The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread Question Thread!

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Yes, but as stated before you will get most if not all back at the end of the year. Of course when you have no exemptions you may still not get it all back. basically as a student your parents can still claim you on their return so you cannot claim yourself (18 is limit if no college, 24 if in college)

edit - work study I am unsure on, but I know this is true for internships.
 
If I make minimum wage do I have to pay tax in the US?

Yes. Your first $8750 are not subject to INCOME tax, but money wil still be withheld from your check and you will have to file at the end of the year to receive any overpayment as a refund. Meanwhile, you will pay plenty of other taxes: Social Security and Medicare will take a big bite, state unemployment, disability, and income taxes, sales tax, excise tax, carpet tacks...

It's the favorite lie of the GOP that the only taxes are income taxes, though most people pay more in "other" taxes than they do income taxes.

Here's an income tax calculator:
http://www.dinkytown.net/java/Tax10402007.html

FICA and Medicare taxes are 7.65% starting with the first dollar. They have been telling me for 25 years I would never see a dime in return.
 
Thru, is the first one I can think of.

How is that more accepted than through? :) I've never even seen it anywhere in English speaking countries except on the highways/motorways in the US where I assumed it was this way to save space. Oh and Mozilla doesn't recognize it. :p

(then again, I think it makes much, much more sense to spell it as thru rather than through, but I don't see how thru is a more accepted spelling)
 
In America it seems like it is becoming more accepted. As to how accepted I don't know for sure, but most people use both from what I see.
 
How is that more accepted than through? :) I've never even seen it anywhere in English speaking countries except on the highways/motorways in the US where I assumed it was this way to save space. Oh and Mozilla doesn't recognize it. :p

(then again, I think it makes much, much more sense to spell it as thru rather than through, but I don't see how thru is a more accepted spelling)

By the same logic "n" has replaced "and" and "4" has replaced "for", they are at least as widespread as "thru".
 
I has a question too. What are some examples of English words that have recently shifted in their most-accepted spellings? Example, if nite were to become regarded as more "correct" than night. By recently I mean specifically within the past century or so, but generally since widespread literacy.

I'm not sure if this would count, but the old style spelling of "shop", or "shopee". Today it's more of a reverse shift; places use "shopee" to sound fancier.
 
If you put sunscreen on, does that mean that you will not tan at all?
 
(I've never known exactly how it works)

I've always had this problem of suntan lotion. I think that if I knew how it actually worked its use would be a lot more effective - I suppose that applies to anybody else is who is unsure of its workings.
 
Where's my thread "Nahuatl for civilized dummies"? It's not even in the archives!
 
Probably deleted. Was it deemed "spam" by the moddywods?
 
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