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Top Questions
111 votes

How to pass variable number of arguments to a PHP function

php varargs asked Sep 14 '09 at 16:37
stackoverflow.com

53 votes

Should I use a semicolon or a dash to connect two closely related sentences?

punctuation semicolon dash asked Aug 5 '10 at 23:02
english.stackexchange.com

36 votes

How are 'marry', 'merry', and 'Mary' pronounced differently?

american-english pronunciation pronunciation-vs-spelling vowels asked Oct 25 '12 at 18:50
english.stackexchange.com

35 votes

What is the difference between “lay” and “lie”?

verbs differences confusables lie-lay-lain-laid asked Aug 5 '10 at 22:28
english.stackexchange.com

34 votes

Trilateration using 3 latitude/longitude points, and 3 distances?

distance algorithm geodesy asked Jul 22 '10 at 20:19
gis.stackexchange.com

33 votes

Need to be able to search for “stop words” on English.SE because they are often the most salient search term

feature-request bug status-declined search stackexchange asked Aug 28 '10 at 18:25
meta.stackexchange.com

27 votes

Generating a frequency map for a string in Scala

string scala map asked Aug 24 '12 at 7:42
stackoverflow.com

25 votes

In vim, how do I make the left and right arrow keys change line?

vim asked Sep 4 '09 at 0:15
superuser.com

24 votes

Trilateration using 3 latitude and longitude points, and 3 distances

geocoding latitude-longitude trilateration asked May 11 '10 at 18:58
stackoverflow.com

24 votes

How do you spell Muammar Qaddafi?

orthography pronunciation-vs-spelling proper-nouns loan-words asked Feb 23 '11 at 3:11
english.stackexchange.com

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Top Answers
417
Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun (“his” vs. “her” vs. “their”)?
english.stackexchange.com

207
When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?
english.stackexchange.com

122
How do I tell if a variable has a numeric value in Perl?
stackoverflow.com

114
Why is there still case sensitivity in some programming languages?
softwareengineering.stackexchange.com

113
“Let's” vs. “lets”: which is correct?
english.stackexchange.com

106
“Email” or “e-mail”?
english.stackexchange.com

94
“Less” vs. “fewer”
english.stackexchange.com

76
When did it become correct to add an “s” to a singular possessive already ending in “‑s”?
english.stackexchange.com

70
“A/An” preceding a parenthetical statement
english.stackexchange.com

67
Is it correct to use “their” instead of “his or her”?
english.stackexchange.com

67
When should I use “a” vs “an”?
english.stackexchange.com

65
What is the correct plural form of LEGO—LEGO or Legos?
english.stackexchange.com

64
Is “everyone” singular or plural?
english.stackexchange.com

64
Why do some words have two past tense forms (e.g. “dreamed” vs. “dreamt”)?
english.stackexchange.com

62
Difference between an acronym and abbreviation?
english.stackexchange.com

62
Is there some rule against ending a sentence with the contraction “it's”?
english.stackexchange.com

60
“I'm well” vs. “I'm good” vs. “I'm doing well”, etc
english.stackexchange.com

59
How do you handle “that that”? The double “that” problem
english.stackexchange.com

59
“Fill out a form” or “fill in a form”
english.stackexchange.com

55
Should I put myself last? “me and my friends” vs. “my friends and me” or “my friends and I”
english.stackexchange.com

54
Is “forte” pronounced “fort” or “for-tay”?
english.stackexchange.com

51
When is a gerund supposed to be preceded by a possessive adjective/determiner?
english.stackexchange.com

50
I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he?
english.stackexchange.com

50
How can I explain to people that the phrase “off of ” is grammatically incorrect?
english.stackexchange.com

49
Which expressions can be used to close an email?
english.stackexchange.com

49
How to pronounce the programmer's abbreviation “char”
english.stackexchange.com

48
“Who wants ice-cream?” — Should I say “(not) I” or “(not) me”?
english.stackexchange.com

48
Which day does “next Tuesday” refer to?
english.stackexchange.com

47
Is there any way to use a “constant” as hash key in Perl?
stackoverflow.com

46
Is it really incorrect to start a sentence with “and”?
english.stackexchange.com

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