niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Question: There was the following passage in New York Times' (October 6) article commenting on GOP Presidential candidate, Carly Fiorina under the headline, 'If she's a feminist, then I'm a T. Rex': "Her record at Hewlett-Packard firing skilled Americans by the thousands and outsourcing their jobs to China and India, while almost running her company into the ground with an ill-advised merger is hardly a sterling record for any sort of candidate, assuming we actually want a president of all the people rather than a modern Ebenezer Scrooge, - - This is a woman who would deny other women control over their own bodies, as well. "If she's a feminist then I'm a T. rex." According to Jurassic wiki, Tyrannosaurus rex, the most famous of all dinosaurs species and commonly known as T. rex, was the largest of the Tyrannosaur family and by extension one of the largest theropods, reaching 12 to 13 meters in length. But what does 'If she's a feminist, then I'm a T. Rex' mean? Does the writer sarcastically admit herself being anachronistic? Why should it be a T.Rex, not other monsterous or supernatural creatures, say, Moby-Dick and Godzilla? Is this a cute turn of phrase? Could you translate "I'm a T.rex" into plain English? 
Answer: Carly Fiorina is being attacked by feminists for her pretty negative comment on Planned Parenthood as she insisted at the CNN GOP primary debate that this organization is cruelly killing unborn babies to sell their organs for research. A vidoe footage on which she based her claim was found doctored by fact-checkers. Some Republican governors defunded Planned Parenthood in their states and they are fighting hard to defund it at a national level. This is what makes Carly Fiorina an anti-feminist and the author is using metaphor with the least possible thing that anyone can be if she is a feminist. REX of T-rex means a King and what a better metaphor to attack her who wants to be POTUS (President of the United States).
Output: no
Question: I have been using the term ofcourse ever since kindergarten. However, I recently stumbled upon a site that claims of course is how the term is correctly used and not ofcourse. I would like to seek the community's opinion about which is the correct usage of that term. 
Answer: I just checked Merriam-Webster dictionary and it has ofcourse defined as a 'matter of course', i.e. a natural flow of events.
Output: no
Question: This question, "Discrete Units of a Continuous Quantity", asks whether units of a continuous quantity should be spoken of as discrete or continuous. The top answer states The rule is simple, and you obviously know it: discrete quantities require the use of "fewer" and continuous quantities require the use of "less". Calorie, as a unit, requires the use of "fewer". Energy, as a continuum, requires the use of "less". "Fewer calories means less energy." I do not understand the logic here though. Calorie is a unit, yes, but it is a continuous unit (it is possible to have half a calorie, or 4.582394 calories). Since a calorie is such a small unit of energy compared to what it is usually used for (food energy and human metabolism), it is very seldom expressed in a fractional form and instead is rounded (usually to the nearest 10 or higher). Why then should "fewer" be used with calorie instead of "less"? Is there another relevant rule than just "continuous quantities use "less" and discrete quantities use "fewer"? 
Answer: We simply don't speak of 5 Energy. The key difference here, mathematically, is rationals vs real numbers. That is, even if you cut your kilocalories in half, you would always have a finite-length number to describe the amount. Hence, the rationals as well as the natural numbers are called countable. The set of Real Numbers on the other hand is an uncountable set, because for every finite-length number, you can have an infinite amount of infinite-length real numbers that start with the finite length number. The details are tricky, I'm not a maths teacher. So far so good. Why then is energy uncountable? It's a historically grown thing. The whys and hows of this fact should be part of a different question, though. (I mean, I really don't know). Suffice to say that the distinction between the measured object and the measurement result is purposeful.
Output: no
Question: In English-speaking TV shows, characters sometimes say something similar to dips to say to other people they are taking something for themselves before others do. Neither Google, Wiktionary or Urban Dictionary give positive results for this so the word may be misspelled. What is the word and what is its origin? 
Answer: The word you're hearing is actually dibs: 2: claim, rights // I have dibs on that piece of cake Etymonline says it's a children's word to express a claim on something, 1915, originally U.S., apparently from earlier senses "a portion or share" and "money" (early 19c. colloquial), probably a contraction of dibstone "a knuckle-bone or jack in a children's game" (1690s), in which the first element is of unknown origin. The game consisted of tossing up small pebbles or the knuckle-bones of a sheep and catching them alternately with the palm and the back of the hand.
Output: yes
Question: My wife is always accusing me of casting aspersions and I'd like to do something else with them. Please advise. 
Answer: I'm NOT siding with your wife. You can retain them (keep them to yourself), and you can also verify them (check them). After those two, you might be able to reword them into a persuasive format.
Output: no
Question: Does English use the word thou in situations nowadays? For example, to humiliate an opponent by being overly familiar? 
