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What's the difference between these two words in usage and meaning? As for me, they're absolutely the same. Can I say, for instance, "I know the location of the stadium" and "I know the allocation of the distance"?

This method of answering questions with questions, in order to let the questioner realize that he can find the answer by reasoning (Socrates would say that the answer was in him all along), is called maieutics (the related adjective being maieutic).

maieutic (adjective) of or denoting the Socratic mode of inquiry, which aims to bring a person's latent ideas into clear consciousness.

I watched a movie about a boy -and someone asks him: You don't like girls, do you Nathan? I like them just fine. I confused with 'just fine'. What does it mean exactly, and please give some examples that contain just fine to make it clear?

In just about every job, group, or occupation, there is a kind of special language. For example, the itinerant salesman who comes knocking at our door and when we take a peep, they start on a barrage of words and "technical terms" that we can't understand, but to them, it's plain and clear. Wha...

The usage of '[sic]' is well defined for quoting a passage that you believe has an error in it: nearest to the mistake you place '[sic]' within the quotes. For example, suppose I write a letter from I to you. This last sentence of mine is counter to most norms of English writing (it's wrong), so ...

What's the difference between these two words in usage and meaning? As for me, they're absolutely the same. Can I say, for instance, "I know the location of the stadium" and "I know the allocation of the distance"?

I take this opportunity to approach the real meaning of this question. I found it very accurate and a nice topic to think about. The word orthography is a Greek word passed as is in the Latin language. In order to understand the meaning we have to divide the word into two parts: ortho -> sosto...

I need to find or invent a word that suggests a system might be "adapted or improved to conform to a higher standard". A verb, noun, adjective or even adverb would be acceptable, but so far I haven't found quite what I'm looking for. Context Examples: "We are upgrading the current system for gr...

Contaminate (transitive verb) means "to add a little bit of bad stuff to (something), rendering it bad". Or thereabouts. Is there a word for "to add a little bit of good stuff to (something), rendering it acceptable, not bad"? Or, less optimal, an intransitive verb, or a noun describing the act...

You can say "all my 3 pens are green" to mention the number of your pens and their color, simultaneously.

The other day, I was reading a history of the Norman and Angevin kings, and came across the word kirk in an ecclesiastical context, which I had to look up, having no clue of its meaning. The Online Etymology Dictionary gave me this: kirk c.1200, northern England and Scottish dialectal form...

We (non native English-speakers) are writing a paper and are wondering if the following construct is valid English: Yesterday's assumption is no longer valid. Specifically the apostrophe after yesterday (and likewise in today and tomorrow) brings up some debate. Can anyone give a clear an...

Some friend of mine told me it was an acronym for "western oriental gentleman" and was a form of sarcastic politeness. Is this true, and is it offensive to use this word?

Quite a few words are mispronounced by under-educated people, or people learning English as a second language. Some words are often mispronounced by quite educated people who read, and began reading high-level literature before they heard the vocabulary spoken. This can lead to a vocabulary diss...