I'd like to ask you to help me clarifying if a brand name sounds sexual/vulgar/queer for native English speakers. It is "I Job You" which is a social job recommendation site. However, we had some feedback about the name that is has some sexual connotation (blow job? had job?) How do you see it?...

I am having difficulty with finding the natural word order in the following passive construction: What/How are people called who do a lot of unnecessary work? What/How are called people who do a lot of unnecessary work? What/How are people who do a lot of unnecessary work called? ...

Given the definition: "the adoption of an ostensibly defensible position, less because one actually believes in it than for the sake of ruffling feathers," what word springs handily to mind?

What is the correct way to address a police officer in the US in a non-emergency situation (such as asking directions)?

In English class, we've discussed the following sentence and considered if it is of mixed construction: The increase in the number of times his name appeared on such lists after the poem was published was enough to make him famous. Is this sentence ok, or is it mixed construction?

I came across this line when reading Owen's Strange Meeting: It seemed that out of the battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites which Titanic wars had groined. What does the last line really mean? Going by the dictionary, groin as a verb...