Is there any English word referring to a single-sex school (either all-male or all-female schools or colleges)?
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A school where both boys and girls study is called co-ed (co-education)  What is the name for the school where only males study?  (Calling it a male school seems a bit awkward)
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We say (a pair of) trousers, (a pair of) scissors. For these two particular words, is/was there something like "a trouser" or "a scissor"? Did it use to mean anything?   E.g. in Czech, the word for scissors is also plural but is derived from "knives". So I was wondering if the pair-words like these are derived from some (now forgotten) words with a meaning in singular. Similarly, the Slovak word for trousers is a plural of a Czech word meaning "a single trouser leg". (Czech and Slovak are very close.)
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Example sentence: Racism was a ____ in the Elizabethan Era.  I'm looking for a word/phrase that works with "breaking". I was considering "social norms" but it doesn't really mean what I want it to convey.   Even if it doesn't work with "breaking", I'd be happy to hear your suggestions anyway!
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Does the use of "[s]he" as a gender-neutral pronoun prompt eye-rolling in the reader or is it generally accepted? I know it cannot be pronounced, but it seems to me a helpful contraction in written speech. Of course the sentence can be restructured, one can use formations such as "he or she," etc. but are such machinations necessary?
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On Facebook, one will find numerous pages like "I hate it when people leave my room and leave the door open" or "When a teacher points at me I look back only to find that it is ME".   Can there be a good word to reflect this broad category. I was thinking of Daily happenings, Common observations but I can't find a pleasant to sound word or phrase to represent them.
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If north is the antonym of south, then what is the relationship between north and all other non-north directions such as east, west, south, south-east, south-west, etc.?  Similarly, if male is the antonym of female, then what is the relationship between male and the other non-male genders such as transgender variants, female, etc.?  Perhaps I can illustrate my question as:          antonym  north&lt;---------&gt;south            ? north&lt;---------&gt;everything non-north   They are perhaps mutually exclusive. But I expect that there's a semantic term that better describes this relationship. If there's no straightforward technical term available, I'd appreciate non-technical alternatives as well.
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I am always confused by these tricky-in my opinion-ones as below.  For example,   People love their life or lives. Girls always love their boyfriend or boyfriends. People think of their college or colleges as an enjoyable place or enjoyable places.   My point is that every time I come across such things, I am not sure about whether an objective or a complement has to be plural, every time the subject is plural. Actually, in the ex1 sentence, I think both of them are what I have seen before. However, the rest 2 sentences are not so sure if I let them be singular. In the ex2, every girl has one boyfriend-IN MOST CASES. Also, in the ex3, everyone attends one college.  In that sense, since the subjects are plural, should the objectives or the compliment be pluralized? Or, is it okay if I leave them single as the ex1 sentence? The problem is, though, if I leave them singular they sound like they have ONE boyfriend to share or they go to the same college. It sounds weird to me. Is it just me or is this incorrect?
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"Separate students according to their academic performance(s)."   (For example, their test results.) Should I use singular or plural in this phrase?  I did some research, but the example  is quite different than mine.
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Is there an  (Extended Backus–Naur form) that covers all of English, and if so, what is it?
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Is there a term that is similar to sexist or racist but refers to gay people? "Homophobic" comes to mind, but that's more a fear or disgust of homosexuals versus discrimination based solely on sexual orientation.  To be specific, I'm looking for an -ist/-ism word, but I'm not sure if one exists.
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I am looking for a positive, passionate word to describe the all-round capabilities of a person.   Are there any words better than 'all-rounder'?
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I'm looking for a word that applies to all the things a person can wear, e.g. clothes, shoes, accessories, etc. It musn't be too generic, e.g. product, item, etc.
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Is there any explanation for why the other 2 schools in the TriWizard tournament are both single-gender, unlike Hogwarts?  Was single-gender education normal in wizarding world with Hogwarts being the exception?  Was this some special intentional literary trick on Rowling's part or on movie creators'?    Here's the evidence from the movies:  Durmstrang Institute is boys-only:    Beauxbatons Academy of Magic seems to be an all-girl school:
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I just came across the phrase "Two are better than one", but I had always heard it in my head as "Two is better than one". This is partially due to the Boys Like Girls song. Which one of these is actually correct?
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I am looking for an antonym of selfie, meaning a photo/portrait of others.  The ancient Greek word for self is like auto, and what I am looking for is an English word for hetero (its opposite). Do you have any idea of that?
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I want one word that means Date and Time. For example in "the date and time of the event will be announced later" I want to use single word instead of "date and time"
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Is there a single word (noun) that describes someone who was born into a lower social class family, but struggled along to a higher social class with his/her own efforts? Idioms are also welcome.  For example, I have a friend who is such a person. He has very uneducated parents who also had a lot of financial problems when he was a kid. He grew up with no toys, with clothes from his older siblings, without much of a social environment. His parents just attended primary school before they immigrated to Europe, so his parents also could not guide him and motivate him for education. He was, however, able to graduate from one of the best technical universities without any support of others, including his parents.  I wanted to tell him that he is a ______, but I did not know what word would fit to describe him.