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I write and teach and run long distances and play a mediocre concertina.

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Why is a mule driver called a “skinner”?

meaning etymology

apr 25 at 20:21 Sven Yargs 2,531

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When Things Used To be “Worth 'X' Millions”

usage numbers

feb 8 at 13:44 Jon Hanna 12.4k

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What do you call a poem or song that sets up a rhyme and then ignores it?

poetry rhymes

feb 4 at 15:50 smartalek 21

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A word for “Painful Anticipation” [closed]

single-word-requests

nov 29 at 14:59 Kristina Lopez 7,191

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Hallucinating + [preposition]

word-choice grammaticality prepositions

jan 20 at 14:28 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Origin of “Set on Its Ear”

meaning idioms

dec 16 at 5:07 StoneyB 20.2k

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“Archetype” vs. “stereotype”

differences nouns

nov 13 at 22:51 MετάEd 13.5k

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Has the suffix “-trix” acquired a pejorative meaning in recent years?

word-usage suffixes

apr 21 at 10:56 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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What is the “Wire Service Era”?

meaning meaning-in-context

jan 8 at 6:49 coleopterist 20.3k

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Referring to X (plural) units of Y as an “it”

grammar pronouns agreement

dec 1 at 9:34 Kris 13.7k

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“More that” vs. “more than” [closed]

grammar usage errors

nov 25 at 9:24 MετάEd 13.5k

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“Thus” vs. “Thusly”

differences word-usage adverbs usage

nov 15 at 9:16 J.R. 33.8k

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Punctuation outside of quotes [duplicate]

punctuation period question-mark quotation-marks

nov 12 at 19:37 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Is a document “Roman Numeraled”, “Roman Numbered”…?

word-choice

apr 5 at 18:26 camelbrush 1,124

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The “only…but” problem

meaning word-choice connotation

dec 12 at 16:55 tylerharms 3,814

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Proper punctuation of “three to five page essay” [duplicate]

grammar punctuation hyphen

nov 20 at 14:50 tylerharms 3,814

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Explaining the comparative form of “numb” [closed]

meaning usage comparative

nov 18 at 18:09 John Lawler 35.3k

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