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Honorifics: Is there a proper differentiation between salutation, address and title?
Awarded Feb 6 at 17:27
English idiom for the Italian "ti voglio bene", used to express affection towards very close family members and friends
Awarded Feb 6 at 10:56
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Awarded Feb 6 at 6:24
What type of English accent is this? Is it Canadian or British?
Awarded Feb 5 at 17:22
Why can't a full stop be used to end titles and section headings?
Awarded Feb 4 at 20:51
Who first coined usage of phrase “common man”
Awarded Feb 2 at 5:20
Is there a word to describe one who distils complex concepts into simple ideas?
Awarded Jan 31 at 21:21
Where does the "e" in "appear" come from?
Awarded Jan 31 at 16:50
Synonyms for "put somebody through their paces"?
Awarded Jan 31 at 13:51
Is it good to add 'I believe' at the beginning of the sentence? [closed]
Awarded Jan 31 at 9:35
What is the level of formality of the sentence 'I can see it's a lovely place, too much hustle and bustle, though.'?
Awarded Jan 30 at 15:37
Origin and reasoning behind "double periods" in between sentences in causal contexts
Awarded Jan 29 at 23:18
Q: 'What kind of food do Russian people eat most often?', A: 'They eat healthy food.' | How acceptable is such answer?
Awarded Jan 29 at 13:57
Which one is correct? "I am suffering from fever since yesterday" or "I am suffering from fever from yesterday"?
Awarded Jan 29 at 9:36
How should you describe the "Relationship of Beneficiary to Applicant" in the situation given below?
Awarded Jan 27 at 21:33
Thank you for explaining vs Thank you for the explanation
Awarded Jan 27 at 19:54
Can you "wish something to someone"?
Awarded Jan 27 at 12:18
Byte or... octet?
Awarded Jan 27 at 0:26
Chess jargon(?): "takes" and "castles"
Awarded Jan 26 at 13:07
"The associations between x and y " vs "The associations of x with y"
Awarded Jan 25 at 17:05
What to call nouns for entities that can vary in magnitude and are composed of entities of the same type, e.g., a "project", "system"?
Awarded Jan 25 at 15:41
Is 'throw a fit' offensive?
Awarded Jan 25 at 9:23
Meaning of "Poly" in "Rooms for Poly men" in a 1960 newspaper ad [closed]
Awarded Jan 25 at 3:18
Word for someone who is fond of furniture and housewares
Awarded Jan 24 at 21:32
Is there any Romanic animal with Germanic meat in the English language?
Awarded Jan 23 at 19:08
To Who or To Whom? [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 23 at 17:41
Why is BE used in: "there was no avoiding having them BE read and dissected"?
Awarded Jan 23 at 8:33
The use of 'that' in this sentence
Awarded Jan 22 at 20:41
Lower case or upper case in speech when interrupted by an action
Awarded Jan 22 at 13:57
What's the most succinct way to say that someone feels the desire to do something but is unwilling to ever do so?
Awarded Jan 22 at 3:17
What is the meaning of "ever the academic?"
Awarded Jan 20 at 10:50
Adverb phrases and prepositional phrases after copulas?
Awarded Jan 20 at 10:22
Tense Question - "Has Changed" vs "Had Changed" [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 19 at 23:12
Both my friend and I have a regular job family each [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 19 at 17:01
Use of "favorite"
Awarded Jan 19 at 5:35
Idiom "fire and forget": first impresson for non-military office person
Awarded Jan 18 at 16:21
How to hyphenate when one half of the compound is already 2 words? [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 17 at 21:25
Can we use capitalized terms in a graduate qualification work or a scientific paper?
Awarded Jan 15 at 15:25
Question about adjunct phrase and ellipsis
Awarded Jan 15 at 14:39
What is the difference between pair and couple?
Awarded Jan 15 at 13:17
Ambition or power hunger?
Awarded Jan 14 at 12:08
Ending a sentence or dialogue with 'would never'?
Awarded Jan 13 at 21:12
what is the 'it' in the following extract referring to?
Awarded Jan 13 at 12:01
"Get a check, make it four" meaning
Awarded Jan 12 at 21:42
Using "may" vs. "can" to express permission
Awarded Jan 12 at 17:50
Syntactic analysis in English: correspondence between Italian "complements" and English ones
Awarded Jan 12 at 13:27
noun clause or adjective clause?
Awarded Jan 10 at 22:38
Can commensurate be used as a transitive verb?
Awarded Jan 10 at 12:22
What is a concise equivalent or synonym for the idiom "Shooting one/him/herself in the foot" in context of this dialogue between mother and daughter?
Awarded Jan 10 at 6:27
Which is proper "you" or "yourself" in the sentence included in the body? [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 10 at 0:18
Word for medical treatment gone wrong (not malpractice)
Awarded Jan 9 at 6:40
Does "I don't usually eat breakfast" mean the negative of "I usually eat breakfast" or that not eating breakfast is what I usually do?
Awarded Jan 8 at 3:41
Does generalization mean "all" or "many"?
Awarded Jan 7 at 17:09
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Awarded Jan 6 at 19:46
Is the engineering definition of redundancy commonly understood
Awarded Jan 5 at 7:31
How would you syntactically analyse this sentence?
Awarded Jan 5 at 0:47
Is "Everybody don't worry" proper grammar?
Awarded Jan 4 at 23:32
Dots or Points Between Numbers [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 4 at 15:10
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