User Cyril - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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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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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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“Do” vs. “does” with multiple singular subjects

word-choice grammatical-number verb-agreement

jun 20 '11 at 17:32 Feral Oink 2,580

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“If the bowl had been stronger, my song had been longer.”

grammar tense semantics

jun 21 '11 at 16:45 JSBձոգչ 32.1k

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“Are” vs. “is” with compound subjects

word-choice grammaticality grammatical-number verb-agreement subject

jun 5 '11 at 21:55 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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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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What the British say vs. What the British mean

word-usage british-english ambiguity business-language

aug 9 '11 at 13:00 Matt Эллен 14.3k

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How to answer a negative question without ambiguity?

questions negation ambiguity

may 8 at 14:37 nga 1

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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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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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Where does the phrase “on end” come from?

etymology germanic-languages

aug 22 '11 at 12:18 kiamlaluno 28.7k

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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 171

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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 5,240

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Apart from place names, are there any Native American words used in English?

etymology vocabulary

may 2 '11 at 21:17 thursdaysgeek 620

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Is it acceptable to use “just as well” in an academic paper

phrases writing formality

may 2 '11 at 16:43 Mu Mind 226

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Origin of “If I've told you once I've told you a thousand times”

etymology idioms

may 5 '11 at 15:49 Cawas 181

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What's the (unobvious) meaning of “I saw you coming”?

meaning phrases

aug 6 '11 at 0:21 simchona♦ 22.2k

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Pronunciation of the English alphabet

pronunciation history

aug 12 '11 at 11:46 JSBձոգչ 32.1k

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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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Spelling of “moustache”

orthography

jan 27 at 22:47 Mynamite 1,165

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“Why is this not” versus “why is not this”

word-order questions

mar 17 '11 at 11:01 Billare 9,215

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“Would fly” versus “would have flown”

grammaticality past-tense subjunctive-mood past-perfect

apr 28 '11 at 15:30 Billare 9,215

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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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Do you really answer “How do you do?” with “How do you do?”

greetings questions

jun 6 '11 at 7:24 Community♦ 1

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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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Arcane/obscure word that represents a person's timeline or daily record

vocabulary single-word-requests

mar 25 '11 at 20:51 Marthaª 16.6k

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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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Use of they as singular

pronouns singular-they

sep 11 at 17:05 tchrist 36.4k

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Sorted vs Sorted out

word-choice american-english british-english

feb 26 '11 at 9:33 gpr 1,925

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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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