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mar 20 at 19:52
Where did the idiom “giving a heads up” come from?
mar 11 at 12:48
Fractions as phrasal (compound) adjectives
jan 6 at 1:46
What is the origin of “sucker” and “it sucks”?
nov 20 at 23:48
Transitive form of “to be”
oct 9 at 1:15
Is “put” imperative in this sentence?
sep 16 at 17:35
UK English: Is “dived” a valid word?
feb 18 '12 at 23:19
What does “shooting trout in a demitasse cup” mean?
sep 12 '11 at 15:29
“He recommended that they are separated” - is this valid?
sep 3 '11 at 9:18
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aug 1 '11 at 5:16
What does “proverbial man with a hammer” mean in this context?
jun 13 '11 at 15:02
'Calm, cool and collective' vs 'calm, cool and collected'
jun 10 '11 at 16:22
Did English ever have a word for 'yes' for negative questions?
may 31 '11 at 20:47
What is the name for this “…” punctuation?
may 21 '11 at 12:15
Is “ringing somebody up” exclusive to telephone use in British English?
may 20 '11 at 21:19
How does one use the adjectival noun “l'enfant terrible”?
may 11 '11 at 22:34
Perdition vs Hell
may 11 '11 at 13:09
Should rhetorical questions end with a period?
may 8 '11 at 3:32
What's the difference between “FWIW” and “IMHO”?
may 5 '11 at 0:49
What's the difference between “puberty” and “adolescence”?
apr 27 '11 at 9:13
Is there a system for creating words for ordinal numbers?
apr 27 '11 at 8:48
“Not much I can hand to you this very moment”
apr 25 '11 at 2:28
Is “holiday” derived from “holy day”?
apr 20 '11 at 20:32
Is the expression 'half a percent' acceptable in formal English?
apr 18 '11 at 20:27
Can “his/her” be replaced by “his”?
apr 16 '11 at 17:02
Correct usage of “parallel” versus “in parallel” versus “parallelly”
apr 5 '11 at 8:19
“Extirpation” vs “Perdition” vs “Smash”
apr 1 '11 at 6:40
On the specifics of illegitimate children
mar 30 '11 at 20:51
“Arab” or “Arabic” or “Arabian”?
mar 29 '11 at 21:41
“Unselect” or “Deselect”?
mar 25 '11 at 15:10
Did the underscore character exist before modern computers?
mar 23 '11 at 12:50
What's a word for “widespread,” but not so wide?
mar 20 '11 at 11:42
Is “should” ever used as past tense of “shall”?
mar 7 '11 at 15:16
Meaning of “to scratch”
mar 5 '11 at 22:00
Should north, south, east and west be capitalised?
feb 24 '11 at 6:31
Origin of “rub someone the wrong way”
feb 18 '11 at 10:39
Plural of “scheme”?
feb 18 '11 at 9:49
English term that groups notes and coins of a currency
feb 17 '11 at 8:34
What is the difference between “maybe” and “may be”?
jan 16 '11 at 21:06
Which variant of English should I use when my target audience is the world?