Answer: In a very specific technical usage, yes. "thou" is a jargon abbreviation for "one thousandth of an inch" and crops up in machining. Also, automotive industry has to measure fine tolerances, so older petrol engines may have their spark plug gaps measured in inches and be stated as "50 thou" or similar, and pistons may have tolerances in thou. Any workshop engineer using lathes and fitting parts together closely would be familiar with this term even in metric countries. Modern CNC workshops are much more likely to work in metric. The exception would be Americans who end up working in both measurement systems. Aside, in this context "tenth" means "tenth of a thousandth of an inch" and not "tenth of an inch" It is never said as "ten-thousandth of an inch" because that could be misheard for "ten x thousandths of an inch" (ie a hundredth of an inch) in a noisy machine workshop. The metric equivalent would be microns or micrometres, where "1 thou equals 25.4 microns equals 25.4 micrometres".
Output: no
Question: I came upon this letter when reading a book, I couldn't find its name on the internet, you can imagine how hard it is to search about it. What is the name of the letter that follows "sample space"? I know it's not really an English question, but I think this site is best fit for the question than say, the mathematics site. 
Answer: It's an S written in a fraktur font used by mathematicians. This one is easy to find out using Detexify.
Output: yes
Question: I am trying to find a single word antonym for "exceed". I am using the word as a verb (so "beneath" doesn't work) and it should have a positive connotation (as in a golf score which falls below par). I thought of "subceed", which I like, and found a few Google hits but it doesn't show up in any reputable dictionaries. I've reviewed answers to similar questions and found no suitable alternatives. For example, the selected answer to What would be an appropriate opposite of "exceed"? suggested: "eluded" has a mostly negative connotation and implies intention "beneath" is not a verb "are below"/"did not meet" phrases I'm looking to replace "exceeded" in the following quotes with a single word (meaning something like "went below", "were under", etc.): "He never gets tickets because he always exceeds the speed limit." "To win the match, Tiger Woods must exceeded 4 strokes on the twelth hole." "To prevent freezing, do not exceed -20 degrees centigrade." 
Answer: No one has mentioned reduce so far v. lessen, diminish, decrease Reduce your speed Reduce the temperature, or do not reduce the temperature Reduce the number of strokes (only in golf) Reduce your calorie intake, etc.
Output: no
Question: I am looking for a derogatory term that can be used to describe a novice soldier/conscript who is awful at army-stuff. Something like cannon fodder but it should stress the incompetence of the described person, but it can't be a vulgarism. It is meant to be a unit name for a game set in a fantasy-medieval setting. 
Answer: I've heard my military friends use FNG.
Output: no
Question: I frequently encounter phrases like this: "It allows to apply these features to customisable sets of fonts". My question is whether this is proper English or not? In my mind, "it allows the application of ..." or "it allows one to apply ..." sound much better. I suspect that this is a Germanism (that would explain why I hear it so often), but it would be nice to know for sure. 
Answer: I just ran a Google Books ngram and saw that from 1800-2012 the incidence of It allows to has risen from 0.0000011% to 0.0000053%. The biggest rise was from 1980 until now: 0.000002%-0.0000053%. From what I can tell from the books in which this appears, the most recent are technical writing by non-native-speakers of English. A couple from the 19th century are legitimate English: the assembly may compel the observance of a proper decorum by all persons, whom it allows to be present at its proceedings. and It assembles more frequently, and at its own time, without any control from the king ; and it allows to him only a ... Jim's example, It allows to pass certain particles while trapping others, is certainly, as he says, unwieldy because it's not parallel: It allows to pass certain particles and {allows not / disallows} others. which is a style monster regardless of the parallel construction. It should be: It allows certain particles to pass {while trapping / but traps / but disallows} others. The syntax is so bad in that sentence that, however grammatically valid it is, Fowler would retch after reading it. Merely thinking it up would violate the admonition against secret sin in the Sermon on the Mount, and actually writing it for public consumption would cause the reader as much pain as would driving a wooden stake through the heart of the sleeping Dracula cause the vampire. Your conclusion that "'it allows the application of ...' or 'it allows one to apply ...' sound much better" is absolutely correct. That's what language is about in part: what it sounds like. If it sounds bad, it is bad, grammar be damned.
Output: yes
Question: As in "the timeslot given to completing the task". Would also be interested to hear if there's different usages for different scenarios. 
Answer: Both timeslot and time slot are acceptable. You will find an equal amount of dictionaries containing either. Regarding the hyphenated version, there's been a general trend to move away from hyphenated compound words over the past 40 years. A common, historical pattern is that two words say, time slot will be joined by a hyphen for a time time-slot and then be joined into one word timeslot. English is moving away from this and joining languages like German, where words are advantageously and immediately linked to one another.
Output: no
Question: Which is correct? The thief carried the knife carefully so as not to cut himself. The thief carried the knife carefully not to cut himself. 
Answer: The first one. The second one sounds quite awkward, and in fact one way I can think of to improve it would be to add a comma: "The thief carried the knife carefully, not to cut himself". The slight pause is meant to suggest the missing "so as"!.
