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“Email” or “e-mail”?

aug 11 at 23:02 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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How do native English speakers respond to “Thank you”?

word-choice politeness

dec 27 at 18:44 jwpat7 36.8k

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What is the best format to use when writing out dates?

writing date

apr 13 '11 at 2:07 Lauren 192

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“Assume”, “presume”, “suppose”

synonyms

aug 10 '10 at 21:25 Alan Hogue 2,418

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When should the word “English” be capitalized?

capitalization

aug 27 at 5:57 Feral Oink 2,580

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Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?

punctuation question-mark spacing sentence-ends exclamation-mark

jan 25 at 10:47 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb “help”: with or without “to”?

grammaticality verbs infinitive particles bare-infinitive

jan 10 at 21:23 Edwin Ashworth 5,215

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Which English language variety is best to use for global e-commerce?

american-english british-english internet

feb 8 at 9:33 Facebook Answers 443

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When is it appropriate to use “Yeah” and “Yep” as variants of the word “Yes”?

synonyms conversation

jul 10 '11 at 16:31 Lauren 192

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When is it OK to use OK?

grammaticality email colloquialisms conversation

feb 3 '11 at 2:13 nohat♦ 35.7k

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Is the term “hack” more positive or more negative?

meaning nouns connotation

jan 15 at 13:43 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Using “that” and “this” interchangeably

word-choice this-that

oct 18 at 10:38 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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In what cases should I use a comma after “please”?

punctuation comma politeness

oct 14 at 16:29 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Recommendations for non-native English speaking bloggers

writing learning internet non-native-english

jan 17 '12 at 11:23 marw 233

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When is it acceptable to use Internet abbreviations such as “u” or “r”?

abbreviations writing-style email internet

sep 1 at 21:15 tchrist 36.4k

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“Football” and “Soccer”

sports dialects

may 12 '12 at 3:27 Hamid 1,791

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“Good bye”, “Bye”, “Bye bye”

word-choice interjections

mar 7 at 8:57 yash 1

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Intonation in the phrase “How are you?”

phrases pronunciation

jul 24 at 14:17 voicetiger at gmail 11

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Using “the” before ordinal numbers

numbers articles definite-article

nov 7 at 16:07 Nik 6

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Could I always use “have” (and never use “have got”)?

word-choice

apr 4 '12 at 16:04 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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“Also” and “as well” for conversational context

differences connotation conversation

jan 25 '12 at 15:42 Community♦ 1

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Is there a more modern way to say “it's a pity”?

idioms conversation

jan 15 at 21:43 Kaz 1,932

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Pronunciation of “especially”

pronunciation dialects

jul 13 '11 at 10:55 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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How do I ask for advice politely?

word-choice politeness conversation

sep 27 '10 at 15:14 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Using “who” for things (nonliving beings)

pronouns possessive relative-clause possessive-of-which

jan 20 at 14:48 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Introductory phrases like “to tell the truth”

phrases differences conversation

jan 13 '12 at 8:54 Kris 13.7k

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Origin and pronunciation of “Thawte”

meaning etymology pronunciation

nov 25 '11 at 13:12 Hugo 30.7k

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“Certainly” and “Of course”: what is the difference?

differences adverbs

apr 12 '11 at 19:56 JSBձոգչ 32.1k

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“To start” vs “to get started”

word-choice

oct 14 '10 at 5:43 J D OConal 2,465

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“Important” and “significant”

differences formality

oct 6 '11 at 6:51 Barrie England 78.8k

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