e.g., Trumps Assassination Dog Whistle) | |
| 1754 Why did the letter “o” disappear in the word “pronunciation”? | |
| 1755 I just read about a house that had a busybody What is a busybody? | |
| 1756 Is it correct to hyphenate with compound premodifiers? If so, where is the hyphen placed? | |
| 1757 Whats an absent-minded drawing called? | |
| 1758 Thirsty, we drank. | |
| 1759 Why it’s turtles not they are turtles | |
| 1760 Is there punctuation for words treated as words? | |
| 1761 Is there a term for deliberately misestimating a value to avoid a threshold? | |
| 1762 Irregular verbs: the history of the suffix “-en” in the past participle | |
| 1763 Saving on the parrots chocolate is futile | |
| 1764 Is there a term for grammatical mistakes as a result of trying too hard? | |
| 1765 What does stick-at-naught mean? | |
| 1766 Can the unexpected validity of the literal meaning of a phrase on top of the usual figurative sense be considered a pun? | |
| 1767 Is it Web site or website? | |
| 1768 I use to, or I used to | |
| 1769 What is an English adjective that means able to learn new things quickly? | |
| 1770 Is there any difference between offense and offence? | |
| 1771 English notation for hour, minutes and seconds | |
| 1772 Thanks or thank you? | |
| 1773 A word for: someone who is easy to talk to | |
| 1774 What color is puce, and why do different people give radically different answers (purplish vs greenish)? | |
| 1775 What do you call someone who thinks everyone is incompetent (doesnt know anything)? | |
| 1776 What is the difference between here we go and there we go? | |
| 1777 Abbreviation “n.d.” in citation? | |
| 1778 What do you call someone who is always asking for favours? | |
| 1779 I am on it vs. I am at it | |
| 1780 Usage of in figure vs. on figure | |
| 1781 Are chemical element names capitalized? | |
| 1782 Why is c*nt so much more derogatory in the US than the UK? | |
| 1783 Are there any expressions that describe going from a bad to a worse situation? | |
| 1784 What are sentences like the longer X, the more Y called and can they be used in formal written English? | |
| 1785 What is the noun for someone who receives a referral? | |
| 1786 Is Customizable a valid English word? | |
| 1787 Origins of the gaming term cheese strategy | |
| 1788 We are all just prisoners here, of our own device | |
| 1789 Why is it spelled curiosity instead of curiousity? | |
| 1790 Origin of the idiom go south | |
| 1791 Using a singular or plural verb after and/or | |
| 1792 Split in vs split into | |
| 1793 Difference between each and every | |
| 1794 Why do we say last night and not yesterday night? | |
| 1795 What is a polite way of talking about a recently-deceased person? | |
| 1796 Whats the opposite for steep learning curve? | |
| 1797 Why are there 3 different ways to pronounce oo? | |
| 1798 Deployed to vs deployed on | |
| 1799 Fine semantic differences between thus and therefore | |
| 1800 Why is it your Majesty, but my Lord? | |
| 1801 Word meaning the act of intending to do nothing | |
| 1802 Why is ask sometimes pronounced aks? | |
| 1803 Using the definite article before a country/state name | |
| 1804 Opposite of Nightmare? | |
| 1805 Bad with something or bad at something? | |
| 1806 An idiom or phrase for when youre about to be ill | |
| 1807 Caption text punctuation: Full stops always necessary at the end? | |
| 1808 Parenthetical pluralization of words ending in -y | |
| 1809 How come vs Why? | |
| 1810 Does a fact have to be true? | |
| 1811 How should deceptively actually be used? | |
| 1812 A figure of speech to illustrate the irreversibility of an action | |
| 1813 Is there a word, phrase, or idiom for a person who stays too late at an event such as a dinner party? | |
| 1814 Is there a rule for pronouncing “th” at the beginning of a word? | |
| 1815 What is the antonym of the prefix retro-? | |
| 1816 What is a person called who writes for a blind person in an examination hall? | |
| 1817 fluctuates widely or wildly? | |