Output: yes
Question: Is it possible to use the abbreviation "w.r.t." in academic papers? 
Answer: In mathematics "w.r.t." is part of the standard jargon. It is not unusual to see it used (sparingly) in peer-reviewed journal articles.
Output: yes
Question: What can I call someone (a friend) who is always asking for favours such as: if you are going downtown, can you buy this for me please or, can you lend me your car for an hour or, if you have some spare time, can you post this letter for me please because I am so busy today He doesn't seem to realise or, pretends not to, that there is a limit to asking for help or favours from other people. 
Answer: He may be called a moocher. It is used for a person who tries to get to something free of charge.
Output: yes
Question: Everybody deals with this phenomenon daily but I had my curiousity piqued when someone claimed that punishing the many for the actions of the few was just called "group punishment." Group Punishment is simply punishing a large group of people. Is there a specific word for when a large group is punished because of the actions of the few? Such as in the following: Little Jimmy wasn't happy when the entire class was forced to work through recess because of 3 kids getting into a fight yesterday. 
Answer: Though probably not as a good a choice as collective punishment, the word intimidation could also work in some cases. Groups of people are commonly punished in order to intimidate the majority.
Output: no
Question: When someone says I stand corrected. What does that mean? 
Answer: It means "I admit that I was wrong". See e.g. Cambridge Dictionaries: used to admit that something you have said or done was wrong I stand corrected - the date of foundation was 1411, and not 1412 as I had written. Or Wiktionary: Said to acknowledge someone who corrects something that one says or writes that was not correct. The Battle of Hastings was fought in 1056. No it wasn't! Look in the textbook! Oh, sorry. I stand corrected - it was fought in 1066. Note that the Cambridge Dictionary marks this idiom as "formal", and Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary as "somewhat formal".
Output: yes
Question: My company is developing smart eyewear and I'm looking for a short word to describe the users of our smartglasses for English documents. The ideal wording would be understandable by British, US, and international audiences. It's primarily intended for internal usage, product specification, and exchanges with partners. It doesn't need to be formal; it can be some mild slang instead as long as it's generally friendly. We want to be able to use it openly in user documentation. It can't simply be 'users', because we also have other kinds of 'users' of our products who won't necessarily be using the smartglasses. So far I like the sound of 'speckies' or 'speccies' found in online dictionaries. Do they sound appropriate to you or would you have anything else to suggest? 
Answer: You could use myope. Obviously not everyone wearing glasses has myopia, but if you're just after a shorthand, this could suffice: A short-sighted person. -- Oxford Dictionaries.
Output: no
Question: If you, for example, have to add a person to an application whilst that person is on the phone, how do you politely ask for that person's gender if the voice and/or name has not proven decisive? To clarify why I posted this question on this site: I was looking for an answer within the context of the English language and usage. The given answers have proven that this question really isn't off-topic, other languages know different distinctions that are relevant to addressing this issue. 
Answer: I totally agree that this is not really about English language usage but here's a suggestion anyway...preface the question with an apology, "I'm sorry, but I'm required to ask this question, even if it seems obvious, may I have your gender please?".
Output: yes
Question: Sometimes people are referring to mechanical objects as "she": I love my car. She always gets the best service. Are there any rules when it is appropriate to use "she" instead of it, and is "he" ever used in such context? 
Answer: The reason why cars and alike are called "She" is because ships are made from Female oak, being that the wood is much stronger than the male oak... This I was told by a ship builder many years ago... Basically anything Mechanical is now referred to as "She".
Output: no
Question: What is the meaning of wrt in the following text? I think this is an excellent idea, but I'd like to see this explicitly reframed under the banner of providing Drupal.org data through publicly-accessible APIs. We started kicking off at least one discussion like that wrt Git over, which also led back to "#112805: XML-RPC Interface". 
Answer: WRT is an abbreviation that stands for with respect to or with regard to.
Output: no
Question: I've read this and this. I know that the underlying question has been answered, my problem is of a different nature: I'm currently writing my master's thesis in CS and my professor thinks that the apostrophe possessive is only applicable to people. He claims to have spoken to a linguist from Cambridge who confirmed his opinion. Neither my professor nor I am a native speaker and the thesis is being written in Germany. Now, I know that he won't care if I just send him a couple of links to the answers here. So my question is: How do I convince my professor? Are there any "more scientific™" sources that I can point to? Examples of phrases: If each plant's humidity is displayed publicly [...] [...] shows an overview of the node's structure. Due to an issue in the network stack's IPv6 subsystem [...] 
Answer: "Examples of phrases: If each plant's humidity is displayed publicly [...] [...] shows an overview of the node's structure. Due to an issue in the network stack's IPv6 subsystem [...]" These examples are all good English.
