User Armen Ծիրունյան - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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Polite alternatives to “as soon as possible”

expressions phrase-requests

aug 24 at 19:17 zooone9243 690

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What's the female equivalent of “suitor”?

single-word-requests nouns

may 7 at 14:35 Victor Leigh 11

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What is the correct form of address for a police officer?

word-choice politeness

feb 28 at 12:58 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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What’s wrong with saying “Have a nice day”?

phrases politeness class-based-usage

dec 15 at 2:02 Azzy 11

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“The train will leave” vs. “is going to leave” vs. “leaves” vs. “is leaving”

writing-style future-tense present-tense progressive-aspect will-be-going

nov 14 at 4:30 tchrist 36.4k

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Does the 18th century contraction “on't” survive phonologically in English today?

pronunciation contractions phonology

mar 2 '12 at 5:08 yorksensei 139

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Is there a term for when a character is named after a trait they possess?

single-word-requests

sep 28 at 18:20 Zairja 4,029

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What does poking with a stick mean?

meaning phrases idioms meaning-in-context

aug 23 at 12:49 Gareth Rees 1,780

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“This kind of things” vs “These kinds of thing”

grammatical-number

apr 27 at 10:08 Giancarlo Contrafatto 1

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Differences between Verb + to be + adjectives and Verb + adjective

verbs auxiliary-verbs

feb 8 '12 at 19:18 Thorn 140

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What does “To” mean in a newspaper headline?

meaning

apr 19 '12 at 14:54 Andrew Leach 25.4k

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What was the idiom for multitasking before chewing gum was invented?

etymology idioms

feb 16 at 18:51 Eileen 19

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Have I graduated from a master's course?

phrase-requests

apr 2 '12 at 22:14 Ben Voigt 1,113

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What does “take the bird with me” mean?

meaning-in-context

feb 20 '12 at 16:54 EnergyNumbers 1,165

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How should “aargh” really be pronounced?

pronunciation interjections

feb 27 at 3:09 paperwhite 1

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Older pronunciations of the “-ity” suffix

pronunciation suffixes poetry rhymes

jul 24 '11 at 11:50 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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apostrophe that goes with a noun which precedes a phrase

possessive apostrophe noun-phrases

oct 21 at 19:34 tchrist 36.4k

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Rules for rising and falling intonation in similar questions - what are they?

expressions questions

sep 18 at 11:07 Community♦ 1

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What a pluperfect a##hole

etymology american-english history

oct 26 at 13:31 Hugo 30.8k

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“king of” or “the king of”

grammaticality articles definite-article

oct 29 at 17:39 Barrie England 78.9k

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Right tense for conditional event in nondescript time?

conditional subjunctive-mood past-perfect tenses conditional-perfect

jan 6 at 7:03 tchrist 36.4k

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“There isn't” vs. “there's not”

contractions negation

may 20 '12 at 20:10 Alex B. 1,628

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Plural of 'quiz'

orthography double-consonant

mar 19 at 20:13 tchrist 36.4k

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Difference between “accountability” and “responsibility”

meaning differences nouns

apr 12 '12 at 15:12 JLG 14.6k

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Past simple vs present perfect in this example

tense present-perfect-tense future-tense simple-past pp-vs-sp

nov 2 at 22:43 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Difference between meter and rhythm in poetry

poetry

mar 16 '12 at 17:32 Community♦ 1

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Raising a letter of credit

meaning meaning-in-context business-language

apr 24 at 12:47 user43132 1

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Does “not that you would know” make sense in English?

grammaticality past-tense negation

apr 6 '12 at 16:10 Andrew Leach 25.4k

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Should you use past tense for a fact that still remains in force?

grammar

feb 20 '12 at 10:24 Pitarou 6,674

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Use of “though” versus “however”

word-choice usage

may 3 at 14:22 Cerberus 28.3k

Armen Ծիրունյան

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