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1 answer

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grammar sentence

BillJ

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k1eran

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answered 18 hours ago

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1 answer

78 views

Literary/poetic way of saying hello

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1 vote

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Would it be "current-controlling device" or "current controlling device"?

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TheBernhardvH

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modified May 24 at 0:42

0 votes

1 answer

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What's the difference between "on a Saturday" and "on Saturday"? [closed]

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KillingTime

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modified May 24 at 13:53

1 vote

1 answer

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modified May 24 at 19:23

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Is there a word or phrase to describe people who blindly support someone, no matter what wrong they do?

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Noun phrases within other noun phrases

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modified 13 hours ago

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1 answer

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“He’s made new friends when he changed roles”

past-tense present-perfect simple-past

John Lawler

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answered May 23 at 12:35

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2 answers

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1 vote

1 answer

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In what varieties of English is "working" used (as a gerund) instead of "work" (as a noun)?

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How can I distinguish between supplements and modifiers as proposed in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (CGEL)?

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need a short idiom/phrase or word for two people/things that are complete opposites

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2 votes

1 answer

33 views

what does the expression "I was feathered" mean?

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answered 2 days ago

0 votes

1 answer

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How do I distinguish wanting something to happen vs predicting it will happen?

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Omit relative pronoun while connecting two relative clauses

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answered May 23 at 21:01

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1 answer

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need an idiom or phrase that means that the same event resulted (or results) in contrasting outcomes for 2 different inividuals

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Ditzy Mitzy

24

answered May 24 at 10:11

0 votes

0 answers

50 views

What Do "Holes" and "Pulled-up" Mean Here? [closed]

poetry

Joachim

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modified May 25 at 14:19

0 votes

1 answer

30 views

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relative-clauses

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modified May 25 at 19:14

3 votes

1 answer

48 views

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answered 13 hours ago

0 votes

1 answer

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Word request for a in-game page

single-word-requests meaning word-choice

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4,612

answered May 22 at 16:15

-1 votes

0 answers

43 views

Is "Why having a pen pal" grammaticaly correct? [closed]

grammar

Brindille

1

modified May 24 at 22:47

0 votes

2 answers

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"Didn't any" and "didn't either" [closed]

meaning ambiguity

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answered May 24 at 13:33

1 vote

1 answer

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answered May 23 at 14:47

1 vote

1 answer

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0 votes

1 answer

33 views

Syllabify geology [closed]

syntactic-analysis

ghurley

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1 vote

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0 votes

1 answer

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Restating preposition in a conjunctive phrase to avoid ambiguity

verbs prepositions ambiguity conjunctions

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modified 14 hours ago

1 vote

1 answer

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0 answers

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grammaticality is-it-a-rule possessive-pronouns possessive-determiners

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modified May 24 at 10:57

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1 answer

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Use of 'Get' in a particular type of sentences

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answered 2 days ago

0 votes

1 answer

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spelling-pronunciations

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2 answers

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grammar

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1 answer

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answered 2 days ago

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