Output: no
Question: I am just wondering about the difference between: in contrast to and in contrast with 
Answer: Eilia's and user239892's answers ARE correct: after 'in' we say 'in contrast to' but if we use contrast as a verb, we always use 'contrast with'. e.g. Your answer contrasts with Bill's. The third answer is wrong, in contrast to the first two.
Output: no
Question: A few days ago, a friend and I were discussing how every "rule" of English spelling or pronunciation has an exception, and every exception has an exception as well. Then I brought up the rule of a ph cluster equaling an f sound (as in phonetic, elephant, morph, etc.) as a pronunciation rule that didn't have any exceptions I could think of. Is this a true hard-and-fast rule or does it have some exceptions as well? I'm not counting abbreviations such as pH scale. 
Answer: Ones that haven't been mentioned: upholstery upheld upheaval I took this further and ran the following fairly simple command in Linux that tries to solve this problem, I've commented each part of the command on the right in the interest of readability: look . | grep ph | # List words and filter out ones with ph. while read word ; do # Set variable $word to each word. espeak -qx "$word" | # Print phonetic pronounciation of the word. grep -q f || # If it doesn't have an f sound in it, echo "$word" # then print the word. done alphol Alphonist Alphonse Alphonsine Alphonsism Alphonso alphorn alphos alphosis archshepherd creephole cupholder haphazard haphazardly haphazardness lamphole loophole nonupholstered nympholepsia nympholepsy nympholept nympholeptic overshepherd peephole sheepherder sheepherding shepherd shepherdage shepherddom shepherdess shepherdhood Shepherdia shepherdish shepherdism shepherdize shepherdless shepherdlike shepherdling shepherdly shepherdry shepherdry Stephen sulpholeate sulpholeic taphole Theraphosa theraphose theraphosid Theraphosidae theraphosoid traphole undershepherd unshepherded unshepherding unupholstered uphand uphang upharbor upharrow uphasp upheal upheap uphearted upheaval upheavalist upheave upheaven upheld uphelm uphelya upher uphill uphillward uphoard uphoist uphold upholden upholder upholster upholstered upholsterer upholsteress upholsterous upholstery upholsterydom upholstress uphung uphurl Note that these results aren't perfect, its based on the phonetic information that the espeak program contains and also some slightly flawed logic that excludes words that have an 'f' in them. Like flophouse. I'd have to write a more sophisticated program to get better results. Another interesting thing you can do is calculate is the number of ph words overall vs. the list above. There are 12,148 words in the dictionary I'm using with 'ph' in them and there are 87 words above. So only about 0.72% of ph words are not pronounced with an 'f' sound.
Output: no
Question: I need a single-word to describe something good that (unexpectedly) resulted from something bad. This good thing could not have occurred without the bad event happening first, as a precursor. Example sentence: "I got in a horrible car accident and broke my leg, but falling in love with my nurse at the hospital was the ____," (something like that). 
Answer: silver lining "I got in a horrible car accident and broke my leg, but falling in love with my nurse at the hospital was the silver lining" From Wikipedia A silver lining is a metaphor for optimism in the common English-language which means a negative occurrence may have a positive aspect to it. Etymonline says: a "bright side" which proverbially accompanies even the darkest trouble; by 1843, apparently from oft-quoted lines from Milton's "Comus," where the silver lining is the light of the moon shining from behind the cloud. Was I deceived? or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? I did not err, there does a sable cloud, Turn out her silver lining on the night And casts a gleam over this tufted grove. To which Thomas Warton added the commentary: "When all succour eems to be lost, Heaven unexpectedly presents the ilver lining o a able cloud to the virtuous.".
Output: yes
Question: So I thought I'm sure about this and my instincts say that: "If anyone has seen them .." would be right but then again when I said it like: "If anyone have seen them .." I started thinking which one would be the right one. Can you please guide me through which is the right one and why? P.S. English is not my first language. 
Answer: It's "if anyone has", because "anyone" functions as third person singular. It probably just seems right to use "have" because you would for any other number or person.
Output: yes
Question: On a Physics specification, it says: 6.7 Know how to use two permanent magnets to produce a uniform magnetic field pattern. Isn't it "produce an uniform magnetic field", or is the existing "produce a uniform magnetic field pattern" correct? 
Answer: The rule of placing an before a vowel is actually to place an before a vowel sound. Therefore, because uniform is pronounced with a "y" sound (/junfm/), which is not a vowel sound, it takes an a before it.
Output: no
Question: Is there a way to indicate that somebody is your girlfriend without using the possessive term my? I think saying She/He is my partner/other half is OK for married people, but it doesn't feel right for girlfriends and boyfriends. 
Answer: We're involved. She/he and I are involved.
