User Steve Melnikoff - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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What are some examples of awkward sounding but grammatically correct sentences?

grammaticality writing-style

may 19 at 14:31 terdon 1,402

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Words with opposite meanings in different regions

may 18 at 11:29 Darling 17

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How do the tenses in English correspond temporally to one another?

verbs tenses conditional progressive-aspect pp-vs-sp

apr 14 at 10:47 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Why are the United States often referred to as America?

proper-nouns

apr 1 at 19:18 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Is there an apostrophe in a master's degree?

grammar apostrophe

mar 27 at 12:29 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Is it correct to use “punctuation outside of the quotations”, or “inside?”

punctuation quotation-marks

feb 3 at 12:42 tchrist 36.4k

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When discussing non sequiturs, is a non sequitur made by a participant considered as a non sequitur?

terminology

jan 30 at 15:24 Edwin Ashworth 5,290

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Why did only English undergo the Great Vowel Shift, making pronunciation stray so far from spelling?

history phonology

jan 21 at 21:56 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What is the correct spelling of “dependent”? Which preposition should follow it?

grammar

jan 16 at 15:23 Community♦ 1

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“Would have” in conditional clauses

word-choice grammaticality verbs conditional conditional-perfect

jan 6 at 6:55 tchrist 36.4k

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When should I use “Would”, “Would have”, “Will”, and “Will have”?

future-tense conditional future-perfect future-in-past conditional-perfect

jan 6 at 6:49 tchrist 36.4k

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Which is correct: “troubleshooted” or “troubleshot”?

verbs past-tense irregular

nov 16 at 7:13 tchrist 36.4k

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Capitalisation of nouns in English in the 17th and 18th centuries

writing british-english capitalization early-modern-english typography

nov 15 at 14:41 Stella B 21

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How many tenses are there in English?

nov 15 at 0:00 JSBձոգչ 32.2k

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Do most languages need more space than English?

writing translation

sep 27 at 20:58 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What is the difference between “till” and “until”?

grammar word-choice prepositions

aug 31 at 16:17 Tristan 1,175

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What is the correct term for a story that sits alongside another one in time and place?

single-word-requests terminology literary-techniques

aug 11 at 15:27 Dave M G 683

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How should I address a letter to a married couple who are both doctors?

salutation

jun 30 at 19:23 Brian Nixon 2,383

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Difference between Thee and thou?

pronouns early-modern-english

may 27 '12 at 19:27 Sarahndipity 21

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“If I was” or “If I were”. Which is more common, and which is correct?

word-choice grammaticality subjunctive-mood

may 22 '12 at 11:19 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What is the word for something that is punishable by law, but is not a crime?

single-word-requests terminology legal

may 20 '12 at 20:29 Jim 5,466

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Exactly what language do I (we) speak?

linguistics

may 2 '12 at 21:50 jwpat7 37.1k

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Why does legal English continue to remain archaic?

history archaic legal

may 2 '12 at 18:01 Jarrod Roberson 225

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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?

pronunciation vocabulary literature list-request

feb 24 '12 at 7:28 Neil McGuigan 169

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Is there any difference between 'often' and 'frequently'?

differences synonyms adverbs

feb 2 '12 at 20:23 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What word is complimentary, but sounds like “chunky”?

single-word-requests rhymes

feb 2 '12 at 1:47 Spoxjox 451

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Favourite untranslatables

translation list-request

jul 20 '11 at 13:11 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Word to describe “compliance with unspoken resistance”

word-choice single-word-requests vocabulary

jul 16 '11 at 11:25 Daniel δ 32.2k

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How to ask for a name of some thing?

word-choice questions

may 20 '11 at 3:16 Jamie 854

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Why is The Mall (Westminster, London) pronounced like mawl?

pronunciation british-english

may 18 '11 at 4:21 Garet Claborn 997

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