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What's the meaning of "by nothing"? [closed]
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What does the author indicate to by writing "Listen to the NEVER HAVES" in poem
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I believe [person] [thing]
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Why is the verb "to sic" conjugated with a double c rather than the more typical ck?
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What does it mean to “toss balls”?
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I need ideas for a child to call her biological donator that is not in her life [duplicate]
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The meaning and cultural context of "popped his membrane" in GTA San Andreas dialogue
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Why do "economic" and "economical" coexist with distinct meanings, while "dramatical" has largely disappeared? [duplicate]
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Use of semicolon followed by conjunction: standard English punctuation?
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Looking for a word like "fey" in the sense of otherworldly that can be used as a noun, without referencing specific mythological creatures
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"provide" vs. "provide with"
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What is the meaning of "limpin' to the barn"?
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What is a word for battery "longevity"?
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Is "the" needed here: "the almost 50 species of bumble bees ..."?
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Is "Marrieds" a correct plural noun [closed]
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Origin of “Never try, never know”
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What is the meaning of “mantle” in this sentence?
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Is a dependent clause part of the superordinate clause's predicate?
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Single Quote Marks to Denote Plurals of Letters and Words
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When to use a colon vs. comma before dialogue?
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when "that's ok" means 'no' and when it means something else
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How should I quote a literal that has an apostrophe that appears inside of a quotation?
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How do I explain that the last "it" isn't needed in this sentence?
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Which is correct: "one or more is" or "one or more are"?
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What is the longest acceptable reference length? (i.e. the distance between a noun and the following corresponding pronoun) [closed]
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Is it A historian or An historian? [duplicate]
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Is there a term for words that share letters but have unrelated meanings
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Are there levels of formality? Where (if at all) do corporate jargon as used in businesses and colloquialism fit in? along such a possible spectrum?
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Showing Sentences Across Two Different Video Cuts, or Two Different Screens [closed]
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Why is "chartered" pronounced as "charter-ed" and not "charte-red"?
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Can “would like” be followed by an -ing form instead of “to + verb”?
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Word similar to guarantee
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Me and the Comrade or The Comrade and I? A book title with echoes in Eastern Europe [closed]
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Is there any meaning to the gratitude at the end of a letter signing the word, "Yours"? [closed]
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When is "will" used in an "if" clause?
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Why does "concern" mean a business?
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Word for - when a tool becomes an extension of the body
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What do you call switching the order of the syllables in a word to create a new word?
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Is using "close shop" outside of business contexts acceptable?
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What determines whether “to” before a verb functions as a preposition or as an infinitive marker?
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Use of 'interesting state' for pregnancy
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Time is to "eternal" as space is to what?
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Time is to "eternal" as space is to what?
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Time is to "eternal" as space is to what?
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Name for the effect you become part of a "legacy conflict"
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What's the opposite saying to "A broken clock is right twice a day"?
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Origin, history and precise meaning of "banger" in the US music industry
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Objective or reflexive after prepositions of place? [duplicate]
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