No it doesn't. Unfortunately, though this is a slightly unusual usage of "tax". Normally, an X tax is a tax on X; income tax is a tax on your income, sales tax is a tax on the sale being made, window tax was a tax on the number of windows your house had, and so on. In all of these cases, X is o...

Asking phone number might to too personal: should I ask their phone numbers on the first day, or wait until we really need to contact on mobile?

I thought that the "Community Bulletin" was deployed on all the sites, but I see that English Language & Usage is still using the old block. Is this intentional, or does the block need to be enabled on every single site?

Please see the following sentence: Detaching itself from the main body of traffic, a lone auto-rickshaw drew up near Porus, the driver leaning out expectantly. Looking at http://tfd.com/leaning I can see it only as a noun and an adjective but not a verb. Is this not a verb in this sentence?

What are the rules for putting a full stop after an abbreviation. For instance, I want to say the following on my business card. Tel: xxx-xxx-xxx Do I need to put a full stop after the Tel? Tel.: xxx-xxx-xxx

Or is it region specific? I was always taught that when ending a quotation, that punctuation remains inside of the quote. I think he said, "we should go to the store." Are you sure he said, "we should go to the store?" As opposed to: I think he said, "we should go to the store". Are y...