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Identifying Main and Subordinate clauses

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What is a word for a philosophy that only focuses on efficacy and what is useful?

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Is there a name for this format - '5:number :: k: ? '?

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A word to describing “successfully passing a sentry”

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How is /ɑ:/ realized in British English: [ɑː] or more relaxed than [ɑː]?

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Is this an example of a mixed metaphor?

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“Cutting” meaning?

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Word meaning existing only in the present? [duplicate]

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What is the meaning of “a tad glib”? [closed]

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Is there such thing as “epic music” in english?

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What exactly does “first sought” mean? [closed]

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Use of gerunds to mean “because”

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Confusion about an email reply

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How would you describe a bully turning and twisting his shoes on a victim's chest?

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Is the sentence “Blood flows my veins” correct?

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Fill in the blanks with either of the words guilty or suspect

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‘Gen’ as a synonym for Atty?

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What does “truth is fungible” mean? [closed]

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positive or negative denotation question. Please help!

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Is this a proper usage of “that is”?

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Appointed to a chair vs to the chair

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two nouns for “do it now” and “delay it to the future”

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