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List of common abbreviations and acronyms (NOAD, ESL, PIE...)

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LaurelMod

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answered Apr 12 at 3:50

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1 answer

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Why was this question showing research closed for the reason "Please include the research you’ve done"?

Lambie

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modified Apr 9 at 17:49

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2 answers

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LaurelMod

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answered Mar 31 at 18:39

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3 answers

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What do you think about using ChatGPT and AI features to learn English? Is it trustable 100%?

shuangwhywhy

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answered Mar 24 at 16:05

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1 answer

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Is there a text of scenario "The magician's nephew" that BBC dramatized on the Radio?

Andy Bonner

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answered Mar 5 at 21:52

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What good reference works on English are available?

Edwin Ashworth

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modified Mar 2 at 15:28

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0 answers

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Has EL&U become too hostile?

Amal

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asked Mar 1 at 16:05

27 votes

2 answers

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Hey! People who like to close questions! Hey!

Lambie

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modified Feb 28 at 15:50

3 votes

2 answers

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The old question "Is there a phrase that means sleeping with someone without sex?" includes an unanswered origin question in the question body

ermanen

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answered Feb 17 at 10:58

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1 answer

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What are the research problems in English grammar research today?

LaurelMod

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modified Feb 16 at 2:13

3 votes

2 answers

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Gender neutral language on English SE

tchristMod

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modified Feb 7 at 2:29

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Resources on potentially ambiguous sentence adverbials

msh210

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Jan 29 at 17:01

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Would asking "How could the system be metric if the word 'meter' came from Old English 'metan'?" be a duplicate?

livresque

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modified Jan 25 at 9:10

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Why was the question considered a duplicate?

George Ntoulos

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asked Jan 16 at 22:18

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1 answer

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Advertising Test beginning Nov 13, 2024

LaurelMod

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answered Jan 16 at 17:27

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2024: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

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asked Jan 15 at 16:10

4 votes

1 answer

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Can we reopen the question "Which is the correct idiom — 'When worst comes to worst' or 'When worse comes to worst'?"

Joachim

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modified Jan 9 at 20:26

2 votes

1 answer

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What do CaGEL and CGEL stand for?

Rob

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answered Dec 23, 2024 at 12:22

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2 answers

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Limiting Reviews by User

Xanne

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answered Dec 9, 2024 at 17:26

3 votes

2 answers

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Purpose of Badges?

LaurelMod

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modified Dec 7, 2024 at 21:50

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1 answer

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Does this answer your question?

Andrew LeachMod

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modified Dec 7, 2024 at 12:58

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Who's responsible for the comments like "This question is similar to … If you believe it’s different, please edit the question …"? [duplicate]

Andrew LeachMod

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modified Nov 29, 2024 at 21:52

17 votes

3 answers

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Google Ngrams for the web (not just books)

LaurelMod

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modified Nov 23, 2024 at 0:09

4 votes

1 answer

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Is there a reference/archive of English verbs and their argument structure (± their theta roles)?

CommunityBot

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modified Nov 18, 2024 at 1:02

2 votes

2 answers

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Why was this grammar question by a native speaker moved to ELL?

DjinTonic

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modified Nov 17, 2024 at 21:04

10 votes

1 answer

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Etymology of "Finger Sandwiches" [closed as opinion based]

LaurelMod

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answered Nov 4, 2024 at 19:38

4 votes

1 answer

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What is the [reason-why] tag used for?

CommunityBot

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modified Oct 31, 2024 at 19:03

8 votes

3 answers

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What does this community stand for?

J D

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answered Oct 21, 2024 at 3:14

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User registration now required for posting

Dan Bron

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modified Oct 20, 2024 at 14:11

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1 answer

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How can I find words that frequently appear with a word (collocations)?

LaurelMod

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answered Oct 16, 2024 at 13:07

5 votes

2 answers

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More than three flags are unexpectedly required to delete spam

LaurelMod

67.9k

modified Oct 9, 2024 at 18:50

4 votes

1 answer

188 views

Why can't a user delete their own question that was just asked and has had no activity?

LaurelMod

67.9k

modified Oct 9, 2024 at 18:45

3 votes

2 answers

118 views

Quantifiers? Premodifiers? What's the best general tag for questions about "X of Y" constructions?

Edwin Ashworth

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modified Oct 1, 2024 at 13:29

2 votes

1 answer

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Where can I find less common vocabulary?

Lambie

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modified Sep 23, 2024 at 15:47

8 votes

5 answers

373 views

Comparison/contrast dictionaries of synonyms

LaurelMod

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modified Sep 19, 2024 at 17:55

6 votes

2 answers

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Is the OED now available for free online?

fev

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answered Sep 8, 2024 at 15:41

1 vote

2 answers

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SlateStaffMod

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modified Aug 13, 2024 at 18:39

3 votes

1 answer

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Answer on "Ism" question possibly wrongly bot-flagged and deleted

LaurelMod

67.9k

answered Aug 7, 2024 at 13:07

-2 votes

1 answer

80 views

Should there be a bot deletion reason?

tchristMod

138k

answered Jul 19, 2024 at 15:06

4 votes

2 answers

118 views

Why does adding a bounty to your own question prevent it from being voted closed?

LaurelMod

67.9k

answered Jun 26, 2024 at 16:12

0 votes

1 answer

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What can I do to improve my questions that my questions will be accepted again (regrettably I have got the question ban)?

tchristMod

138k

answered Jun 20, 2024 at 0:01

7 votes

0 answers

167 views

On average when is it a good idea to reopen a question?

Mari-Lou A

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asked Jun 18, 2024 at 19:16

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1 answer

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Why have I got a question ban?

tchristMod

138k

answered Jun 18, 2024 at 14:43

2 votes

1 answer

56 views

Why are questions summarily locked?

LaurelMod

67.9k

answered Jun 17, 2024 at 14:48

1 vote

1 answer

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Can I download / buy Cambridge English Corpus / Cambridge Learner Corpus? Where to download these corpus?

Vy Do

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answered Jun 17, 2024 at 2:59

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