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Is “agreeance” a proper word?

grammaticality paronyms

apr 1 '11 at 9:53 Lauren 192

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What is the best way to express that an email contains an attachment?

formality email

oct 31 at 14:40 Community♦ 1

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What is the purpose of using the word “why” in “why, thank you”?

meaning phrases expressions

feb 6 '12 at 6:21 Community♦ 1

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Is “I am writing to inform you” awkward or outdated?

phrases email letter-writing

feb 28 at 5:39 FumbleFingers 58.4k

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What is the meaning of “I am humbled”?

meaning politeness

jun 9 '12 at 13:44 Community♦ 1

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Which is correct: coming down the “pike” or “pipe”?

word-choice idioms expressions

nov 17 at 15:45 Blake 1

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Is there a more common phrase that means “preponed”?

grammar neologisms

apr 12 '12 at 9:33 Community♦ 1

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“Can/may/will you help me with this?”

jan 4 at 10:23 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Successfull/successful - is this a UK/US difference?

british-english orthography dialects

apr 4 at 14:53 Andrew 1

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How should I ask for a bill in a restaurant politely?

word-choice nouns politeness

may 24 '12 at 8:20 Community♦ 1

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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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What is the correct way to pronounce 'router'?

pronunciation

nov 2 at 19:16 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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“Based on” instead of “based off of”

word-choice prepositions

mar 21 '12 at 14:44 Mehper C. Palavuzlar 14.6k

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What is meant by “steep learning curve”?

meaning learning

feb 7 '11 at 7:58 Lauren 192

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Should I put a comma before the last item in a list?

punctuation writing-style comma

dec 20 at 12:36 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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When should “into” be used rather than “in to,” and vice versa?

word-choice prepositions

jan 12 '12 at 22:16 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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What does “I stand corrected” mean?

meaning idioms

feb 13 at 0:10 faith 1

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Use of “I”, “we” and the passive voice in a scientific thesis

writing personal-pronouns style passive-voice mathematics

may 11 '11 at 21:36 Arjang 354

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Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?

grammaticality grammatical-number collective-nouns

jul 16 at 15:04 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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What is a respectful way to refer to a person who has died?

word-choice

oct 5 '11 at 8:48 Mark 2,996

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Do most languages need more space than English?

writing translation

sep 27 at 20:58 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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“On a lighter note”: what is the meaning of this and how to use it?

phrases grammaticality

nov 2 at 19:34 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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How many spaces should come after a period/full stop?

punctuation period typography spacing

nov 19 at 14:45 Mark Thomas 103

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Starting sentence with “indeed” to complete previous statement

grammaticality word-order sentence-starts

oct 22 at 10:27 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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“Each other” vs. “one another”

word-choice

nov 16 at 0:13 Community♦ 1

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“I'm well” vs. “I'm good” vs. “I'm doing well”, etc

grammar greetings

apr 19 '12 at 8:00 Hugo 30.7k

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What does “a couple” mean to you, and what does “a few” mean to you?

word-choice vocabulary

jan 14 '11 at 2:30 Lauren 192

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“Toilet”, “lavatory” or “loo” for polite society

word-choice nouns british-english politeness

jul 28 at 20:54 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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“Best Before” says “11 MA 23”; is it May or March?

meaning-in-context date

jun 25 at 3:11 Community♦ 1

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What is an alternative for “thank you”?

alternative

mar 20 '11 at 21:01 jbelacqua 1,751

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