User Chris Dwyer - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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

dec 20 at 12:36 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Which day does “next Tuesday” refer to?

meaning idioms time this-next

mar 18 at 18:35 jakar 101

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Why are days of the week proper nouns?

proper-nouns

aug 26 '11 at 6:48 Peter Mortensen 1,336

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Pronunciation of “Blessed”

pronunciation

dec 16 at 2:33 Community♦ 1

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Is Apple's Old Slogan, “Think Different”, grammatically incorrect?

phrases grammaticality slogan

jan 23 '12 at 7:05 David Schwartz 5,193

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Why is English written and read left to right?

writing reading

feb 22 at 21:41 nongmomo 1

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“Cannon” as plural

etymology grammatical-number

nov 1 '11 at 12:26 Peter Shor 23k

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Pronunciation of “Short-lived”

pronunciation

nov 13 at 10:10 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Origin of the usage of “Man” as a word of exclamation

etymology

feb 25 '11 at 15:50 Chris Dwyer 4,513

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How did the slang meaning of “owned” come to be?

slang

dec 25 '10 at 14:06 Community♦ 1

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Origin of the word “yummy”

etymology

dec 30 at 18:44 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Difference between an acronym and abbreviation?

differences nouns terminology abbreviations acronyms

nov 26 at 13:11 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Is “misconfigured” a word?

grammaticality formality past-participle is-it-a-word

mar 30 at 17:10 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Origin of the phrase “Oh, Dear!”

phrases interjections

jan 23 at 3:38 Throq 11

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“Well” and “good” as applied to the quality of photographs

grammaticality adjectives adverbs

apr 13 '11 at 1:57 Billare 9,240

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When to use passive and active voice [closed]

writing speech style passive-voice active-voice

feb 13 '11 at 0:55 Mark Cidade 154

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Using “skies” instead of “sky”

grammatical-number word-usage

jun 10 '11 at 10:48 Colin Fine 23.5k

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“Well” as an introduction to an argument

etymology conversation

may 7 '11 at 21:57 John Cowan 61

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Why does “under the sea” mean “in the sea”?

word-choice prepositions

mar 4 '12 at 2:34 cornbread ninja 麵包忍者 13.7k

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Is it “end quote” or “unquote”?

quotes reading

oct 1 '11 at 4:27 Community♦ 1

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Why are baseball statistics called “sabermetrics”?

etymology

apr 13 '11 at 9:20 Billare 9,240

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Is it appropriate for me to pronounce words ending in “ths” (e.g. “paths”) with a “z” sound at the end?

pronunciation

oct 13 '11 at 21:46 Community♦ 1

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Diaconate vs. Deacon

etymology grammatical-number

oct 4 '10 at 14:20 Kosmonaut 31.3k

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Meaning of “flip the script”

meaning phrases verbs nouns slang

oct 1 at 13:09 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Origin of using the phrase “folks” to refer to parents

etymology word-usage

jul 11 at 18:34 Barrie England 78.9k

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What are the differences between “shop,” “shoppe,” and “store”?

meaning

jul 1 at 2:42 Alex 1

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Is “Pick up those blocks” grammatically incorrect?

grammar grammatical-number

sep 3 '11 at 8:53 Community♦ 1

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Is it “dressing” if I cooked my “stuffing” outside of the turkey?

meaning food

feb 18 '11 at 4:11 Marthaª 16.7k

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Why is the word “whatnot” a construction of “what” and “not”?

meaning etymology

mar 25 at 19:24 Community♦ 1

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Is the word “minute” drifting?

meaning

sep 10 '11 at 12:24 F'x 24.8k

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