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- Is over-exaggerated correct English?
My initial thought is that over-exaggerated implies not only exaggerating, but exaggerating in a way that is excessive for the given context, or exaggerating to the point of absurdity So, saying something like The fish was 5 feet long! I would consider exaggerating, but something like the fish was a million feet long! would be over-exaggerating
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- Difference between slacks, pants, and trousers?
I wonder what differences are between usage of slacks, pants, and trousers? Their meanings seem the same by looking up Google’s Internet dictionary and Wikipedia
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- Regarding Re: ; what is the correct usage in an email subject line?
I want to know what is the recommended way to use Re: in the subject line of an email I use Re: in the subject line as a shortform of 'in regards to' Whenever I have used Re:, people have told me
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- grammaticality - that + would = thatd? - English Language . . .
Is "that'd" an appropriate contraction of "that" and "would"? I say it, but I'm not sure if it's a legitimate contraction in written form
- Origin of the beatings will continue until morale improves
What is the origin of the phrase the beatings will continue until morale improves? There is a Metafilter and a Quora out on it, but they are inconclusive, and the phrase does not appear in the
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