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Lightness Races in Orbit
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What is the correct word for "turn off lamp" for a non-electric lamp?
Jun 27, 2017
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What do you call the act of drinking a whole bottle of, say, water in one go?
Aug 15, 2018
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Shouldn't it be "Nobody touch him!"
Jan 26, 2018
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Is the language of The Economist artificially complex?
Mar 28, 2018
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What does "a drop in replacement" mean
Nov 7, 2014
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"Listen my dear two-year-old son, this is (a) cat, and that is (a) dog." -- Leaving out the article in definitions like this
Apr 15, 2016
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To look "forced"
Nov 20, 2014
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Meaning of "Too true, too true!"
Mar 23, 2015
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"Too expensive for me to afford it" why ungrammatical?
Dec 11, 2018
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What should I say if someone from the opposite side of the earth says “good morning”?
Mar 6, 2015
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What's the difference between "STL" and "C++ Standard Library"?
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Iterator invalidation rules for C++ containers
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Why should I not #include <bits/stdc++.h>?
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Manager has noticed coworker's excessive breaks. Should I warn him?
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Why should I not #include <bits/stdc++.h>?