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I've got my red pen. Don't make me use it!

Also, beware of Muphry's law!


32 Answers

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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
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Can a sentence start with “Because”?
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How should I punctuate around quotes?
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It's hard to get a taxi “at this period”?
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How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech?
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What's the history of the pronunciation of Delphi?
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What does the word “cinemaddict” mean?
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What is a comma splice?
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How do native English speakers respond to “Thank you”?
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Redundancy in American Usage
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Why do words like “expectorate” sound more posh than words like “spit”?
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Is “peculiar” completely interchangeable with “strange”?
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English phrases created or popularized through Seinfeld
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What are some uncommon but valid portmanteau words that people use?
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What does “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” mean?
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Examples of “ATM Machine” silly repeats?
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A list with only one item
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Why are movies so hard to understand (and what can you do about it)?
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Informal terms for money amounts
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“Toy for your kid” or “Toy for your kids” as you don't know how many kids they have?
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Which one is correct, “favourite song of all time” or “… of all times”?
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Does the phrase “pull the chain” have some sort of significance in jails and prisons?
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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
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Is it proper to start a sentence with the word that ended the last sentence?
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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
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Are there cases where a possessive pronoun is omitted?
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What do you call the word used in prose to describe the surroundings to make prose richer?
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Favourite untranslatables
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Is the word “yearling” appropriate for a recurring event?
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