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Usage of “accrue” in “it accrued to me to gently ask” [closed]
A newage hippie Facebook friend just sent me this. I was just wondering if it was syntactically correct,
It accrued to me to gently ask if you could consider extending the same respect, you would ...
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Is there a word like applicality? [closed]
I have seen the word applicality being used at some places but couldn’t find its meaning when I looked it up on the internet. Example usage:
But because law doesn’t exist doesn’t mean it can’t be ...
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How common is the misuse of “literally” to mean “figuratively”? [closed]
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"Literally" and "Decimate" misuse
addresses the misuse of the word "literally" to mean its opposite. I am curious as to how prevalent is such misuse. My hunch ...
