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Stu W

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Is there an idiom for "winning a contest because you were the only participant"?
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What do you call a person who talks about nothing but himself?
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Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?
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Word for sound of a crowd talking all around you
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What's the adjective for someone who isn't loose with their thoughts/opinions/judgements?
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Term for "professional" who doesn't make their living from that kind of work
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What is the sign, used in documentation, that means illegible--in the same fashion as [sic]?
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Idiom criticizing a person who has unsolved problems but tries to give someone advice about them
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Should I write out numbers or use the actual numbers (ordinals)?
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How can I motivate a 13-year-old girl to take better care of her appearance?
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Two year's experience or two years' experience or two years experience?
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Word for someone who expects something to go wrong
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How to write a death scene without making it overdramatic?
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How do you support/cope with your 15yr old daughter wanting to become a boy?
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How to avoid the 'magic explanation' info dump in Fantasy novels
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Does a biological parent have the right to attend all parent teacher conferences?
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What is the name of the service or job title for typing handwritten manuscripts?
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Someone believes something is going to be a certain way so they think it is?
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Did 'lawyer' have a broader meaning in Shakespeare's time?
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How to express happiness on someone's failure?
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How do I bring my readers closer to my characters when using the third person?
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Should I use a pen name so I don't get confused with other authors with similar names?
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How do I write an uneducated character with a genius level intellect in a medieval society?
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Lying to my daughter about her mother's death
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The proper word for a person who accompanies a patient
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Word for the *other* day in a two-day cycle
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What would be the metric equivalent of “inching” (or a workable alternative)?
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Can the word "slash" (/) be used in writing?
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Word for sarcasm/facetiousness where the core statement is true
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How can I convey something without going into details?
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