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"provide" vs. "provide with"
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What really is a "Yester" in Yesterday or Yesteryear?
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"None of us is" vs "None of us are", Which is Correct?
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Single Quote Marks to Denote Plurals of Letters and Words
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How do students respond to the "roll call" and how do you pronounce it?
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Word similar to guarantee
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Why do pronouns in gender-like listings always come in threes?
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Usage of ‘at least’
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Is it correct to use "punctuation outside of the quotations", or "inside?"
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A word for someone who intentionally makes vague negative comments and then refuses to explain them
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What is the difference between "unfeasible" and "infeasible"?
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What is the entomology of "ligger"?
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What is the correct usage of 'my apologies'? [closed]
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What is the difference between "thee" and "thou"?
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Word meaning "to choose or take something as one's own"
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How can you estimate how many people know a word? [closed]
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In Gary Bernhardt's talk about Ruby and JavaScript surprises, what does "wat" mean?
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'Both', 'each', or 'either', when there can only be two of something?
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Origin of "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."?
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What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?
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What's the origin of the saying "know your onions"?
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'Unless' in hypothetical constructions
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Someone who thinks he's very important, but isn't
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Term for surveys to confirm pre-determined outcomes
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'Both', 'each', or 'either', when there can only be two of something?
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What is the opposite of "meta"?
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Arithmetic comparison: "Equals", "is equal to" or "is"? [duplicate]
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What's a word for someone who wants to voice opinions but not have them challenged?
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What is the rule for adjective order?
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Meaning of “give a pony”
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Honorifics: Is there a proper differentiation between salutation, address and title?
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Word-usage: “two pair” or “two pairs”? Proper phrasing: If one has “two pairs of eyes on everything” wouldn’t that mean they have four eyes?
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Difference between "scheme" and "schema"
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Are "w/o", "w/", "b/c" common abbreviations in the US?
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What is the meaning of "six ways from Sunday"?
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Differences between "sledge", "sleigh" and "sled"
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Using ellipsis to indicate a pause in conversation
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Bracket vs brace
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What are the patterns/rules for determining U.S. state abbreviations?
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Is there a single word for “one who explains his point of view very clearly”?
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Which is the correct idiom – "When worst comes to worst" or "When worse comes to worst"?
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Capitalization of "Gothic" as a genre descriptor
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Does William Shakespeare use the double negative in the speech below to yield a different meaning, or is it just for emphasis? (Merchant of Venice)
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Why do we 'cut' a deal?
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What would be the adjectival form of something related to "sound"?
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Is there a term for step-sibling of a step-sibling?
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What does "with your horns up" mean in this sentence?
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What is the opposite/antonyms for 'acquisition form'?
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How phonetically distinct in terms of quality (tongue gesture) are /ɜː/ and /ə/ in Received Pronunciation?
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Is there a subtle difference between "inherent" and "intrinsic"?
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When "etc." is at the end of a phrase, do you place a period after it?
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How to pronounce "de Morgan" in "de Morgan's Law" or "Augustus de Morgan" in British English?
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What is the difference between remain and retain? [closed]
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Can you say "Are they three" in reference to inanimate things?
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Is it "a user" or "an user"?
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Highlit vs Highlighted, Lit vs Lighted
Awarded Jul 27, 2024 at 4:07
What would you call this "double entry" principle in English?
Awarded Jul 26, 2024 at 4:21
What does ";" in "If in Your Dreams; the Flood" mean?
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Is "went out like stink, died like a pig" just an unfortunate choice of words?
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What term can describe a sensitive comic strip?
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