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Why do so many 3-letter verbs that go consonant-vowel-T conjugate the same in both past tenses as present tense?
Awarded Apr 30 at 12:54
What does “lettuce talk” mean?
Awarded Apr 18 at 22:11
What's the difference between a graph, a chart, and a plot?
Awarded Apr 16 at 8:57
Is the expression “dumber than a sack of bricks” in common usage?
Awarded Apr 10 at 18:13
Why "sovereignty" instead of "sovereignity"?
Awarded Apr 10 at 3:18
Is "escort" primarily associated with paid companionship in modern English?
Awarded Apr 9 at 23:32
"put one drop in both eyes"
Awarded Apr 5 at 13:11
Should the word Boolean be capitalized?
Awarded Apr 4 at 7:05
A derogatory term for a book or other printed material
Awarded Apr 4 at 1:36
Why does XLAT mean 'translate'?
Awarded Mar 29 at 14:19
"Know about" vs. "know of"
Awarded Mar 25 at 16:50
Why did John Wells need three lexical sets--NORTH, FORCE and THOUGHT--for the same vowel /ɔː/?
Awarded Mar 25 at 15:40
Why do some hymns from England start with the word "and"?
Awarded Mar 25 at 13:16
Is "Would we could" grammatically correct, or at least normal sounding in a dialogue?
Awarded Mar 20 at 16:32
Is there a word for a shift in a road where it remains parallel to its original direction?
Awarded Mar 17 at 4:25
What’s the origin and history of the phrase “ten foot pole”?
Awarded Mar 9 at 18:40
Meaning of "Can't be vice" in "Oh. Geez...Can't be vice. We're paid up"
Awarded Mar 7 at 22:16
Is the phrasing "the X brothers" reserved for if the brothers in question are notable or famous, and not for ordinary people?
Awarded Feb 21 at 22:02
Meaning of “give a pony”
Awarded Feb 19 at 16:04
Spelling "Yeah" and "Yea"
Awarded Feb 15 at 15:33
Why do "shameless" and "shameful" have overlapping meanings despite being opposites?
Awarded Feb 6 at 10:26
How would you say when an animal has learnt to be rideable?
Awarded Feb 4 at 12:06
Do you use "a" or "an" before acronyms / initialisms?
Awarded Jan 30 at 6:40
Byte or... octet?
Awarded Jan 28 at 14:31
What is the origin of the phrase "This is why we can't have nice things"?
Awarded Jan 14 at 20:41
Should rhetorical questions end with a period?
Awarded Jan 14 at 14:24
When is it appropriate to use 'admixture' rather than 'mixture'?
Awarded Jan 2 at 0:47
Why Are Guns Called 'Biscuits' In American Slang?
Awarded Dec 31, 2024 at 3:15
Can "hence" be used at the beginning of a sentence?
Awarded Dec 23, 2024 at 18:03
What does an exclamation mark inside parentheses "(!)" mean?
Awarded Dec 17, 2024 at 12:56
How to pronounce Türkiye in English?
Awarded Dec 13, 2024 at 22:52
Why does "not" come after "it" in "he knows it not"?
Awarded Dec 4, 2024 at 0:27
What is it called when you have a hobby where you're good enough at to impress others but you yourself know you're only beginning?
Awarded Nov 27, 2024 at 5:25
An idiom similar to 'canary' or 'litmus test' that expresses the trend or direction a thing is pointed
Awarded Nov 26, 2024 at 8:12
Why do some people write text all in lower case?
Awarded Nov 25, 2024 at 18:35
To “digitize” means to turn something into a digital format that was previously not digital. What to call changing one digital format into another?
Awarded Nov 22, 2024 at 4:25
Is there a phrase to indicate the other party said something obvious
Awarded Nov 20, 2024 at 10:48
Formal/scientific word meaning to have horns
Awarded Nov 13, 2024 at 0:56
Punctuation around abbreviations
Awarded Nov 9, 2024 at 20:22
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Phrase that means "too easy" with a negative connotation
Awarded Nov 6, 2024 at 10:43
When should I use "a" vs "an"?
Awarded Oct 15, 2024 at 9:51
What does "epic column inches" mean?
Awarded Oct 15, 2024 at 0:12
Is "swabbed in dirty robes" a valid expression?
Awarded Oct 12, 2024 at 12:52
What's a phrase that means "those in power"?
Awarded Oct 11, 2024 at 20:06
Idiom: in my neck of the woods, AmE
Awarded Sep 24, 2024 at 12:16
Uppercase, lowercase – "in any case"?
Awarded Sep 22, 2024 at 9:50
Is "Canada's nation's capital" a mistake?
Awarded Sep 21, 2024 at 2:08
Time of day between morning and noon
Awarded Sep 15, 2024 at 12:09
Taylor Swift - Use of "them" in her text "she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them"
Awarded Sep 13, 2024 at 22:56
"Deployed to" vs "deployed on"
Awarded Sep 12, 2024 at 23:53
What is the correct term to describe 'primary', 'secondary', etc
Awarded Sep 10, 2024 at 13:27
What's "the archetypal book" called?
Awarded Sep 6, 2024 at 3:18
Should I use 'or' or 'nor' after a negative statement?
Awarded Aug 30, 2024 at 15:56
Regarding Re: ; what is the correct usage in an email subject line?
Awarded Aug 28, 2024 at 22:20
"stay home" vs. "stay at home"
Awarded Aug 28, 2024 at 2:01
Do linguists have a noun for referring to pieces of commendatory language, as a sort of antonym of 'pejoratives'?
Awarded Aug 22, 2024 at 18:31
"As a side note" vs. "on a side note"
Awarded Aug 20, 2024 at 11:16
Word to classify what powers a god is associated with?
Awarded Aug 16, 2024 at 14:09
What's wrong with constructions like "Dragons are big, green, and eat people."?
Awarded Aug 5, 2024 at 13:27
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