| 1818 What do you call this segment of road between the lane and an exit? | |
| 1819 Is there a term for a free ride without consent? | |
| 1820 Word to describe the quality of being optional or mandatory | |
| 1821 Is the phrase I just sucked it out of my thumb used in American English? | |
| 1822 Why does defenestrate mean throw someone out a window and not remove a window? | |
| 1823 Is it true that English has no future tense? | |
| 1824 Proper verb to denote consistent-ize | |
| 1825 Is there a word or expression for when someone passionately wants something, and then discovers afterwards that its different from how he imagined? | |
| 1826 What are real stores called in English, as opposed to online stores? | |
| 1827 What great writers have used coordinating conjunctions at the start of sentences? | |
| 1828 Why is it “Merry” Christmas, but “Happy” New Year? | |
| 1829 How popular is the word “cromulent”? If I use this word in conversation with native speakers, doesn’t it look out of place? | |
| 1830 Is there a reason to use mono over uni? | |
| 1831 Why dont English nouns have grammatical gender? | |
| 1832 What does the term hot dog lawyer mean? | |
| 1833 What is the sentence that is said before the real statement, to let the other person know what is coming, called? | |
| 1834 Whats up with the word egregious? | |
| 1835 Do accents still play a role in British class distinctions to the present day? How have things changed since the 1960s and Received Pronunciation? | |
| 1836 What does number f**king ten mean? | |
| 1837 A non-offensive term to call a lunatic? | |
| 1838 Is I f*cked the dog an actual idiom and are there alternatives | |
| 1839 Is a lengthy combination of words with hyphens like “the worst not-technically-in-a-recession year in American history” a new fashion of writing? | |
| 1840 Are Fish in a barrel and Sitting ducks similar? | |
| 1841 An idiom for a stupid action which is beneficial in the end, or for the person who performed said action | |
| 1842 Why do we say that an obscene joke is off-color? | |
| 1843 Is dear commonly used to describe something that costs too much? | |
| 1844 English equivalent of the Malayalam saying dont stab/poke the dead body? | |
| 1845 What is the difference between “venom” and “poison”? | |
| 1846 English equivalent of brain turned into yogurt | |
| 1847 Pronunciation of have in I dont have to [do something] | |
| 1848 wanna at the end of a sentence | |
| 1849 What is a technical word for an event causing conflict to escalate to war? | |
| 1850 Country is to national as city is to… | |
| 1851 What is a stronger alternative to avoid? | |
| 1852 What is the name of the glyph that separates sections of a chapter? | |
| 1853 Silent w in words starting with wr- | |
| 1854 Term describing the practice of anticipating dangers while driving | |
| 1855 Was I driving more than 5 mph under the speed limit, or less than 5 mph under the speed limit? | |
| 1856 What is the difference in usage between for instance and for example? | |
| 1857 Is there a pessimistic counterpart to the term Pollyanna? | |
| 1858 Why the wedded in wedded wife? | |
| 1859 Can genocide be used for the mass murder of disabled people? | |
| 1860 Keep the bed from running away; equivalent idiom in English? | |
| 1861 How did words like align get a g? | |
| 1862 English equivalent to the Indian saying Like a thief being stung by a scorpion | |
| 1863 Why is it true that I before E, except after C? | |
| 1864 A word for an inescapable and pointless situation? | |
| 1865 Are “Referendum” and “Plebiscite” the same in the meaning, or different in the meaning and nuance? | |
| 1866 What are the words for people who cause trouble believing they know better? | |
| 1867 Are the rules regarding absolute modifiers too absolute? | |
| 1868 Shakespearean relative clause: I have a brother is condemned to die | |
| 1869 When did periphrastic tenses stop being tenses? | |
| 1870 Single word that unambiguously describes the product of folding | |
| 1871 The balled (headed) eagle? | |
