User Cyril - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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How to answer a negative question without ambiguity?

may 8 at 14:37 nga 1

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What is a feminine version of 'guys'?

word-choice gender

mar 29 at 13:03 tchrist 36.4k

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Is the “really” in “I don't really know” necessary?

phrases expressions

mar 25 at 8:41 G.S. 196

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Is there software that can determine whether I speak with a neutral accent?

learning accent

mar 14 at 22:41 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Why do non-native English speakers get the present participle wrong?

participle present-participle non-native-english

mar 8 at 12:52 Sara Costa 149

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Spelling of “moustache”

orthography

jan 27 at 22:47 Mynamite 1,155

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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♦ 45.2k

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How do native English speakers respond to “Thank you”?

word-choice politeness

dec 27 at 18:44 jwpat7 36.8k

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When would you say “woods”, and when would you say “forest”?

word-choice vocabulary differences

dec 7 at 22:34 TRiG 2,260

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How should I phrase a question that must be answered with an ordinal number (e.g., the third prime)?

questions ordinals

nov 27 at 9:42 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Is “The City Beautiful” (Orlando's motto) grammatically correct?

grammaticality word-order motto hyperbaton

nov 16 at 5:11 tchrist 36.4k

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Do accents still play a role in British class distinctions to the present day? How have things changed since the 1960s and Received Pronunciation?

british-english sociolinguistic received-pronunciation

oct 30 at 14:55 Community♦ 1

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Is there a difference between “arse” and “ass”?

etymology differences british-english offensive-language north-american-english

oct 27 at 0:34 tchrist 36.4k

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“Whereäs” as an alternative spelling of “whereas”

etymology orthography diacritics diaeresis

oct 5 at 11:48 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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What is a word for a person who has been initiated into secret knowledge (apprentice, ___, master)?

single-word-requests nouns

oct 3 at 11:21 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Is there a more fancy name for a “kitchen hole”?

single-word-requests

sep 28 at 22:13 user26668 19

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Use of they as singular

pronouns singular-they

sep 11 at 17:05 tchrist 36.4k

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Is it appropriate to use short form of “have” ('ve) when it means possession?

contractions

aug 16 at 14:00 JSBձոգչ 32.1k

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Is it correct to use “their” instead of “his or her”?

grammaticality pronouns personal-pronouns gender singular-they

jul 21 at 2:43 Community♦ 1

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“Toward” or “towards” – what would a native speaker use?

word-choice prepositions american-english british-english formality

jul 16 at 9:23 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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How small does a land-mass have to be before you live “on” it, rather than “in” it?

word-choice differences

jun 17 '12 at 22:35 Edwin Ashworth 5,215

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How would you define “Fluent” level in English?

learning

apr 23 '12 at 4:13 Community♦ 1

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Did English ever have a word for 'yes' for negative questions?

etymology history questions old-english middle-english

apr 17 '12 at 21:56 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Adjective/adverb that means “seemingly clever, but actually foolish”

word-choice single-word-requests

apr 7 '12 at 18:27 Justicle 126

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My shoes can't think; how can they be sensible?

adjectives

mar 7 '12 at 0:11 Bidella 2,052

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Are the speakers in this video speaking standard American English?

american-english accent

feb 10 '12 at 0:01 Jim 5,466

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Why does American English pluralize certain singular nouns?

american-english

jan 1 '12 at 18:25 Iain 21

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What are these symbols called in the English language?

terminology numbers symbols short-form

sep 6 '11 at 9:40 Thursagen 1

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“How come” vs “Why?”

history

sep 1 '11 at 15:07 waingram 21

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Where does the phrase “on end” come from?

etymology germanic-languages

aug 22 '11 at 12:18 kiamlaluno 28.7k

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