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may 20 '11 at 21:59
How do you proceed from pronouncing “t” in the regular way to t-glottalization, as found in various English accents?
may 20 '11 at 21:44
What is the origin of “stat”?
may 19 '11 at 14:19
Why is “bicycle” pronounced differently from other obviously related words?
may 18 '11 at 22:28
Is there a general rule for the prefixation of “un-” and “de-” to words?
may 12 '11 at 8:11
Why do newspaper headlines use strange syntax rules?
may 5 '11 at 17:11
Is misplaced emphasis a form of mispronunciation?
may 4 '11 at 22:54
How would you spell “Tehran” in English for it to be pronounced “correctly” (i.e. as in Persian)?
apr 26 '11 at 15:53
Alternative to “maze” as a description for Pacman's environment?
apr 19 '11 at 20:22
Plurality of numbers between -1 and 1
apr 14 '11 at 4:01
Did the term “multitasking” come from the computer realm?
apr 6 '11 at 22:26
Is it correct to say that English has the dative case?
apr 5 '11 at 16:25
Where do accents and dialects come from?
apr 3 '11 at 9:34
What's a word for saying 'entering a room suddenly and fast'?
apr 1 '11 at 22:23
Is “plantingly” an adverb?
mar 31 '11 at 15:09
Which is correct: “drive safe” or “drive safely”?
mar 20 '11 at 5:32
Do any non-transitive (in a mathematical sense) slang terms exist?
mar 16 '11 at 6:10
Why have the subjunctive and indicative converged in Modern English?
mar 13 '11 at 8:57
Is it true that Chinese speakers have troubles with 'r's and 'l's in English words?
mar 5 '11 at 1:50
Why does Germany's English name differ from its German name?
mar 3 '11 at 19:20
Is there any relation between “genius” and “ingenious”?
mar 1 '11 at 16:13
Is it absolutely necessary to use “than” over “then” in a comparison?
feb 25 '11 at 1:41
What is the name of words like 'bottle' or 'clove' that provide a singular for a counted item?
feb 25 '11 at 1:36
Why is baba ghanouj pronounced with a final “sh” sound?
feb 25 '11 at 1:31
How to pronounce “beach” and “bitch”? What's the difference?
feb 22 '11 at 14:30
Origin of “idiocracy”
feb 18 '11 at 0:44
“zh” vs. “j”. Are these pronounced in the same way?
feb 16 '11 at 13:43
“A English nerd” versus “an English nerd”
feb 15 '11 at 17:08
Is it ever worth the time and effort to correct someone else's grating grammatical mistakes?
feb 11 '11 at 22:32
Is “curiouser,” in fact, a word (e.g., in the phrase “curiouser and curiouser…”)?
feb 9 '11 at 2:17
Is “might could” a correct construct?
feb 8 '11 at 18:41
Can “paper bag” mean any bag?
jan 30 '11 at 23:43
What is it called when you add 'im' to 'possible'?
jan 28 '11 at 20:27
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jan 26 '11 at 15:02
What does “OMG ponies!” mean?
jan 20 '11 at 14:06
“Who turned off the lights?”
jan 9 '11 at 13:59
Does “She is in love with Tom” imply that Tom loves her too?
jan 9 '11 at 8:19
Why can 'kick back' mean 'get relaxed'?
jan 6 '11 at 1:54
Can one “marry one's wife”?
jan 3 '11 at 2:38
Is it acceptable to use “is become” instead of “has become”?
dec 22 '10 at 11:28
What does “packing heat” mean?
dec 16 '10 at 18:16
Is “data” considered singular or plural?
dec 13 '10 at 0:42
Why is it “geometric” but “theoretical”?
dec 12 '10 at 13:52
What is the difference between “everyday” and “every day”?
dec 1 '10 at 23:22
How should one answer a business phone?
nov 27 '10 at 18:16
“The ticket is printing” vs “…is being printed”
nov 26 '10 at 19:41
Will grammar errors become “correct” after enough people use them for long enough?
nov 23 '10 at 16:26
Why are the United States often referred to as America?
nov 23 '10 at 5:01
How should I abbreviate “versus”?
nov 4 '10 at 16:57
“Oestrogen” and “oesophagus” — why are they spelled differently in British English?
nov 4 '10 at 15:52
What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
oct 22 '10 at 7:10
Is “including but not limited to” a redundant phrase?
oct 15 '10 at 2:13
What are some good sites for researching etymology?
oct 14 '10 at 8:31
-phile word for someone who loves frogs
oct 5 '10 at 23:42
Why Isn't Citizen 'Citisen' in British English?
sep 22 '10 at 4:57
There are no comments / There is no comment
sep 22 '10 at 2:57
Is “staff” plural?
sep 21 '10 at 21:31
Is it Web site or website?
sep 20 '10 at 21:55
Is Valley Girl speak “like”, entering the language?