| 1872 What is the word for reserving something for yourself before others do? | |
| 1873 What does it mean: think “table” and not “kill? | |
| 1874 Digital is to digitise, as analogue is to ..? | |
| 1875 Word to refer to classic 1940s-1960s news voice | |
| 1876 Do you say white blackboard? | |
| 1877 What is the term describing the condition of being oversaturated with information? | |
| 1878 Will grammar errors become correct after enough people use them for enough time? | |
| 1879 Why do written English vowels differ from other Latin-based orthographies? | |
| 1880 Is there a name for synonyms that appear to have opposite meanings? | |
| 1881 Why does “attach” have two Ts but “detach” only one? | |
| 1882 Why is A Nation Divided in this headline instead of A Divided Nation? | |
| 1883 What causes the euphemisation of medical terms? | |
| 1884 A term for ads masquerading as independent journalism | |
| 1885 What is the hearing equivalent of behold? | |
| 1886 Word for how the white space between words can form patterns | |
| 1887 What is a collective term for castles, citadels, forts, palaces etc.? | |
| 1888 Alternative term for cargo cult | |
| 1889 Do Brits understand rhyming slang or are they sometimes puzzled by it too? | |
| 1890 Whose tense is it, anyway? | |
| 1891 What purpose does an -o serve? | |
| 1892 Does the washing up fairy exist outside of Australia? | |
| 1893 Id like to know the spelling of a word, a synonym of unknown | |
| 1894 How to correctly apply in which, of which, at which, to which, etc? | |
| 1895 rule of thumb for however in the middle of the sentence? | |
| 1896 Conundrum: cleverer or more clever, simpler or more simple etc | |
| 1897 Different ways to say youre welcome | |
| 1898 Difference between full professional proficiency and native or bilingual proficiency | |
| 1899 What are coherence and cohesion in text linguistics? | |
| 1900 What is the best way to punctuate a list of questions in a declarative sentence? | |
| 1901 Difference between little and small | |
| 1902 what is the difference between Beware and Be Aware ? | |
| 1903 Difference between been to and been in | |
| 1904 Studying PhD at the university or studying PhD in the university? | |
| 1905 Money vs Monies | |
| 1906 Should there be a comma before though when it occurs at the end of a sentence? | |
| 1907 Should an adverb go before or after a verb? | |
| 1908 Farthest vs. furthest | |
| 1909 What does the phrase half seven mean? | |
| 1910 Thru vs. through | |
| 1911 A bit vs. a little bit vs. a little | |
| 1912 What is the origin of the phrase Ill take a raincheck? | |
| 1913 Is there something wrong? or Is there anything wrong? | |
| 1914 Whats the difference between Collaborate and Cooperate? | |
| 1915 Sentences beginning with so? | |
| 1916 Where [if anywhere] should the apostrophe go in three days work? | |
| 1917 Difference between I am really sorry and I really am sorry | |
| 1918 What is the correct plural of training? | |
| 1919 What is the difference between a rocket and a missile | |
| 1920 Plausible vs. possible | |
| 1921 How do you spell wifi / Wi-Fi / WiFi? | |
| 1922 Like something more or like something better | |
| 1923 English equivalent of komorebi (木漏れ日) — sunshine filtering through leaves | |
| 1924 Number agreement when using “(s)” for optional plural | |
| 1925 Antonym for exceed | |
| 1926 Should I use or or nor after a negative statement? | |
| 1927 What do you call a person that goes to extreme ends to accomplish a goal? | |
| 1928 Is He is risen Correct? | |
| 1929 What is the difference between illegal and unlawful? | |
| 1930 Difference between the very first and first | |
| 1931 Pissed vs Pissed off | |
| 1932 Peoples names as names for genitalia? | |
| 1933 Should there be a space between name initials? | |
| 1934 Is there a difference between Speciality and Specialty? | |
| 1935 Is an apostrophe with a decade (e.g. 1920’s) generally considered “incorrect”? | |
| 1936 Is it chalk it up to or chock it up to? | |
| 1937 Whats the origin of “yo”? | |
