Sometimes, when engaged in heated conversation, I surprise myself by uttering words that I didn't know existed in my vocabulary.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive body detected: Is this a correct sentence? by Aqsa on english.SE

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: Is this a correct sentence? by Aqsa on english.SE

my auto-correct says I should remove the "an" from "There should’ve been an uproar."

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@RegDwigнt That's just a grouts overgentleization.

That "Fire Alarm" is interesting. I wonder if we will get fire brigades or fire engines too.

@englishstudent Fire brigands, mainly.

@Mitch There are 2⁷ non-business hours in a week, which is the number of ASCII codes. Symbolically, if you reckon the week from Sunday, happy hour is !1AQa -- one drink! If you reckon the week from Monday, happy hour is <HT><EM>)9; -- end of your tab, we're closed, you're drunk. If you reckon the week from Saturday, happy hour is 9IYiy -- YUCK, WHY AM I HERE? WHY? This is the reason we reckon the week from Sunday.