Business English: Why do people sometimes call the things that cause project slowdowns "the long pole in the tent"?
I looked up on google to see what "the long pole in the tent" means and it I found "Something or someone that prevents or slows progress to completing a task." Although I do understand what the phrase means now, I am curious why are project slowdowns referred to as "the long pole in the tent"....
LGBTQ: What are some trans-friendly employers for new college graduates to consider in their career search?
Are any large corporations openly friendly?...
Is it a writing faux pas to use long "em" dashes (—) too much? What should we be using instead?
When I was younger I was a huge fan of parentheses. (Maybe I still am!) I would nest them in other parentheses and most of my papers would be patchwork quilts of parenthetical sidenotes. However, this bewildering technique was slowly snuffed our by my teachers who liked being able to read teir stude...
What is the best way to learn English grammar as an adult?
I'm a native English speaker, and I want to learn more about grammar. What are the best books or resources to do so? ...
Is it true that Japanese language apps use the feminine version?
I read somewhere that apps that teach you the Japanese language automatically use the feminine version of nouns. Is there a way to find out which ones do this?...
Is it worth it to go back to school in a degree program that you already work in?
I am a programmer that switched my career about 5 years ago after attending a web development intensive bootcamp. I already work in web development but I sometimes feel like I'd enjoy taking traditional computer science courses to expand the depth of my knowledge. At the end of the day though, is it...
How to improve handwriting as an adult?
My handwriting has always been terrible and with working mostly on a computer for the past 10 years it's only gotten worse. What can I do to improve my handwriting as an adult?...
Where can I find a dictionary of rare words?
I recently came across the word acatalepsy. Where can I find more rare and highly specific words? Trawling the dictionary would take forever, and for words that have such unique definitions, a thesaurus is no help. By definition, rare words are hard to find!...
