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12:09 AM
To be or not to be...no such thing in ASL, either you're something or not, right now (assumed)...no past or future tenses either, just transition words--past, future, imagine, etc. No pluralization either--Oh, there's more than one! Two to infinity, got it, thanks for narrowing it down--Hmm...English, English, English...why, why, why... [It's here, there, and everywhere...makes no sense.]
 
 
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1:14 AM
@KannE exactamundo!
Sorry, I tried to reply in ASL and it just came out wrong.
 
 
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Q: How to imply that something is included, when it isn't?

Danny BeckettConsider the following sentence: Portions of this document have been redacted; for reason(s) including, but not limited to, confidentiality obligations set out in section 12 of the applicable contract. How can I reword this sentence so that even if none of the redacted portions were due to ...

 
 
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Q: Single-word term for, "ability to judge fairly and not influenced by money and external factors"?

Praneeth KarnenaI need a single-word that exactly means, "ability to judge fairly and not influenced by money". Please suggest me similar words and words closer to the meaning of that statement.

 
 
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6:52 AM
@FaheemMitha someone
Not antimony. Definitely not antimony
 
 
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7:55 AM
Hello everybody! I'm not a regular so please forgive my late night intrustion.
I'm here to ask iif anyone knows of a resource where i can find out where a phrase was first used.
Actually, I meant when a phrase was last used.
This phrase: apple-pie order
I feel like it's something that wasn't from my lifetime here on earth... and am wondering when it was a thing... can anyone help?
 
 
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12:39 PM
@Mitch But it's worth it
 
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Q: Is there a single word for both "atom" and "ion"?

178865When I'm writing about atoms, often what I'm writing about applies to ions too. It's slightly annoying to add "(or ions)" after every mention of atoms, where a word that refers to both atoms and ions would be ideal. Does such a word exist? There is "element", but often this is used to refer to m...

 
A friend sent this. ^ The author misspelled "exhortation" but otherwise it's fine. And amusing.
 
 
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Q: Looking for a word for being in multiple places at the same time (not bilocate)

Donna BrooksI cannot recall a word I used to use 20 years ago that meant being able to be in 2 or more places at the same time. Bilocate is the only word that comes to mind, but that's not it. This is not astral projection or remote viewing. It's physically being able to accomplish things in multiple locati...

 
 
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4:26 PM
@Louis Google Books is a general search that returns a graph of the frequency of use of a phrase over the past couple hundred years. There's a lot of caveats with it. Always look at the search results to see if the top hits are what you expected
That said, the 'apple-pie order' doesn't sound old or new to me, just ... a phrase. It could be that 'apple pie' itself is not as common anymore (that's only one kind of problem with using any kind of historical frequency search.)
 
 
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6:49 PM
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Q: Is there a word for my father's ex-wife's brother?

Rudolf VavruchMy father was married to Alice. They divorced and then my father married my mother. A few years later they later had me. I've read this: What are the limits of the prefix 'step' to describe relationships? but was wondering if any more light could be shone on it. Does that make Alice my ex-step-...

 
7:37 PM
@Robusto Weird! Never heard that word before.
 
8:17 PM
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Q: suitable word for a hard working person

Sohail AslamI am writing a personal statement and my opening sentence is like this: I am _______. Being resilient in the face of hardships and difficulties, my friends and class fellows would call me so. Now looking for a suitable word for this blank. something which shows a hardworking and flexible person...

 
 
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9:21 PM
Is 'His eyes flickered toward the door.' grammatically correct?
 
@Piomicron Depends on what exactly you're trying to say.
If I wanted to say, he quickly looked at the door, I would probably say, 'his eyes flitted'.
 
Hi guys, is it possible to say:
From what I heard our systems are not that similar after all, at least as far as undergraduate studies are concerned.
I want to speak about the differences in how American universities differ from my university (Europe).
 
(There are two Irans on that chart I shared above! Scrap it.)
 
10:02 PM
@Felix.C I didn't notice anything unusual: is there anything in particular you were uncertain about?
I would add a comma after heard, though.
@Færd That's weird!
Otherwise interesting.
People in South America have the joie de vivre one would stereotypically expect.
It would also be interesting to change GDP per capita to a median value.
I think the correlation will be stronger that way (and many rich countries will be seen to be a lot less rich.)
 

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