Output: no
Question: It is for a cover letter, where I want to express my interest in the position and also to indicate that my profile matches the requirement. I find the proposed job interesting and matched by my profile and career goal. First, does "I find the proposed job interesting" sound too ego-centric? Second, shall I break the sentence into two or keep it compact in one? Third, any better way for saying that my profile meets their requirements? Any help on any of these questions will be appreciated. ////// 
Answer: Oh my. About the only thing good I can say about your cover letter is that you knew to ask for help. Your original statement doesn't convey what it literally says. The primary point any reader is going to take away is "English is not my first language and I have difficulty communicating." masarah's improvement is... an improvement. But it's not going to get you the job in a competitive market. The awkward word choice and sentence construction is gone, although it still is passive and overly wordy. Worse, it still gives the distinct impression that you're sending the same cover letter to dozens of companies, and probably didn't even read the requirements that you say you meet. The primary problem is that you're trying to evaluate your own suitability for the position. That simply won't fly. For one thing, it implies that the recruiter or HR department is redundant, which is going to make a bad impression on the first person to see your resume, even if it were true. Bigger issue: why would they trust your assessment, since you're obviously biased (you want them to offer you the job). My high school English teacher (English is my first language, so this was a writing course, not a foreign language course) gave the advice "show, don't tell", and this applies in this situation. Don't tell them "My profile matches the requirements." or "My experience matches the requirements." Instead pull a couple highlights from your resume that you feel give you the necessary background, and say something like "I look forward to applying my experience taking notes in class to making sure your medical records are clear and concise and don't miss any important details." Of course, you should talk about your actual experience and the tasks that you will do in the position you are applying for. Same thing goes for expressing interest in the position. You did some research on what the company does, right? You don't want to say, "I'm interested in this position because it meets my career goals." Instead, "I'm excited about joining your team that is on the cutting edge of research in whatever." or "I feel that the work your company does in providing education to the unemployed is vitally important. I would love to help give people a second chance at life." Make it specific to the work this position entails, and your prior related experience. Let them draw the conclusion that you're a good fit. If you want to make it easy for the recruiter to check that you meet the requirements, use a highlighter on your resume. But that's not what a cover letter is for.
Output: yes
Question: Is there a word which has this definition: usage of vulgar or abusive words too often especially while chatting or talking to someone or while giving a speech. What do you call a person who uses abusive words too often without needing to. 
Answer: Two excellent choices exist. The first can be used as either an adjective or noun, in slightly different forms: foulmouth, adj. and n. B. n. A foul-mouthed person. ["foulmouth, adj. and n.". OED Online. June 2016. Oxford University Press. (accessed August 21, 2016).] The adjective 'foulmouth' is obsolete in that form. Instead, the current version is 'foulmouthed': foul-mouthed, adj. Of persons and their utterances: Using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language. ["foul-mouthed, adj.". OED Online. June 2016. Oxford University Press. (accessed August 21, 2016).] The second choice is not so commonly used, and is only found as a noun. However, there's no mistaking its meaning: muck-spout n. regional and slang a person who uses obscene or foul language. ["muck, n.1". OED Online. June 2016. Oxford University Press. (accessed August 21, 2016).].
Output: yes
Question: This very well may just be outside our lexicon at the moment, due to the fact that space travel is extremely limited, but I am looking for the proper terminology to refer to a space vessel that had been rendered a wreck or a derelict, and was repaired and refitted into a workable vessel. In naval terms, a sunk vessel would be refloated, but that term is awkward to use in space. Something like reatmosphered fits the context, but it is awkward and not in the lexicon (though its form makes its intent clear, and could be readily used). Any ideas? 
Answer: I would be inclined to suggest relaunched. The first time a spacecraft is sent into space, it is launched; if it's recovered and sent into space again, it's launched again - that is, relaunched. The term is also used in a maritime context, for ships that have been repaired/refit in drydock, but which were never officially declared unusable/decommissioned.
Output: no
Question: If a possessive noun, which is plural, is preceded by "each", then should it use the singular or plural possessive form? For example, which of the following is correct? spend time in each other's presence spend time in each others' presence 
Answer: Surely it's always each others Each other is a (reciprocal) pronoun, so in its possessive case it becomes a possessive pronoun. None of the others: its, his, hers, yours, whose etc has an apostrophe. Adding one is generally seen as a sign of poor literacy.
Output: no
Question: Is there a specific reason for this? After all, it is "boys and girls", rather than "girls and boys". If the boy (male) comes first here, why doesn't it come first in "ladies and gentlemen"? 
Answer: It comes from "My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen". Titled men come first (My Lords); then their spouses [My] Ladies; Ladies also include non-titled ladies; and finally, untitled men (Gentlemen). Debretts, Preamble Precedents The following list gives the form in which important guests should be included in a preamble in order of precedence: Your Royal Highness My Lord Mayor (My Lord Provost, etc) See (i) Mr Recorder (outside London) Mr Chairman of the ...... County Council (outside Greater London) My Lord Chancellor Prime Minister (or, more formally, Mr. Prime Minister). See (ii) Your Excellency (ies) (this refers to Ambassadors and High Commissioners) Your Grace(s). See (iii) My Lord(s). See (iv) Ladies and Gentlemen. See (v) If you want to know what the footnotes (i) through (v) say, so you will be absolutely correct at your next speech, click on the link.
