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From French “manœuvre” to English “manoeuvre”, does “œ” exist in English?

jan 20 at 11:19 Jon Hanna 12.4k

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How many tenses are there in English?

nov 15 at 0:00 JSBձոգչ 32.2k

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What the #$@&%*! is that called?

writing offensive-language symbols

oct 17 at 0:17 H Stephen Straight 634

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What animal is a “weefil”?

errors typography

oct 15 at 0:28 Zairja 4,029

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Why don't years have commas?

punctuation comma mathematics

oct 12 at 12:06 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Indian legal documents

grammaticality legal indian-english

oct 10 at 9:16 SF. 4,456

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Is “the girls are want to gossip” correct?

word-choice grammar adjectives

dec 6 at 11:26 Yoichi Oishi 14.8k

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What are specific cartoon-type interjections like “cough” and “sigh” called in English?

single-word-requests terminology interjections

nov 19 at 18:56 Feral Oink 2,589

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Why “off ” in jerk off, jack off, get off?

meaning verbs

sep 26 at 15:59 tchrist 36.4k

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crisscross, dillydally, riffraff, etc

single-word-requests

sep 3 at 23:54 Chase Florell 103

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Why 'a friend of mine' is not 'my friend's friend'?

idioms pronouns personal-pronouns double-genitive

jan 10 at 11:37 tchrist 36.4k

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What's the difference between “cup” and “glass”?

meaning differences nouns

oct 17 at 17:21 KitFox♦ 15.8k

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When should I say “thee”?

etymology

jul 10 at 17:03 jwpat7 37k

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What did we say before “clockwise”?

etymology history

jan 31 at 13:29 Jon Hanna 12.4k

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How should I understand “short of ” in this sentence?

phrases

dec 20 '11 at 14:25 Kris 13.7k

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The origin of binary “image”?

etymology nouns computing

aug 21 at 8:42 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Have I got a little story for you

syntax lyrics

jul 5 at 20:06 jwpat7 37k

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Use of “f ” instead of “s” in historic, printed English documents

pronunciation orthography history typography

may 17 at 11:32 David Siddons 1

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Where did “cc” and “bcc” come from?

etymology abbreviations email

jun 7 '12 at 14:50 Bill Lefurgy 1,282

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Origin of “hating on”

etymology slang

feb 8 at 11:36 Mary 234

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How did the letter Z become to be associated with sleeping/snoring?

etymology onomatopoeia

nov 20 at 2:56 Lee Shapiro 31

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“Unregister” vs “Deregister”

meaning differences verbs prefixes un-de

apr 30 at 0:54 HaL 5,519

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Pronunciation of the English alphabet

pronunciation history

aug 12 '11 at 11:46 JSBձոգչ 32.2k

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“Upvote” vs. “up vote” vs. “up-vote”

word-choice hyphen

may 19 '11 at 0:40 NateMPLS 619

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Are there English sayings that correspond to Japanese old saying, ‘There is no wild pig larger than the mountain from where he emerges’?

phrases

jun 30 '11 at 15:31 Tom Au 4,807

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What did Old English writing (letters and formatting) typically look like?

writing style old-english

jul 28 '11 at 1:59 KitFox♦ 15.8k

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“I'm lovin' it”

grammaticality progressive-aspect slogan

dec 5 at 14:35 Arthur 1

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Is there an idiomatic equivalent of “I really loved what you said”?

idioms

sep 19 '11 at 16:37 onomatomaniak 12.8k

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Why “ladybird”?

etymology nouns american-english british-english

dec 21 at 12:44 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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What's the difference between “hence” and “thus”?

differences adverbs

jul 11 '11 at 15:31 Daniel δ 32.2k

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