Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.
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Question: I'm trying to find out what this symbol means and if it has a name: I've seen it being used in word processors.

Answer: It's called a pilcrow. From Wikipedia: The pilcrow (), also called the paragraph mark, paragraph sign, paraph, alinea (Latin: a linea, 'off the line'), or blind P, is a typographical character commonly used to denote individual paragraphs.


Question: Possible Duplicate: When someone asks, 'How are you?' Every time when my colleges from USA ask me 'How are you?' I don't know what should I answer. I think that answer like 'Fine, thanks. What about you?' is not perfect. Could you provide patterns for such situation?.

Answer: Fine, thanks. What about you? There's nothing wrong with your answer, although it might get tiresome if you word it exactly the same way, every time you're asked. But the solution for that is to merely use a few simple variations: I'm doing great today - and you? Doing well, thanks. How about you? Not bad, yourself? Thanks for asking, I'm doing fine. I think it's usually best to avoid clever responses to such a standard question, particularly when you're with new acquaintences. Sure, you could reply with something like, 'I'm happy as a clam,' but that's not very professional, and it would probably undermine your credibility rather than enhance it. Such jocular ways of answering are best left said among close acquaintences when everyone is kidding around.


Question: I want to describe: a job-position that is given to someone as a way to appease the person, but the position holds no real function. Context: He was, due to his importance to the secret project, offered an honorary ____ with disproportionally lucrative payment. The job is given by the authority to the person as a way to basically bribe him with undeserved salary, because he won't be given any real task. The emphasis here is payment, and not power, so 'figurehead' would be inappropriate.

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The word you're looking for is sinecure noun 1. A position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary. TFD Online.


