Jay Elston

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PhD student in search of a thesis topic.

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32	Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom “carrying coals to Newcastle”?
8	Why is “that” used here?
8	What is a suitable word to describe a place where two rivers meet?
7	Word for “letter or letter-like character”?
6	What's the difference between “pervasive” and “ubiquitous”?

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+10	What's the difference between these names of moving water?
+2	When should I capitalize the word “principal”?
+10	Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom “carrying coals to Newcastle”?
+2	“Walk”, “talk”: forms not in any other language

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3	What is the word or phrase of the relationship between an account and a bank?

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32 american-english × 2	16 word-choice × 5
32 british-english	14 expressions × 4
32 idioms	8 meaning-in-context
23 single-word-requests × 8	8 geography

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