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How do you quote a passage that has used '[sic]' mistakenly?

punctuation quotations

jul 29 at 18:16 ashes 76

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What is the rule for adjective order?

adjectives word-order

apr 16 at 17:34 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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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 are your favorite English language tools?

learning resources

1d ago Sam 1

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What the #$@&%*! is that called?

writing offensive-language symbols

oct 17 at 0:17 H Stephen Straight 634

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Can “thanks in advance” be considered rude?

politeness business-language

feb 24 at 9:58 Bill Franke 19k

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Which words in a title should be capitalized?

capitalization

mar 8 at 18:25 Community♦ 1

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“Login” or “log in”?

verbs adjectives orthography phrasal-verbs spacing

dec 26 at 21:04 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What animal is a “weefil”?

errors typography

oct 15 at 0:28 Zairja 4,029

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Are there rules about using “that” to join two clauses?

grammaticality conjunctions complex-sentences

may 17 at 23:04 John Lawler 35.5k

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What is the difference between dialogue and dialog?

american-english british-english orthography variants

nov 20 at 13:20 Rupert Goodwins 31

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Is there a name for synonyms that appear to have opposite meanings?

single-word-requests synonyms antonyms

apr 2 '12 at 20:34 Jim 5,466

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What is the Tacoma Narrows bridge doing in this picture?

single-word-requests

jun 8 '12 at 15:56 NominSim 482

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Languages understandable to English-speakers without learning

international

mar 5 at 5:56 ctype.h 244

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Pronunciation of “have” in “I don't have to” [do something]

pronunciation

dec 3 '11 at 7:25 Theta30 1,441

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Is there a word for four times as much, analogous to once, twice, and thrice?

single-word-requests

nov 25 '11 at 21:12 Daniel δ 32.2k

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Should we use plural or singular for a fraction of a mile?

grammatical-number numbers measuring-units

sep 6 at 15:10 tchrist 36.4k

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Ye olde english alphabet question: Any other letters lost besides thorn, edh, and yogh?

alphabet old-english

sep 30 at 20:34 tchrist 36.4k

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What did we gain in return for the loss of phonemic vowel length from Old English?

old-english phonetics middle-english stress vowel-length

jan 16 at 3:37 Alex B. 1,628

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Is it “front-end”, “frontend”, or “front end”?

orthography hyphen compounds

jul 21 '11 at 17:15 Daniel δ 32.2k

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Why is “dingbat” used to refer to characters like “☺”?

etymology nouns typography

sep 19 at 0:26 Community♦ 1

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-ing vs -in' ending

pronunciation gerund

feb 29 '12 at 21:21 J.R. 33.9k

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“Practice/practise” and “licence/license”

orthography

nov 16 at 19:54 lex 363

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Why does the incorrect plural “aircrafts” seem to be occurring more often?

nouns grammatical-number defective-nouns

jan 31 at 23:59 John ZyG 1

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Recipe — “spoonfuls” seems right but it seems wrong too

grammatical-number

dec 9 at 17:12 tchrist 36.4k

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Are W and Y vowels?

grammar vowels

jul 13 '11 at 22:27 david 194

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Should one stick to American style of placing punctuation marks within quotes if one uses the American spelling?

punctuation american-english british-english quotations quotation-marks

jan 3 at 9:55 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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The use of “Que” in pronunciation

pronunciation

dec 9 at 21:44 Colin Fine 23.4k

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