Output: no
Question: I am creating a computer game in which the character needs to consume food in order to not starve to death. In the game I can display the level of how much food the character currently needs via "hunger level" - the higher this value, the more desperately the character needs food. But what I want now is to turn that around, so that this level tells how full the stomach of the character is. In German we have a word for that, "Sattigung", which means how full my stomach is (or better: how full it feels to me), it is basically the opposite of hunger. Is there a similar word in English, which means exactly that, the opposite of hunger? It might be something like "saturation", but from what I can tell this word is usually used in a technical context, like in "the saturation of a color". Can I use that "saturation" to describe the opposite of hunger of a human or animal, or is there a better word for that? 
Answer: Stomach-Level Stomach-level suggests the actual level to which the stomach is full. Native English speakers will imagine the stomach as a pot or container which is literally full 'up to here' - full to a certain point. Satiety is a correct term but may not be understood by all users as it's a rather advanced word. Satisfaction is a bit abstract and not so much to do with literally 'how full you are' but rather the pleasing effect that the food had on you. If you want to use stomach level, it could also be used for hunger level. One term could fulfil both functions. Then if hungry, it might also say 'hungry' or if full, it could say 'full' or 'sated' (sated is also a bit of an advanced word). Or for very full it could say 'stuffed', which is humorous.
Output: no
Question: I have been using the term ofcourse ever since kindergarten. However, I recently stumbled upon a site that claims of course is how the term is correctly used and not ofcourse. I would like to seek the community's opinion about which is the correct usage of that term. 
Answer: "Of course" is two words. I have never seen it as one except in typos and this question.
Output: yes
Question: How do I say all sensitive information has been obscured, what is the correct word? For context this is data that contains encrypted passwords. While these are difficult to get meaningful info from, there is still enough information to get a password from this given enough time and effort. What I refer to is the password field replaced with "******" No information left. 
Answer: The correct word is redacted. From dictionary.com: Redact - to hide or remove (confidential parts of a text) before publication or distribution, or to examine (a text) for this purpose: My example (edited): "Here is the document. We have censored classified information, replacing it with black boxes. The redacted information is only available to certain individuals.".
Output: yes
Question: Possible Duplicate: Why don't we use the indefinite article with 'software'? In France I have always been told that saying "a software" is not correct English (as a nominal compound), and that "a piece of software" or "a software program/package/product/system" must be used instead. Recently I have doubts... is there any case where it is actually correct? Examples found on the Internet: SalsaJ, a software for data analysis at school So if you sold a software which required your customer to pay a monthly fee, [...] 
Answer: Think of it this way: would you say "a tableware" or "a glassware"? The word "ware" means "commodity". Everything that applies to "tableware" and "glassware" also applies to "software". The correct usage is "a piece of software" or something in that vein. I prefer "a program" or "a computer program" myself. Other alternatives are: an application, a computer application, an app, a software tool. (FWIW: as a software developer myself, I assure you that devs never use the term "a software" when they communicate.).
Output: no
Question: I keep writing dataset. Is that correct, or should I write data set? 
Answer: As @mmyers notes, dataset does not appear in any dictionaries. However, there are 172 incidences in the Corpus of Contemporary American English, and all but a handful are in the "academic" section, representing formal academic writing. Its lack of appearance in dictionaries is probably because it is a fairly new coinage, the two examples from the Corpus of Historical American English are from 2001. Nothing from before then. Interestingly, the British National Corpus has 51 incidences, dating from the 1980s to the mid 1990s.
Output: yes
Question: Possible Duplicate: Why don't we use the indefinite article with 'software'? In France I have always been told that saying "a software" is not correct English (as a nominal compound), and that "a piece of software" or "a software program/package/product/system" must be used instead. Recently I have doubts... is there any case where it is actually correct? Examples found on the Internet: SalsaJ, a software for data analysis at school So if you sold a software which required your customer to pay a monthly fee, [...] 
Answer: No, this is always wrong. Both examples you provide contain incorrect usage of the term "software." (A mistake is still a mistake even if many people make it.) However, there might be special cases where you'd see the article preceding software. For example: A software solution would be better for the problem than a hardware one. The indefinite article "a" modifies "solution", not "software", in this case in spite of preceding "software" in this case.
Output: yes
Question: Are there programmers here? I'd like to know how you guys pronounce cURL. Because I don't live in a country that uses English, I haven't heard it yet. 
Answer: According to the authors of the library, We pronounce curl and cURL with an initial k sound: [kurl]. This same FAQ notes that one of the reasons for which the name was chosen was "[t]he fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL'", an obvious pun on the use of the library, which as you know is to retrieve web resources. For what it's worth, I always pronounce it with the initial k sound, as in the English word "curl.".
