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Peter Jennings
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  • Oxfordshire, UK
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Retired software engineer (and earlier electronics R&D engineer). Main hobbies are reading and dabbling in small computers.

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What are open street shops called?
Jan 9, 2023
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"I am appeared to redly" - This sentence is making me very puzzled and confused
Apr 24, 2023
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Are "lie low" and "keep a low profile" interchangeable?
Aug 18
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Does this joke format (of three people doing something in a pattern) exist in English, and if so, who is it about?
May 25, 2023
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Does “redeeming quality” simply mean “positive quality” today?
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Idiomatic word for someone who is an expert in multiple fields/subject?
May 26, 2022
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How to describe a living room having a balcony door letting you view the city down below? Can I say "a room with an open layout"?
Oct 24
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I wonder if the sentence is grammatically correct? "I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal." Am I missing something?
Oct 29, 2023
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Kyoto is a famous tourist destination/area/site/spot in Japan
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Does "any computer(s) you have" refer to one or all the computers?
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Rejecting edits that do not improve question. A question of degree
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'The Kukhtarev's model' or 'Kukhtarev's model' ('John's car' or 'The John's car')?
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