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Can the continuous form be combined with the passive voice?

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From Wells's "The Invisible Man", what does this sentence mean?

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What was going on with "quha", "quhat" and the like in Scots and English?

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Meaning of "Schemas are changed infrequently, if at all"

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"The more..., the less.." type of sentence corrections

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Hyphens in verb construction containing prefix such as "re"

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What are the component words of 'Cliffpocalypsemageddonacaust'? Can this be accepted as a practical English word?

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Is using the last name of a person without a title an accepted way of addressing?

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What is the meaning of this sentence - "Were it not for the bodies there on the ground, it would have appeared to be a normal day at the oasis."?

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"Suggestion" vs. "proposal"

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Why doesn't "wish" have the letter "n" in it?

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Is there a generally accepted group of grammatical terms for English?

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why use "be of something", is there some meaning for this "of"?

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Is the Latin abbreviation "f" (folio) commonly used in page ranges?

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meaning and usage of 'teh'

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What does "to whip the burn with a cardinal" mean?

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What is the difference between 'can', 'could', 'may' and 'might'?

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Do "I guess" and "I would say" have the same meaning?

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First appearance of a ghost after a person's death

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Advocate versus Partisan

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Can you explain the sentence structure 'In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit'? Why put the verb before the subject?

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Is the word "clinic", as in a basketball clinic, a natural and "warm" choice compared to alternatives such as "camp" and "program"?

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Are modal verbs finite or non-finite?

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Is it customary to call the former President George W. Bush “W.”, and Mrs. Bush “Bar”, in public?

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Why should “be” come after “neither a borrower nor lender,” not before them?

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Difference between wing chair and armchair

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Has elision revised the standard spelling of any words in the past century?

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What is ":-" used for?

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Alternatives to the noun 'dump' (as in "a data dump")

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What did 'make love' mean in the '60s?

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