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I did my degree in English/French Language/Linguistics back in the '70s, but I only got a middling grade, and I've worked in software development ever since, so I'm really only an expert on English language in the same way any articulate native speaker is.

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What is the correct usage of "P.S." in Emails?
Jun 6, 2011
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How can this technical message be made clearer?
Sep 9, 2011
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Referring to oneself in first vs. third person in online profiles
Jul 19, 2011
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"...and the fire from the stove engulfed him" or "jumped on him" or "covered him" or "devoured him" or what?
Mar 28, 2011
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Would it be weird if I write "a simple sample something"?
Apr 4, 2012
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I want to explore the psychology of a ruthless, macho killer. What mistakes should I avoid?
Feb 19, 2012
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How to write a book for a given reading level?
Mar 13, 2012
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Trying to indicate that the frequency is annoying
Mar 16, 2012
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"Replace with" versus "replace by"
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An English idiom for "solve a problem that has been solved"?
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Is there a word for a change so small that it doesn’t seem to be a change at all?
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Looking for a word to describe the sound of the morning as hundreds of birds begin singing before sunrise?
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Why is "He knows to swim" incorrect?

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