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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

May 19, 2019 19:25

And I can't for the life of me find my glasses. @Userr are you sitting on my glasses. Get up.

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J.R.

May 15, 2019 18:13

Hence, it's "Daisy Looked at Tom Frowning, 7pm."

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

May 15, 2019 18:01

Possibility #3: No one. His name is Tom Frowning

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userr2684291

May 11, 2019 10:37

That would be page 1220.

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userr2684291

May 9, 2019 19:13

Word of the day: satisfice

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V.V.

Jul 21, 2017 06:40

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V.V.

Jul 19, 2017 19:02

english.stackexchange.com/questions/280248/…. Enjoy.

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Jim Reynolds

May 4, 2019 12:30

Jim Reynolds hangs his head in shame. Hurls a double-decker bus at @userr2684291, out of affection.

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Jim Reynolds

May 4, 2019 11:50

For the love of All that's Holy, Righteous, and Good, fellow, ELLers, please reopen the question so I may answer it.

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Anonymous

Apr 28, 2019 03:17

@Cardinal Like appears in a range of constructions, each with its own grammar. You're comparing two different constructions and suggesting that one can be "shortened" to the other, but they're really just two different constructions. In the construction where you propose to insert that, we find like takes a non-expandable declarative content clause as a complement, making that ungrammatical.

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ColleenV

Apr 22, 2019 20:35

Above the sheets, you can have blankets, or a quilt, or a big fluffy comforter or duvet.

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ColleenV

Apr 22, 2019 20:34

@santimirandarp I say the “ bottom sheet” or “fitted sheet” instead of “lower”

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ColleenV

Apr 22, 2019 20:34

Fitted sheet is if it has corners sewn into it so it stays on the mattress better

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CowperKettle

Jun 25, 2017 04:17

Give a man a fish and he will be satisfied for one day. Name a man Satisfied and he will be Satisfied all his life

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CowperKettle

Apr 17, 2019 09:05

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jimsug

Nov 5, 2015 02:25

Ah, Google Translate. Never stop trying: digitaltrends.com/web/…

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tchrist

Nov 3, 2015 11:24

It is well documented that some people delude themselves into believing they pronounce prints and prince differently even though spectrographs prove they do not.

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Damkerng T.

Oct 30, 2015 02:45

My CGEL has just arrived!

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M.A.R.

Jun 10, 2021 17:29

For a split second I thought @Dhan is Damkerng q_q

StoneyB

Oct 21, 2015 22:37

Nos morituri te salutamus

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Anonymous

Jun 5, 2017 18:14

See Quirk et al 1985 p.1333, Huddleston & Pullum 2002 p.470, Biber et al 1999 p.296

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CowperKettle

Mar 29, 2019 03:27

Word of the day: wildebeest

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Anonymous

Oct 10, 2015 14:54

Anyway, the lesson of that story is, you want at least one good tag on each question, but zero bad tags, if possible.

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Anonymous

Mar 29, 2019 01:24

phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-english-uni.htm

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userr2684291

May 27, 2017 13:01

Phrase of the day: on the up and up

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Anonymous

Mar 26, 2019 07:49

Yep.

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Mar 23, 2019 13:26

@It'saboutEnglish natural != correct, but you probably already know that

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ColleenV

Mar 20, 2019 19:58

I would say “taking in” like in the title of this sculpture frankplant.net/portfolio-posts/taking-in-the-laundry

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ColleenV

Mar 16, 2019 10:46

@CowperKettle My father-in-law calls snow "angel poop". Y'all must have a lot of angels up there...

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userr2684291

Mar 15, 2019 14:30

Word of the day: dog-ear

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Cardinal

May 11, 2017 06:23

Word of the day: piquant

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ColleenV

Mar 14, 2019 15:53

@SamBC Well my husband does ask me whether it's dull to be right all the time...

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Mar 11, 2019 20:06

Anything is going to be speculation anyway unless the downvoter commented

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CowperKettle

May 23, 2021 09:12

CowperKettle

Mar 11, 2019 16:46

Word of the day: donzerly light

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userr2684291

May 5, 2017 20:38

theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/hmmmmm/420798 They quote Pullum in this article on Yoda-speak.

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userr2684291

May 5, 2017 20:25

Word of the day: first cousins once removed

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userr2684291

Mar 10, 2019 10:19

Idiom of the day: in the family way

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Damkerng T.

May 2, 2017 13:34

Word of the Day: precipitous

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Anonymous

May 1, 2017 23:59

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userr2684291

Mar 2, 2019 14:07

Fancy word of the day: inauspicious

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CowperKettle

Mar 1, 2019 02:57

Word of the morn: fire piston

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userr2684291

Feb 28, 2019 03:47

I realized I can study for 20 hours straight with regular breaks (mainly to make tea...). This is going great so far. I know I should go to bed when it starts ringing in my ears.

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Anonymous

Apr 21, 2017 09:50

Word of the day: capitonym

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Jasper

Feb 27, 2019 15:42

Hi @snailboat no hurries, but you haven't told me why you prefer LPD to CEPD and ODP yet. =)

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ColleenV

Feb 26, 2019 22:09

> People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.

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CowperKettle

Feb 26, 2019 16:48

Word of the eve: blotto (drunk)

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ColleenV

Feb 26, 2019 11:15

@SamBC Disengage. If someone is harassing you in comments flag for mod attention

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G Warner

May 13, 2021 19:51

im a foster daddy. i have 6 cats. sorry dogheads

Eddie Kal

May 13, 2021 19:41

> Your StackExchange account and password don't match

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