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  1. capitalization - To capitalize or not to capitalize "southern ...

    Dec 28, 2017 · The word "southern" is not part of the official name of California or any city or county, so I never capitalize it. It only loosely defines a region of California and its border is not …

  2. single word requests - What is this decoration called that's found ...

    Jul 1, 2019 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …

  3. adjectives - East Coast, East coast, or east coast? - English …

    Apr 29, 2015 · Yet the West Midlands is to all intents a proper noun and always capitalised, as is East Anglia. The 'Home Counties' is the collective name given to the six counties which border …

  4. Limit, border or boundary? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Oct 20, 2015 · Is it limit, border or boundary? For example: to accept full responsibility for one's own acts as opposed to considering these (more or less) as a manifestation of the will of God …

  5. nouns - What is the word for the corner where ceiling and wall …

    Dec 23, 2017 · The terms ceiling line and floor line are used for the lines where the wall meets the ceiling and the floor, respectively.

  6. More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, …

    Aug 22, 2011 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …

  7. single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin …

    Apr 29, 2014 · @Doorknob - Elliot has named it correctly. The upper lip is skin-covered, skin-colored, and hairy. The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border …

  8. grammaticality - Is this statement grammatically correct? - English ...

    Jun 26, 2018 · And if you want to get technical, a border cannot be built because it's an abstract concept (as opposed to the border wall), but you can easily take the word "wall" to be implied …

  9. What do you call the land area around a pond?

    Jan 15, 2019 · I live adjacent to a pond in New England (specifically, Spy Pond in Arlington, MA). People around here commonly call the area around it the shore, and the border of the water …

  10. Origin of the idiom "go south" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Sep 19, 2011 · go south (also head south, take a turn south) 1 v phr by 1940s To disappear; fail by or as if by vanishing [examples omitted] 2 v phr by 1925 To abscond with money loot, etc. …

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