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

word-choice

nov 2 at 19:18 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Is “I also don't know” less correct than “I don't know either”?

word-choice

sep 6 '11 at 18:38 Community♦ 1

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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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What does “life's a beach” mean?

meaning phrases

dec 4 at 16:34 brilliant 2,873

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What's the difference between “cabinet” and “cupboard”?

word-choice vocabulary

sep 15 '11 at 6:29 Community♦ 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♦ 45.2k

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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♦ 45.2k

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What's the difference between “to confirm” and “to verify”?

word-choice vocabulary

jun 19 '12 at 23:00 Mahnax 7,036

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Is there any difference in meaning between “She is not around” and “She is not here”?

meaning phrases

mar 29 '12 at 16:40 franki 11

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What's the difference between “successive” and “consecutive”?

word-choice vocabulary

nov 29 '10 at 11:13 b.roth 11.5k

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Would you use the word “swum” these days?

grammaticality past-participle

dec 21 '11 at 10:59 Pitarou 6,676

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What's the right word for “unclearity”?

single-word-requests nouns

apr 27 '11 at 18:47 user7872 11

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Does “to be on the rise” have any other meaning besides “to start”, “to begin” and “to be getting momentum”?

meaning

apr 8 '12 at 16:14 Community♦ 1

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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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In what case you would say “I am seeing” instead of “I see”?

word-choice phrases

nov 30 '10 at 17:09 Colin Fine 23.3k

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What's the difference between “along with” and “together with”?

meaning-in-context

may 6 '12 at 1:11 edwin 91

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On Saturday afternoon or in the Saturday afternoon?

single-word-requests

sep 16 '11 at 10:56 rudeovski ze bear 141

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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 1,459

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“Put it into the refrigerator” or “Put it in the refrigerator”? [duplicate]

word-choice grammaticality prepositions

may 25 '12 at 22:25 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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What's the difference between “intervene” and “interfere”?

word-choice

feb 21 '11 at 3:13 kiamlaluno 28.7k

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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 2,260

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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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What's the difference between “rock” and “stone”?

differences nouns

feb 24 '12 at 11:01 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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What's the difference between a tune and a melody?

word-choice terminology music

apr 10 '12 at 22:40 PhiNotPi 101

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“I have no charge on my cellphone” or “my cellphone is out of charge”?

word-choice

feb 4 '11 at 2:25 nohat♦ 35.7k

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What word best describes a small store that sells only glasses (spectacles)?

word-choice signage nomenclature

mar 28 '11 at 13:17 Lauren 192

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What is the difference between “that's odd”, “that' s weird”, and “that's strange”?

word-choice

feb 17 '11 at 13:28 kiamlaluno 28.7k

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Words to describe something that does not reach your expectations for it

single-word-requests phrase-requests

may 2 '11 at 23:57 Warren P 589

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Does “bend your knees, please” have the same meaning as “squat down, please”?

meaning phrases

mar 25 '11 at 4:58 Mithun 516

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How to use possessive apostrophe with words in quotation marks?

possessive apostrophe quotes

oct 20 at 14:48 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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