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Q: Making "Get" Have No Implied Time Period (AKA No Tense)

user58712I want to make get have no implied time period. Or if that's not possible, to negate its implied time period (probably with always) I want to make an affirmation of mine say "I always work to [the word/words I'm asking for] success." I know I could just use get and common sense might not put a...

 
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Q: Salty or Savory?

Bárbara Brasileiro Cristovão1) There is a word in Portuguese that describes all kinds of food that are not sweet: "salgado". And "salgado" can be used in the sense of "containing salt", "too salty" or just "not sweet". If I want to say that something is not sweet, what's the best word for it (as most used in the US): savory...

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@MetaEd nice answer
I'm going to be skeptical because it is interesting... are you sure that allopathy is used pejoratively? Or at least elaborate on why? It feels very non pejorative to me. it is either innocuous (if hardly used at all) or archaic/historical, like 'phlogiston', describing something that no one believes in. At least that is my view of how it might be used in the mainstream. But people who believe in homeopathy might think allopathy is 'bad' medicine, but that doesn't mean....
that doesn't mean they're using it pejoratively. I use the term 'homeopathy' when referring to a non-scientific, thoughtless, last refuge of the uneducated medical practices, but it's not a pejorative term. 'fat' is not a pejorative, though one may have negative values about it.
 
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Q: What do you call a person who doesn't appear affected by the past?

LilEccentricSomebody who can easily move on from a situation and act as if it never happened.

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Q: A noun describes that you spend money smartly?

KhangA noun describes that you spend money smartly ?

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Q: Opposite of Academia

alissa doleWhat can be an appropriate opposite of academia in the context of work experience especially in resumes/CVs , where I'd want say: Work Experience Academia X at School A Y at School B "" X at Company A Y at Company B I used to use "industry". I'm wondering if a better professional word ...

 
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Q: What do you call private and public boxes where letters are put?

OptAccording to Cambridge dictionary, in US, a mailbox is a box outside a person's house where letters are put, but in UK, it's a box in the street or other public place in which you can put letters to be collected and sent. The dictionary states that postbox has the same meaning as the second mean...

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Q: Word/s or Phrase Slightly Different than Maximum

user58712I want to make an affirmation of mine say I work to get [the word/s or phrase I'm asking for] success. The best I know of so far is I work to get maximum success. The reason I don't like maximum is maximum is binary in its meaning. Something is either the greatest amount, or not the greatest a...

 
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how did we get to zero reviews remaining?
woah
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> They're in an entirely other league.
> that's an entirely other issue
> It turns out that my next rereading of Eliot as an entirely other poet than the one I thought I knew
> had there been an entirely other play
(from COCA)
An entirely other? Do you find that natural?
I suppose an entire other would be a bit of an improvement. A safe choice of wording, nevertheless, would be an entirely different or something, I guess.
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Q: Word for changing from descending to ascending, and back again?

DaftIs there a single word for changing flow from descending to ascending? I have a bunch of data and it is ordered A-Z, descending. When I press a button, it reverses and is now ordered Z-A, ascending. It just made me wonder, is there a single word to describe this process of changing from descend...

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@NVZ I think the widget just doesn't show the count once you've clicked on it.
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Q: Verb for "lightly tap"

AminopterinI am asking a verb for the following scenario: "I _______ (tap lightly) a piece of adhesive tape on the sample (to make insects sticking on it), and examine it (and the insects on it) under the lens of a microscope." Is there a more idiomatic verb for the italic part?

 
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Q: On time commenter

user258368How to call a person if he express his views/comments on time when some good thing happens like festival, events etc.....best word to qualify them?

 
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Q: General term for data and its metadata together?

FloegipokyI'm looking for a term that describes data combined with its metadata. For instance, if I were ordering a pizza, the data would be the order (size, toppings, cost, delivery address, etc) and the metadata would include who made the pizza, how long it took to make, when it left for delivery, etc. ...

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@Mitch Yes, I think it's mostly used pejoratively. The way someone might refer to "all those bloodletters". Not technically pejorative, but plainly intended that way.
 
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@MetaEd You goddam allopaths aways talk like that.
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@Mitch Actually I'm more of an aloepath.
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Hello, I have a really simple question about word order (adverb of frequency). I did look it up and pretty sure it's incorrect, but I want to make sure. Is this sentence grammatically correct: "If it's summer, then sometimes I like going to the beach."
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Q: looking for a replacement to the descriptor "deep" to describe experience

Kim HrubyEvery member of our team has deep operating experience in healthcare.

@ThomasTom Grammatically, it's quite correct. Perhaps your question is more about the logic of it.
What do you mean?
In my locale, it is currently summer. I can conclude from your statement that sometimes you like going to the beach. In two days, it will be autumn. At that time I will be unable to conclude anything from your statement.
The issue is that I took an exam and wrote everything without any mistakes, except that single one, where it was corrected that 'sometimes' was in wrong position.
And it went from A to B.
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A to B?
@MetaEd It seems that Kit and Matt only come to this room when you summon them for a meeting to play the word game, lol.
Oh, the grade.
Oh, and an unrelated question, is "I have gone there only a few times." correct? I'm prety sure, but still.
That too violates no rules of grammar.
Are you a native English speaker?
Thanks for the help! And nope, that's my third language.
 
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@MetaEd I am a native speaker. How may I help you?
@Gigili I've never spoken native English. Unfortunately I only speak American.
I suppose you could say I speak native American.
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Q: What is an item which attracts dust called?

DustI would like to know what a stationary item that attracts dust can be called. I am interested to know the noun that can replace the actual name of the item (its category, I suppose), like dust catcher.

@MetaEd I figured as much.
When did you become a mod? ö
Is that you Marcus?
@Gigili 2016 election. Who's Marcus?
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Nice.
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Q: Verb for "study hard"

FlashCactusHow can the process of studying something intensively be described in one word? The closest I can think of is cramming, but that has connotations of not actually caring about the subject in question, trying to do the least sufficient amount of work. Even though most people indeed tend to study ...

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@Gigili The Wicked Cat of the West dissolving into pink icing?
 
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@MetaEd It's more likely that it's the good kitten of the north in her glamorous pink dress:

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