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What does “crowding out” mean?

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jun 25 '11 at 16:27 Tom Au 4,822

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Origin and meaning of “every cloud has a silver lining”

meaning

feb 3 '11 at 14:19 Mehper C. Palavuzlar 14.7k

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Question directed to someone or at someone?

prepositions

jan 26 '11 at 9:06 smirkingman 1,046

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What is the difference between “ostensibly” and “probably”?

word-choice vocabulary

nov 28 '10 at 0:42 Mark C 265

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“Would have us view” — is it correct?

grammar verbs

nov 23 '10 at 19:51 RegDwighт♦ 45.8k

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Difference between “invest in” and “invest into” [duplicate]

meaning word-choice differences prepositions

jan 17 at 22:37 Community♦ 1

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“Email me” and “mail to me”

grammaticality verbs prepositions transitive-verbs intransitive-verbs

aug 20 at 22:51 RegDwighт♦ 45.8k

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Which is correct: “it's not a big deal to me” or “it's not a big deal for me”?

word-choice grammaticality prepositions to-for

aug 14 at 9:00 RegDwighт♦ 45.8k

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“When” vs. “what time”

word-choice time interrogatives

jun 4 '12 at 16:26 post 14

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I can see us agreeing on many points “in the article” or “from the article”?

word-choice prepositions sentence

feb 21 '12 at 17:03 jwpat7 38.2k

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Properly refer to the turn of the year

expressions

feb 1 '12 at 4:40 FumbleFingers 60.1k

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Difference: Meanwhile vs meantime

meaning word-choice differences

nov 1 '11 at 15:42 Daniel δ 32.3k

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What do “muckraker” and “rake muck” mean?

meaning phrasal-verbs

jul 6 '11 at 19:58 Tom Au 4,822

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If- conditional construct using future events

grammar

jul 6 '11 at 16:00 Daniel δ 32.3k

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Meaning of “Almost every kinky kind was being had and enjoyed.”

verbs meaning-in-context

jul 6 '11 at 15:47 Daniel δ 32.3k

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Word, idiom or expression to describe feeling full (after eating)

phrase-requests

jul 6 '11 at 15:43 Daniel δ 32.3k

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Please explain the: upwards vs upward difference [duplicate]

grammar american-english british-english orthography

jun 13 '11 at 13:24 Colin Fine 23.7k

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“Please explain” or “explain please”

grammaticality verbs adverbs word-order

jun 7 '11 at 10:00 RegDwighт♦ 45.8k

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“In Long Island” or “on Long Island”? [duplicate]

word-choice grammaticality prepositions

jun 6 '11 at 13:35 RegDwighт♦ 45.8k

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“will” vs “would” in this sentence

grammar verbs

may 11 '11 at 19:14 Viktor Haag 505

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What does “coming apart at the seams” mean?

idioms

may 10 '11 at 3:40 Callithumpian 17.8k

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Should I use “will” or “would” when I suggest that something will/would come in handy?

grammar

feb 18 '11 at 1:19 kiamlaluno 29k

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What does “putting someone on” mean?

meaning

feb 12 '11 at 11:01 kiamlaluno 29k

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Which one should I use (“suggesting” or “to suggest”) in the example provided?

verbs gerund

feb 10 '11 at 12:36 kiamlaluno 29k

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“Did you check if […]”

grammaticality

feb 9 '11 at 13:35 Community♦ 1

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Usage of “having seen”

verbs

feb 1 '11 at 16:02 Matt Эллен 14.5k

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meaing of the expression: It’s a safeguard for the creep of subjectivity

expressions

jan 12 '11 at 14:49 Andy F 2,730

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Laws for the usage of me VS. myself?

nouns

jan 9 '11 at 5:52 Kosmonaut 31.5k

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What does countenance mean, and why do I have hard time remembering it?

vocabulary

nov 29 '10 at 1:45 bev 224

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go pay in “Why don't you go pay for them”

grammar

nov 24 '10 at 23:00 Community♦ 1

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