User Cyril - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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

word-choice politeness

dec 27 at 18:44 jwpat7 36.9k

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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 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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What is a feminine version of 'guys'?

word-choice gender

mar 29 at 13:03 tchrist 36.4k

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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 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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How would you define “Fluent” level in English?

learning

apr 23 '12 at 4:13 Community♦ 1

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Spelling of “moustache”

orthography

jan 27 at 22:47 Mynamite 1,165

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Are “might” and “should” past tenses of “may” and “shall”, respectively?

apr 24 '11 at 13:11 Lauren 192

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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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Which is correct: “could care less” or “couldn't care less”?

expressions conversation

may 13 '11 at 10:31 Lauren 192

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Is there any difference between “talk to someone” and “talk with someone”?

verbs prepositions phrasal-verbs

mar 28 '11 at 4:47 IIsi 50MHz 21

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

single-word-requests

sep 28 at 22:13 user26668 19

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“How come” vs “Why?”

history

sep 1 '11 at 15:07 waingram 21

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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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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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“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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“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 Shakespeare really invent 1700 words?

etymology history

may 31 '11 at 19:28 mgb 15.3k

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

adjectives

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

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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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“Whereäs” as an alternative spelling of “whereas”

etymology orthography diacritics diaeresis

oct 5 at 11:48 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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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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