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Palatalization of the initial "s" in words starting with "str-"
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What makes a non-native English speaker sound foreign? [closed]
Awarded Apr 17 at 22:16
How does "pussy" come to mean "coward"?
Awarded Apr 10 at 22:32
Why "inspector general", and not "general inspector", like German "Generalinspektor"? [duplicate]
Awarded Mar 19 at 22:20
What is the adjectival form of "nemesis"?
Awarded Mar 15 at 7:48
How to pronounce "Ephemerides"?
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What does 'fist bump' mean? [closed]
Awarded Feb 16 at 2:12
What are the rules for splitting words at the end of a line?
Awarded Feb 10 at 11:41
Can "must not" be used alternately to "can't" in AE to say that sth is logically impossible?
Awarded Feb 6 at 13:11
What is a predicative phrase?
Awarded Jan 28 at 18:30
Horse of a different color
Awarded Jan 27 at 14:51
How did 'intimate' semantically shift to mean 'suggest indirectly'?
Awarded Jan 26 at 17:41
How do you pronounce ¹⁄₁₂?
Awarded Jan 22 at 17:54
Why is "zero" followed by a plural noun?
Awarded Jan 22 at 6:41
Origin of usage of “grovel” to mean rummage or exhaustively search
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Plural of "learning"
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Origin of usage of “grovel” to mean rummage or exhaustively search
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Etymology of "let us" and "let's"
Awarded Jan 13 at 7:53
"The ticket is printing" vs "...is being printed"
Awarded Jan 10 at 15:56
A synonym for 'rich' (varied) without connotations of wealth [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 2 at 9:41
Difference between "full professional proficiency" and "native or bilingual proficiency"
Awarded Dec 15, 2024 at 13:36
How did “pumpkin” come to be a term of endearment?
Awarded Oct 31, 2024 at 16:31
Is using passive voice "bad form"?
Awarded Oct 26, 2024 at 15:51
how many conditional sentence types are possible?
Awarded Oct 25, 2024 at 15:46
What's the origin of the idiom "cut corners"?
Awarded Oct 24, 2024 at 9:41
How to write out numbers in compliance with British usage?
Awarded Oct 15, 2024 at 9:06
"Don't try and Lance Armstrong your way outta this one!"
Awarded Oct 15, 2024 at 1:20
"Search this website" or "search in this website"
Awarded Oct 1, 2024 at 13:19
What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
Awarded Sep 29, 2024 at 16:40
User’s Guide vs Users’ Guide
Awarded Sep 27, 2024 at 14:30
Is there any word with two consecutive monophthongs whose symbols could be combined to a diphthong?
Awarded Sep 22, 2024 at 17:40
"He was getting beaten" vs. "he was being beaten"
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"The thing is, is that..."
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Suitable saying for "different people like/dislike different things"?
Awarded Sep 12, 2024 at 13:11
Between you and ("me" or "I")?
Awarded Sep 5, 2024 at 15:46
Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?
Awarded Aug 26, 2024 at 21:46
Which is correct: "standing on line" or "standing in line"?
Awarded Aug 19, 2024 at 5:45
Coordinating conjunction immediately followed by parenthetical — Is a comma needed or not?
Awarded Aug 13, 2024 at 1:11
Should I fix typos/grammatical errors in quotation?
Awarded Jul 16, 2024 at 19:54
Is the verb "to steer" derived from driving oxen?
Awarded Jul 5, 2024 at 22:22
What is the origin of the phrase "a penny for your thoughts"?
Awarded Jul 3, 2024 at 15:01
Is it correct to say "The reason is because ..."?
Awarded Jun 29, 2024 at 16:42
Should an infinitive be used in "the police made everyone to leave"?
Awarded Jun 8, 2024 at 20:55
Differences between expression and idiom, as well as colloquial and vernacular
Awarded May 29, 2024 at 21:15
Why is the subject omitted in sentences like "Thought you'd never ask"?
Awarded May 20, 2024 at 22:33
Is there a term for grammatical mistakes as a result of trying too hard?
Awarded May 13, 2024 at 16:34
When does "part" mean "quarter"?
Awarded May 10, 2024 at 16:20
What is the name for the grammatical device of putting "not" after a verb to negate it?
Awarded Apr 27, 2024 at 18:40
What's the equivalent of "what the hell are you doing?" in a negative sentence?
Awarded Apr 13, 2024 at 7:51
What's the term used for the abbreviated language found in headlines etc?
Awarded Apr 4, 2024 at 8:12
Is there a semantic difference between "pedophile" and "pederast"?
Awarded Mar 18, 2024 at 22:19
'Preclude' vs 'Exclude' vs 'Prevent'
Awarded Mar 18, 2024 at 10:47
How did "strike" get its baseball meaning?
Awarded Mar 15, 2024 at 20:01
How do I spell the truncation 'Cas', as in 'Sports Casual/Sports Cas'?
Awarded Mar 14, 2024 at 22:01
Origin of the phrase, "There's more than one way to skin a cat."
Awarded Feb 18, 2024 at 16:31
What's the opposite of "pro bono"?
Awarded Jan 28, 2024 at 20:28
Why do some people say "the reason is is that," with "is" twice in a row?
Awarded Jan 21, 2024 at 23:11
Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture?
Awarded Jan 21, 2024 at 0:17
Word that means "outdated name"
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Why did the old pronouns and their respective endings vanish from daily usage?
Awarded Dec 25, 2023 at 11:05
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