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"regrettably" vs "regretfully"

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Why is it incorrect to answer "because I have to finish my report by the end of this week" to the question "Why do you work so hard?"

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Does Grammarly predominantly give the correct use of English?

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Use of the possessive apostrophe in a list

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I was wondering if there are synonyms for "I was wondering"

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Is it wrong to use "Did you ever" in a sentence?

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Never fail to disappoint

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Is "very crucial" redundant?

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Idiom/phrase which means "to pretend not to understand or know"

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What is the English equivalent to the Chinese/Japanese saying, “塞翁失馬— Life is like Old Sai’s horse”?

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Why is the verb used without “-s” in this sentence?

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Why don’t other pronouns get to albe-themselves, à la albeit’s “it”?

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Analogy: "as if" vs. "as though"

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What do native English speakers call chips/fries that are no longer crispy?

Word request: a period of time in which someone's best work was done

Why is this a fragment?

"regrettably" vs "regretfully"

Can you write "... me's" (the possessive)?

Single word to replace "allowed to be missing"

When to use "use" and when to use "utilize" in a sentence?

Money vs Monies

"Everybody's using a cell phone nowadays" vs. "Everybody's using cell phones nowadays"

"Convenient for you" vs "convenient to you"

Is there a word for when an action has an effect opposite to the one intended?

What's the exact usage of "that of"

Why is it incorrect to answer "because I have to finish my report by the end of this week" to the question "Why do you work so hard?"

Does Grammarly predominantly give the correct use of English?

There's three things: is it correct?

Use of the possessive apostrophe in a list

"At" vs. "in" followed by a city name

What's the word for someone who always likes being different?

I was wondering if there are synonyms for "I was wondering"

Is it wrong to use "Did you ever" in a sentence?

Never fail to disappoint

"I so much as look" doesn't make any sense to me

Is "very crucial" redundant?

Idiom/phrase which means "to pretend not to understand or know"

What is the English equivalent to the Chinese/Japanese saying, “塞翁失馬— Life is like Old Sai’s horse”?

Why is the verb used without “-s” in this sentence?

Why don’t other pronouns get to albe-themselves, à la albeit’s “it”?

Analogy: "as if" vs. "as though"

Passive with "to get"

"to not get" vs "not to get"