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Did English ever have a formal version of “you”?

nov 15 at 14:01 Zairja 4,029

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

word-choice nouns british-english politeness

jul 28 at 20:54 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What makes “like” and “so” popular?

word-usage conversation speech filler-words

oct 20 at 14:24 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Is it acceptable to start a sentence with “however”?

grammaticality word-order sentence conjunctions sentence-starts

oct 22 at 10:22 tchrist 36.4k

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How can I translate the words for the two types of bathrooms found in Russia into English?

british-english terminology translation

jan 2 at 21:40 MετάEd 13.5k

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What's the origin of “yo”?

etymology slang

apr 25 at 6:56 Hugo 30.8k

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“Washroom”, “restroom”, “bathroom”, “lavatory”, “toilet” or “toilet room”

word-choice

nov 2 at 19:18 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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A short term for something like “satisfaction + frustration”

single-word-requests

nov 28 at 10:19 J.R. 33.9k

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What is a less offensive synonym for “retarded”?

politeness

apr 5 '12 at 22:41 Mahnax 7,036

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Do serious grammarians endorse the “Can I”/“May I” distinction?

apr 27 '11 at 20:49 Peter Shor 23k

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When will “Present Perfect vs. Past Tense” cases be affected by culture?

american-english british-english past-tense present-perfect-tense pp-vs-sp

nov 2 at 22:39 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Why do people sometimes use the past perfect form of a verb when the past would suffice? (e.g. “you had mentioned”)

past-tense past-perfect sp-vs-past-perfect

dec 9 at 8:19 tchrist 36.4k

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What does 'gotcha' mean?

meaning idioms

jun 17 '11 at 8:39 Peter Mortensen 1,336

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What does “had had” mean? How does this differ from “had”?

meaning phrases past-perfect repetition

feb 16 at 10:31 maheswar swain 1

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What does “funny farm” mean?

meaning phrases

feb 28 '11 at 22:51 Hellion 24.5k

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“Can/may/will you help me with this?”

jan 4 at 10:23 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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What is the correct word order between “have/had”, “been”, and “already” in statements?

word-order

jan 29 at 19:28 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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May versus would

word-choice

aug 24 '10 at 6:35 Mehper C. Palavuzlar 14.6k

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Is it rude to say “how did you end up here”?

politeness phrasing

sep 21 at 21:33 bib 10.4k

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where should we use has/have been and had been?

verbs tenses present-perfect-tense past-perfect

sep 16 at 16:59 Community♦ 1

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Meaning of “stop for something”

meaning grammar sentence

may 2 '12 at 22:33 jwpat7 37.1k

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“can hardly” vs. “there's no way”

meaning phrases

nov 4 '11 at 12:37 TimLymington 16.6k

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Simple Past or Past Perfect

past-tense past-perfect tenses sp-vs-past-perfect

nov 23 at 10:40 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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When do I use present perfect tense instead of the simple past?

verbs tenses past-tense present-perfect-tense pp-vs-sp

nov 2 at 22:36 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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