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Michael Harvey

Bristol, UK

Financial governance and compliance officer in large legal organisation.

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"My son/daughter" or "Our son/daughter"?
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What do you call those "round checkboxes"?
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What is the difference between "behavior" and "behaviour"?
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Does this picture show an Arizona fire department extinguishing a fire in Mexico?
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55
What is the thin flat piece of wood that you have when you sharpen your pencil called?
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54
Is it ok to say "this number feigns in comparison to"
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53
What was the crime described as "letting out of ponds" during Elizabethan England?
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50
Is it "common" to use "not at all" as a "no"? If so, is it rude?
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What does the ‘thank you very much’ mean in “they were perfectly normal, thank you very much”?
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If a sentence ends with an abbreviation (e.g. "[...] he lived in the U.S."), does that mean "U.S" is a correct abbreviation?
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46
"wanna" at the end of a sentence
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45
Is my repair to this plug safe?
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45
What does "guilty" mean in this context?
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Difference between "detonate" and "explode"
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What's the word for a piece of catchy melody in a music?
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39
What is "ice orange" and what does it have to do with horses?
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37
Why is the article "the" used in "He invented THE slide rule"?
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36
What do you call a ball of yarn/thread?
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What does "secular" mean in "secular ... shifts in investor behavior"?
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35
what do you call the edge that goes along ironed trousers?
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35
What does "2.5× what you're on" mean in this context?
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34
Why does "graphic" mean violent or gory?
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34
Why the hood is also called bonnet?
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34
Does "I've temporarily suspended" mean that I did it?
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A name for the sound of liquid discharging from a bottle into a glass
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33
Can I say "fingers" when referring to toes?
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32
What does Monica (from “Friends”) mean when she says “the Reruns' production of Pinocchio“?
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Is ‘I want to meet your enemy’ ambiguous?
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Is it incorrect to say I'm 20 years old next month?
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Besides "Chicken TV" does this type of food have any other names?
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