Does anyone know of a good online thesaurus? I've used http://thesaurus.com/ and http://www.merriam-webster.com/. Especially something that's good with phrases, figures of speech or idioms.

Reading a report online, I read something like this. during his 30-year rule. Is it 30 year or 30 years?

Which of the following is correct? Things such as this make me happy. Things such as this makes me happy. Is the subject "things" or "this"?

I read in the news paper it describes the word as long haul. With in my knowledge, I understood the meaning could be a long distance a long period of time Is either correct? Could you please suggest a correct definition?

We were discussing something like pre-boss era, post-boss era. What word describes the era where the boss is still there?

The situation reached a crossroads. The situation reached a turning point. Is it true that crossroads = turning point?

It is hard to tell age by look. It is hard to tell age by looks. Should I use the singular or plural form?

I was wondering if this sentence makes sense, and if it does, is the meaning of visage in this sentence metaphoric? His confident visage hid insecurity.

Is the convention (write something in brackets.) And start a new sentence. or is it (More like this). And the other confusing factor below. Is a sentence (like this?) Because the question mark belongs to what's in brackets. So (is this)? More wrong because you're de-questioning the bracketed-s...

Article Meanwhile, new financial filings reveal that although major donors supporting the president and Republican challenger Mitt Romney spent millions of dollars last month on their respective candidate, outside political groups helping Romney are reaping a growing share of the largesse. ...

This is not exactly a prefix but the word does indeed refer to an event that occurs four times a year. And the word is "Quarterly".