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What is the rule for adjective order?

adjectives word-order

apr 16 at 17:34 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Is there a word or phrase for the feeling you get after looking at a word for too long?

dec 3 at 6:19 coleopterist 20.3k

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What are your favorite English language tools?

learning resources

jan 6 at 13:56 Peter Mortensen 1,336

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Is there a name for this type of sentence structure: “She looks as though she's been poured into her clothes, and forgot to say 'when'”?

sentence-patterns structure paraprosdokian

apr 21 '11 at 10:16 Lauren 192

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Should I put a comma before the last item in a list?

punctuation writing-style comma

dec 20 at 12:36 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Is “believe you me” proper English?

etymology grammaticality word-order syntax emphasis

jun 5 '12 at 9:47 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly?

pronouns object case interrogatives whom

feb 24 at 3:21 tchrist 36.4k

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When should I use an em-dash, an en-dash, and a hyphen?

punctuation hyphen style dash orthography

aug 20 at 21:41 kiamlaluno 28.7k

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“Less” vs. “fewer”

word-choice

apr 10 at 23:05 kiamlaluno 28.7k

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Is there a difference between “disc” and “disk” for naming digital storage media?

word-choice meaning terminology technical

apr 12 at 17:29 kiamlaluno 28.7k

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Who is Jesus H. Christ?

history offensive-language

may 18 '11 at 15:16 MrHen 14.6k

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Punctuating question tags: A question mark is always required, isn't it. (Well, isn't it?)

punctuation question-tags

apr 3 at 1:24 Robusto 82.4k

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How should I punctuate around quotes?

punctuation comma quotes question-mark quotation-marks

may 13 at 9:20 TrevorD 661

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Why do street parking signs say “no stopping or standing”?

redundancy signage

may 29 '12 at 9:18 David Schwartz 5,193

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Why did English become a universal language and when?

history

may 19 at 9:43 Kris 13.7k

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What is the meaning of the phrase “The morning constitutional”?

meaning etymology expressions

oct 10 at 19:22 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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What is it called when a letter is within another letter?

single-word-requests terminology typography

sep 18 at 13:38 Kris 13.7k

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What is the origin of the phrase “egg in your beer”?

etymology idioms

nov 30 at 23:39 jerry woelke 1

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Who speaks South African English (out of the many languages/ethnicities spoken in SA)?

south-african-english

dec 6 at 11:58 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Why is New York City also called “the Big Apple”?

etymology nouns adjectives proper-nouns nicknames

oct 26 at 22:42 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Dialectal and historical usage of “not care” in the meaning of “not mind”

verbs history dialects

sep 21 at 16:28 Hugo 30.8k

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Etymology of “typeface Weight”

etymology phrases terminology

12h ago Andrew Leach 25.5k

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Why is American English so wedded to the subjunctive?

american-english british-english subjunctive-mood

jul 31 at 22:26 FumbleFingers 58.4k

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English pronunciation of “charade” as in Pink Floyd song Pigs

pronunciation accent

feb 29 '12 at 4:03 mgb 15.4k

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What does “like being drowned in Skittles” mean?

meaning expressions

apr 6 '12 at 17:28 MετάEd 13.4k

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Meaning of “slice”

meaning

may 24 '12 at 18:48 cornbread ninja 麵包忍者 13.7k

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Word for someone who is burned out at work

single-word-requests

jun 17 '12 at 19:01 Brian Nixon 2,383

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Comma placement following a coordinating connector

punctuation conjunctions comma parentheses coordination

sep 8 at 11:25 Community♦ 1

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