| 1938 Difference between spicy and hot | |
| 1939 A single word for someone who is quick to hate others | |
| 1940 What is the difference between to oblige and to obligate? | |
| 1941 When is it appropriate to use the title Miss as opposed to Ms.? | |
| 1942 Why is it spelled maintenance and not maintainance? | |
| 1943 How does one correctly use q.v.? | |
| 1944 Does either A or B preclude both A and B? | |
| 1945 Preternatural vs supernatural | |
| 1946 Recur vs. Reoccur | |
| 1947 Using contracted forms (dont, lets) in a formal text | |
| 1948 Who coined the term Holocaust to refer to the Nazi final solution for the Jewish people? | |
| 1949 What is a word that means something that is commonly known, but not commonly talked about? | |
| 1950 What is the common name for brackets, braces, and parentheses? | |
| 1951 How to punctuate an example indicated by say | |
| 1952 What is the pronunciation of the? | |
| 1953 Is one needs only or one need only correct? | |
| 1954 Is a software really never correct? | |
| 1955 What is the opposite of a monopoly? | |
| 1956 What exactly are the differences between diligent, assiduous and sedulous? | |
| 1957 Duplicate data or duplicated data? | |
| 1958 What is the difference in usage between lethal and fatal? | |
| 1959 How do I hyphenate an open-form compound word with another that should be hyphenated? | |
| 1960 Is May I have some drink? incorrect? | |
| 1961 Username + password = one word | |
| 1962 Why does the b in absorb change to a p in absorption? | |
| 1963 Is there any other way you can wax as you do when you wax philosophical? | |
| 1964 Why e.g. and not f.e.? Why i.e. and not t.i.? | |
| 1965 Is the -b to be pronounced in the word limb? What about thumb? Crumb? | |
| 1966 What do you call the child who doesn’t resemble his / her parents in English? | |
| 1967 What is the name of the first decade in a century? | |
| 1968 Where did the expression my two cents come from? | |
| 1969 Is there a general rule for the prefixation of un- and de- to words? | |
| 1970 Where did elbow grease come from? | |
| 1971 Meaning of bully in the 1800s | |
| 1972 A word or idiom for being offended for someone else | |
| 1973 How to vs. How do I | |
| 1974 Alternative idiom to phone it in | |
| 1975 A synonym for picky with a positive connotation (food)? | |
| 1976 What were nightmares called before nightmare was used in that sense? | |
| 1977 How to describe very tasty and probably unhealthy food | |
| 1978 Where can I obtain an English dictionary with structured data? | |
| 1979 How do you conjugate Early Modern English verbs (other than present tense)? | |
| 1980 What is the English idiom about expensive that expresses the idea that It is so expensive that you feel like you got ripped-off? | |
| 1981 Attorney at law, is there any other kind? | |
| 1982 Meaning of “give a pony” | |
| 1983 Is there a polite way of saying people like you? | |
| 1984 What do you call the gesture whereby you rest your palms on the side of your hips? | |
| 1985 Common term or single word for someone who is embarrassingly over-complimentary | |
| 1986 Any reference on the usage of a backtick and single quotation mark like `this? | |
| 1987 Origin of the term driver in computer science | |
| 1988 How can I prove a word is a noun? | |
| 1989 Why is -ber the suffix of the last four months of the year? | |
| 1990 What does stay in vegetables mean? | |
| 1991 Is there a name for the expression the end justifies the means? | |
| 1992 Why do we use the object instead of the subject pronoun in constructions like stupid me? | |
| 1993 A word for “the shelves of candies or mints next to the checkout desk of a supermarket” | |
| 1994 What is a term for a server that is functioning 24/7? | |
| 1995 Is there any equivalent for this Persian idiom: Like a cow with a white forehead? | |
| 1996 Is there a hypernym for expense and income? | |
| 1997 Make like a banana | |
| 1998 Why is there a mean in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)? | |
| 1999 Opposite of a diet | |