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What's the difference between “You have my word” and “I promise”?

word-choice

may 16 at 22:11 English900 21

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“I have no money on my cell phone account” or “my cellphone is out of money” or how?

word-choice

may 2 at 21:34 p.s.w.g 1,465

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Is using past participle instead of present one more polite?

may 1 at 2:33 thesaintsnumber1fan 1

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“Woman is the 'n-word' of the world”?

word-choice offensive-language

apr 23 at 14:59 brilliant 2,878

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What is a “go-around” in this context?

meaning

apr 22 at 5:22 user42968 101

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An English equivalent of 'intelligentsia'? [duplicate]

single-word-requests

mar 11 at 5:29 waiwai933♦ 8,565

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Is there an informal way to describe a woman that can not have a baby?

word-choice single-word-requests formality

feb 25 at 12:46 Robusto 82.4k

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Do Americans pronounce “Ellen” and “Alan” in the same way?

pronunciation american-english proper-nouns vowels

feb 5 at 6:43 Peter Keen 1

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“I just ate them” and “I've just eaten them” — What's the difference in American and in British?

meaning past-tense pp-vs-sp

jan 23 at 9:44 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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In the movie “Meet the Fockers” does the word “Focker” really sound different?

pronunciation offensive-language minced-oaths

jan 3 at 8:30 Dohn Joe 362

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Choosing Past Simple or Past Perfect: Do I need “had” here?

grammar tenses past-perfect auxiliary-verbs sp-vs-past-perfect

dec 9 at 8:18 tchrist 36.4k

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When would you say “woods”, and when would you say “forest”?

word-choice vocabulary differences

dec 7 at 22:34 TRiG 2,278

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What does “life's a beach” mean?

meaning phrases

dec 4 at 16:34 brilliant 2,878

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What's the difference between “he's going to start walking” and “he's going to walk”? [closed]

meaning phrases future-tense will-be-going

nov 14 at 5:01 tchrist 36.4k

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What would you call her actions here?

single-word-requests

nov 13 at 23:09 FumbleFingers 58.5k

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“Washroom”, “restroom”, “bathroom”, “lavatory”, “toilet” or “toilet room”

word-choice

nov 2 at 19:18 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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How do you pronounce “what did you” in “So what did you dream about?” and other similar questions?

pronunciation

nov 2 at 6:33 Django Reinhardt 1,029

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Adjective describing possession by someone else

single-word-requests adjectives possessive negation

oct 21 at 13:26 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Is it correct to say “I feel painful” to mean “I feel pain”?

meaning word-choice grammaticality phrases adjectives

oct 21 at 13:17 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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How to use possessive apostrophe with words in quotation marks?

possessive apostrophe quotes

oct 20 at 14:48 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Is “you” a direct object in “What can I do you for?”?

grammar object

oct 19 at 21:33 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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What's the right possessive pronoun for “nobody”? [duplicate]

pronouns possessive personal-pronouns singular-they

oct 6 at 19:45 tchrist 36.4k

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The place where the railroad crosses the road

word-choice vocabulary dialects

sep 28 at 22:37 Spare Oom 1,114

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Apples are “in the tree” or “on the tree”?

grammar prepositions

sep 26 at 9:53 Community♦ 1

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What are the differences in pronunciation of “borrow”, “burrow” and “burro” in American English?

pronunciation american-english

sep 23 at 18:53 Mary 234

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“Why …?” vs. “Why is it that … ?”

questions

sep 14 at 12:24 RegDwighт♦ 45.3k

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Describing the absence of equality or competitiveness

phrase-requests

sep 3 at 20:05 jwpat7 37.1k

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“Your company name” or “Your company's name”?

possessive apostrophe

sep 1 at 2:25 Community♦ 1

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“to comment out” before the era of programming

word-usage

aug 24 at 19:02 Gareth Rees 1,780

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Using the figure of fire in describing your fear of something [closed]

grammar

aug 23 at 22:06 FumbleFingers 58.5k

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