Output: yes
Question: I just realized there are some people around my workplace who always try to correct me when using a certain word, saying that that's not how I should speak, and I should use other words (the ones they provide me with) or pretend they didn't understand what I was saying, but it's pretty clear that they did understand. This again with the same purpose, of making me rephrase, or use the words they expect. When doing this, they use, among others, the argument that they sure have understood, but others might not. But then, nobody else complains of not having understood what I was saying. Another argument they use is that even if they understood it, what I said was incorrect. I make the assumption that when I express my ideas in words, I use enough details to get the point across. I would call this type of non-constructive attitude a 'hater' attitude, but I'm curious whether there's a more specific word for this. meta: I'm not a native English speaker, and I don't know a word for this in my language, I'd just use the dictionary to find out if my language has an analogous word. Anyway it would be good to know if there's a word for this concept in these two languages. meta: Also, the situations I refer to happen (mostly) when I'm speaking my own language, but the language really isn't the point here, because I do speak multiple languages and I did meet this behavior (though very rarely) when speaking any language. 
Answer: Maybe "pretentious, punctilious, pompous, ostentatious, supercilious, hairsplitting, nit-picking...". My advice, keep it civil. Avoid placing the word "ass" after any of the preceding. Take the high road.
Output: no
Question: It is for a cover letter, where I want to express my interest in the position and also to indicate that my profile matches the requirement. I find the proposed job interesting and matched by my profile and career goal. First, does "I find the proposed job interesting" sound too ego-centric? Second, shall I break the sentence into two or keep it compact in one? Third, any better way for saying that my profile meets their requirements? Any help on any of these questions will be appreciated. ////// 
Answer: You don't need to explicitly express interest in a position. Your sending an application does that. You also don't need to say that your profile matches the requirements -- your CV says that. A cover letter is an opportunity to tell the employer something about yourself that isn't on your resume in a way that may lead to your employment. How a cover letter is received depends on who receives it -- you never know what a reader will find compelling. Still, you should try to be personal because it shows that you have something unique to say and can be a platform for your writing, which can be a draw to some employers regardless of other skills. Talk about why you are interested in a PhD position. Talk about how your interest in the field came about - what made it attractive to you. Talk about your strengths with examples that set you apart from others. If there are specific requirements for the job, try to show how you meet those requirements if it isn't clear from your CV. Brag a little. Let your personality shine through.
Output: no
Question: If there are an odd number of competitors at any stage of a single-elimination tournament, one player is excused from play and continues on as if he had defeated his (nonexistent) opponent. This is called "getting a by". Or "getting a bye". Who knows, maybe it's even "getting a buy", although I doubt it. My dictionary lists by as meaning "pass" in card-games, so that suggests that spelling. On the other hand, the image of the referee looking from the single player, to the empty and undefended far side of the field, and then back to the player, shrugging, and saying "Bye", is too strong to easily discard. Like other parts of the anatomy, everyone's got an opinion. I'm looking for a cite. 
Answer: Here's what you get: bye 1 |bi| noun 1 the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent. [From the New Oxford American Dictionary.].
Output: yes
Question: Do the English have an ancient (obsolete) verb for the action of the book opening? For example, in Russian we say otkrit' (open the book), but in the Old slavonic the verb razognuti (to unbend the book) was used. 
Answer: The Middle English verb undon was often applied to opening a book (and many other objects). c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)159 : He on-dude e bok and e furste at he cam to at was a godspel. (He undid the book and the first that he came to - that was a gospel.) a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)354/166 : Hewende him sulf for is wei & e oer vndude e bok. (He walked himself forth his way and the other undid the book.) c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)797 : All e bokys in e worlde, yf ei hade be wndon, Kowde not a cownselde ws bett. (All the books in the world, if they had been undone, could not have counseled us better.) This meaning has since disappeared along with the book clasps that would have once been common on books. (To see a few examples of bindings, see "Medieval bindings" on the British Library site.).
Output: no
Question: Is there a word which has this definition: usage of vulgar or abusive words too often especially while chatting or talking to someone or while giving a speech. What do you call a person who uses abusive words too often without needing to. 
Answer: Perhaps not as technically accurate, but I've always liked uncouth: discourteous, rude, uncivil. See boorish. ... as listed under the Synonyms section of dictionary.com's entry An anonymous user suggested "couthless" as an alternative - but the online dictionary I use to double-check my thinking didn't list it as a "real" word. (Couth is a real word.) Your mileage may vary.
Output: no
Question: Sometimes people are referring to mechanical objects as "she": I love my car. She always gets the best service. Are there any rules when it is appropriate to use "she" instead of it, and is "he" ever used in such context? 
