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I'm a TEFL-teaching, crossword-guzzling postgrad linguistics student.

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How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?

determiner reading-aloud numbers numerals quantifiers asked Jun 23, 2015 at 12:00

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Indefinite articles used with plural nouns: It was AN amazing TWO DAYS

nouns adjectives grammatical-number verb-agreement indefinite-articles asked Jun 13, 2015 at 0:58

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Word similar to 'insidious' or 'pernicious', with a non-negative connotation

single-word-requests asked Oct 15, 2018 at 22:43

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Is a number meeting these conditions divisible by forty-nine?

elementary-number-theory divisibility asked Aug 24, 2017 at 16:41

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SB and STH in dictionaries

word-meaning abbreviations dictionaries asked Apr 5, 2016 at 11:02

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Is "have to" a modal verb?

meaning modal-verbs syntax asked Mar 28, 2017 at 13:06

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Which art works are referenced in the Hey Duggee 'Art Badge' episode?

reference hey-duggee asked Jun 2, 2020 at 17:54

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"The carrots need being chopped" and "The carrots need to chop"

grammar grammaticality syntax passive-voice infinitive-vs-gerund asked Nov 24, 2016 at 16:31

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Why do people often say 'hambag' for 'handbag'?

pronunciation phonology asked Sep 30, 2014 at 15:02

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Can whales send each other [3D] images?

marine-biology communication asked Jun 16, 2022 at 15:54

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Are "whores" and "horse" homophones?

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Why are the vowels in Christ and Christmas different? (and other strange diphthong behaviour)

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"It really doesn't matter" v "It doesn't really matter"

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Is "despite" outdated?

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Why do verbs end with "oke" while their corresponding nouns are written with "c"?

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What is understood if I say "I'm an English teacher"?

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Why is "letter" not plural in "two letter words"?

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Shakespearean relative clause: "I have a brother is condemned to die"

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Does this addition technique have a name?

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How to write a plural form of 'ex' (ex girlfriend..etc)

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What is the word for dragging motion of a finger on a trackpad?

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Why is it "on the inside" and not "in the inside"?

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“kinda”, “sorta”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “lotta”, “oughta”, “betcha”, "tseasy", etc. What are these?

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How can native English speakers read an unknown word correctly?

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Why is "doesn't" a legitimate starting word for a sentence?

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What is the adjective for someone with cancer?

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Can you use "same" without "the"?

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I demand that he leave or leaves?

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Word for something I should have said

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Is there a heavy usage of the word "bonfire" in English?

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Why did the letter “o” disappear in the word “pronunciation”?

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'I think IT unlikely that our team can win'. <--Is IT the object?

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Is there such a thing as Intrusive-L (as opposed to Intrusive-R)?

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"In such case" and "in such a case"

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Taylor Swift - Use of "them" in her text "she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them"

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'The Kukhtarev's model' or 'Kukhtarev's model' ('John's car' or 'The John's car')?

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To take oneself's life is not an act of courage

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Is "The two men Savchenko, an Iraq war veteran, was convicted of helping to kill were . . . " grammatical?

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"Gassy emissions from these giant dinosaurs" vs. "... by these giant dinosaurs"

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Should it be "IS" or "ARE"? --- "The only thing we haven't seen ARE locusts."

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