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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 term describes a person who always remains ill?
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Bivouacs made by the homeless
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Why must the cent symbol come after the value?
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What's a useful replacement idiom for "money shot?"
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What is this obfuscation method called?
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Movin' On Up (Theme to The Jeffersons) 2 Lyrics line question
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Why did Herman Melville write "if he have a chance" in Moby Dick?
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How do I explain that the last "it" isn't needed in this sentence?
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Is there a semantic difference between relevance and pertinence?
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Origin of British term "to bits"
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Is “because because” valid in a sentence?
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Using "ran" as a past participle
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Where does the expression “roll with it” come from?
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Is "shelve" the only verb formed as a back-formation from the plural of its noun form? (shelf -> shelves -> shelve)
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What is the IPA for "trade"?
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Use of “person” for “male genitals” in 19th-century English: why?
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Use of 'interesting state' for pregnancy
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Twice vs Two Times
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Time is to "eternal" as space is to what?
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Why is linear interpolation called lerp?
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Connotations of "inevitable" versus "unavoidable"
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What's the opposite saying to "A broken clock is right twice a day"?
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Is there a term for the opposite of a backronym – i.e. a former acronym that no longer stands for anything in particular?
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Is "pseudo" strictly negative?
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Why is muscle cramp called a “charley horse”?
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Why do word beginnings with X take a /z/ sound in English?
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Is there a specific word for a cross-language mondegreen?
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"Baby needs a new pair of shoes!"
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"Prevalent" vs "prevailing"
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"Instructions on" vs. "instructions for"
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What do you call a gift mug not really suitable for coffee?
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How can native speakers distinguish between lenis and fortis finals such as /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ as in /ɛtʃ/ and /ɛdʒ/?
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Shakespearean grammar: "hath" and "has" in the same sentence
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Why are police personnel of all ranks called officers?
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Etymology of the word skulduggery?
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When you view a historical event with an incorrect modern lens
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‘One less’ or ‘one fewer’?
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A word or phrase for denying that a group exists as a political tool?
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'decide not to' or 'decide to not' ? [duplicate]
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What is the difference between "wry" and "dry" humor?
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What's the difference between "to and fro" and "back and forth"?
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When a question is followed by a bulleted list, where does the question mark go?
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Is there a word to describe someone who is always defeated at my hand?
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Does "unintentionally" imply agency?
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Is there a word for a document or card being officially damaged to indicate it is no longer in effect?
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Dropped g's in upper-class 1930s Britain
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Non-military/oppositional version of "No plan survives first contact with the enemy"?
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What is a 'sawyer'?
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“Get something to work” vs ”Get something working”
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Is "who are doing the dishes?" an acceptable question?
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In British English, should it be "licensee" or "licencee"?
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What alternate terminology would be most appropriate for loss of potential profit (versus loss of merchandise) excluding "theft" and "stealing"?
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"Knowledgeable about" vs. "knowledgeable on" vs. "knowledgeable in"
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Dubious use of ‘it’ in sentences like: “In the novel The Great Gatsby, **it** explores the theme of the American Dream.”
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Term for the second letter in Sx, Dx, Rx?
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Is there an English equivalent to the Aramaic expression "a dog will bark in front of its owner"?
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How did "issue" come to mean "problem"?
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Etymology of the "Rats!" exclamation
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What do you call a connecting room that's too short to be a corridor, or even a hallway?
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