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Mar 17 |
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What is the etymology of “todger”? I would have guessed todger was in part a play on roger/rodger both for nicknames and other uses |
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Feb 10 |
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Is “Just a friendly advice” grammatical? Your ngram starts in 1900. Looking at the 19th century might give a different view |
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Dec 31 |
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Can the verb “wonder” simply take an object? "Something made me jump. I wonder what." |
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Dec 17 |
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“On the tournament” vs. “in the tournament” took part in (is the correct usage, with these extra characters to fill out space) |
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Dec 13 |
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What do you call the main telephone number? +1 Switchboard for me |
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Dec 12 |
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“What's past is past” is a good grammar structure? @Mohit: I spotted phase/phrase. Thanks. If there are others, feel free to edit |
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Dec 1 |
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Usage of “in contrast” I would use "By contrast, ..." or "However, ..." |
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Nov 25 |
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Is ‘Today, Japan’s old age social security system is running at a deficit, is the whole country” in Forbes magazine a right sentence? Original at forbes.com/sites/stephenharner/2012/10/21/… |
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Nov 18 |
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I'm trying to teach Non-English kids the alphabet. What is a good list of words starting with A-Z? @Brian: Cockney/Surrealist alphabet |
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Nov 13 |
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How many tenses are there in English? Your structure of "[will/would] - [have] - [simple tense / be + ...ing]" is neat but might require simple tense to include the naked infinitive and the past participle. |
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Nov 6 |
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“If I didn't have” vs. “if I hadn't had” @Bill: My examples start in the same way as your first example. |
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Nov 6 |
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“If I didn't have” vs. “if I hadn't had” +1. You could have added something like If I did not have the example sentences, I would not understand the text or more positively If I had the example sentences, I would understand the text. |
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Nov 2 |
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How is 'via' pronounced and where did these variations come from? @Jim And because it is an ablative, in Latin it should have a long a |
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Oct 29 |
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Term for period between vernal and autumnal equinox Summer time (in Europe) and Daylight Saving Time (in North America) is not that far away. |
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Oct 29 |
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Has the use of these prepositions evolved? Yes, they seem to have changed |
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Oct 28 |
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Native English inferiority Many English speakers would reserve nativity for Christmas and the birth of Jesus. |
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Oct 28 |
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I still remember it as if it … yesterday 3 and 5 use the pluperfect, and would be better attached to "I still remembered it" |
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Oct 27 |
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How can one determine if the opposite of an agent noun exists? I really hate standee, which I see on capacity signs every time I catch a bus, usually paired with sitting. |
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Oct 25 |
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What are the names for geometric arrangements like 'quincunx'? Pentagon looks Greek at both ends |
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Oct 25 |
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“Implied” is to “explicit” as “implication” is to what? A few hundred examples of implicit statement |
