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Is there a word that describes the attitude of a child who is trying to get something from their parents, and so they try to look cute/sweet/innocent?...
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1 answerYesterday my cousin, who is in 10th grade, asked me if could help her to write a book review. I don’t know why but the first sentence of the story...
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2 answerThe dedication of the book The White Horse King (Merkle, 2009) contains the following:Hwa Þeos, Þe gesihÞ swa swa se morgen Fæger swa se mona...
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1 answerWhere the sentence follows an election to chose between the deposit or another mutually independent remedy, does the wording “if any” in “The portion of the Deposit, if any,...
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0 answerThe most famous quotation, one I often use for humorous effect, is "Oh joy! Rapture!""Oh no!" is common. "Oh wow!" "Oh boy," appear less so in my writings. "Oh...
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2 answerI was curious if anyone has any resources about how probability and comparisons of likelihoods were discussed in early English, or in other languages earlier in human history. In particular,...
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1 answerThe sentence in question is the first sentence: "Thank you for the opportunity of a 1 - 1 meeting" "Sorry, I am busy. I cannot attend meet with you" Without...
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0 answerI'm looking to describe something less formalized--i.e., with a lower collocation--than "aphorism", "maxim" or "adage" would imply. "Dictum" is the closest I can come up with but it's still too...
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0 answerWhen I say something like "John is a dedicated person", does it only make sense if there is a specific cause or person that John is dedicated to, or can...
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1 answerIs the only difference that in USA they write it with s and in UK they write it with c, or is there anything more?...
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