Answer: The pronoun "she" is sometimes used to refer to things which can contain people such as countries, ships, or vehicles, or when referring to certain other machines. This, however, is considered a stylistically marked, optional figure of speech. This usage is furthermore in decline and advised against by most journalistic style guides such as the Chicago Manual of Style.[9] If used, the terms she, her, and hers are always used, regardless of the entity's name - for example, "The U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) was laid down October 22, 1964. She was launched on April 1, 1967..." "He" in reference to an inanimate object has not, as far as I'm aware, ever been common usage in English.
Output: yes
Question: What's the difference between these two phrases? 
Answer: To add to Martha's answer: The simple past ("Did you see this") refers about an event in the past The present perfect ("Have you seen this") suggests a link with the present time. If "this" is something you could have seen but cannot anymore (you should have been there seeing "this" at the time, but it wouldn't have the same impact if you see it again now), then "Did you see" is more appropriate. It is about an event that happened once in the past. If "this" is something you can check out whenever you want, "Have you seen" is more to the point, because it suggests that, if you haven't seen it in the past, you could consider seeing it now or in the near future. It is about an event which can happen again or is still relevant in the present.
Output: yes
Question: What's the difference between the following examples: Neither of my teachers are mathematicians. None of my teachers are mathematicians. 
Answer: Neither - not either - implies that there is a choice of only two. So "neither of my teachers" is only correct if there are exactly two teachers, "none of my teachers" can be any number.
Output: yes
Question: Are shit, shat, and shitted all correct and fine to use as the past tense of shit? After a little bit of searching it seems that they are, with shat being Old English. Is any form more common in British or American English? Erik Kowal claims that shit is mostly American English and shat British English. [M]ost Americans don't change the verb form for the past tense of certain short verbs ending in -it. So fit, spit, shit, slit and pit are thus formed both in the present and the past tense as far as Americans are concerned, whereas people from Britain would almost always use fitted, spat, shat, slitted and pitted for the past tense. What about shitted? 
Answer: The OED's etymology for this word is: The form shite represents OE. *scitan, pa. t. *scat, pa. pple. -sciten (in be-sciten), corresponding to OFris. *skita (NFris. skitj, pa. t. skad, pa. pple. skedden), MLG. schiten, Dutch schijten, OHG. scian (MHG. schian, mod.G. scheissen), ONor. skita (MSw. skita, Da. skide), f. OTeut. root skit-. The now more common form shit is influenced by the pa. pple. or the related sb. As far as modern/current forms go, it says that: The present tense is either shit or shite. For the past tense, the OED gives all three of shit, shat, shitted as current. So the answer to your question is yes. For the past participle, the OED provides only shit and shat, with shitten last appearing in the 19th century. That means you won't find any one "correct" answer. Because those variant forms are all used natively by speakers born to the language, all are therefore "correct". Use whatever you please.
Output: yes
Question: I just realized that I've never needed to use 31th or 31st in my four years English study. So which one is correct, and what about other alternatives? 31th or 31st 101th or 101st 1001th or 1001st Can I also use that way everywhere in the same way (for example, ordinal numbers in math)? 
Answer: 31st, etc. are the correct options. When you use ordinal numbers ending in 1, you use first. The only exception is eleventh, because although it ends in 1 its "name" doesn't contain the word "one" like 21, 31, etc.
Output: no
Question: This question comes from a quiz but I could not find the correct answer. 
Answer: The indefinite determiner "a" represents all things in a given category rather than the more specific definite determiner "the". So, if you were to ask me, "Every Hiker climbed a hill" represents a specific group of hikers who climbed non-specific hills and not the same hill. If the sentence said, If every hiker had climbed the hill, it would be only one hill.
Output: no
Question: Possible Duplicate: Do you use "a" or "an" before acronyms? Does one use 'a' or 'an' before the word 'X-Ray'? Quite simply, should a sentence read "a XML report" or "an XML report"? 
Answer: It's "an XML report", because which form of the indefinite article to use is decided by how the next word is pronounced. In this case, it's pronounced: An ex-emm-ell report 'XML' begins with a vowel sound, 'e', so an is used rather than a.
Output: yes
Question: I am trying to find a single word antonym for "exceed". I am using the word as a verb (so "beneath" doesn't work) and it should have a positive connotation (as in a golf score which falls below par). I thought of "subceed", which I like, and found a few Google hits but it doesn't show up in any reputable dictionaries. I've reviewed answers to similar questions and found no suitable alternatives. For example, the selected answer to What would be an appropriate opposite of "exceed"? suggested: "eluded" has a mostly negative connotation and implies intention "beneath" is not a verb "are below"/"did not meet" phrases I'm looking to replace "exceeded" in the following quotes with a single word (meaning something like "went below", "were under", etc.): "He never gets tickets because he always exceeds the speed limit." "To win the match, Tiger Woods must exceeded 4 strokes on the twelth hole." "To prevent freezing, do not exceed -20 degrees centigrade." 
Answer: I'd go for: You underrun the speed limit.
Output: yes