English Language & Usage

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Why does “it” have a dehumanizing connotation?
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What is the origin of 'common or garden'?
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Meaning of “if the shoe fits wear it” doesn't fit
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What would you call a form of government where the community governs itself?
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How common is the word “trousers” in American English?
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What could be a dictionary approved, synonymous alternative for 'intentful'?
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Structure with Wish statements about future events: past perfect or past?
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How to spell [ʒʊʒd] and what does it mean?
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Difficulty understanding how the word “actual” works in “…actual problems that you face.”
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The English translation for the Chinese word “剩女”, meaning an unmarried girl over 27 without a boyfriend
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Is there a generic word for young livestock?
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What is the noun for “encoding”?
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The English translation for the Chinese word “剩女”, meaning an unmarried girl over 27 without a boyfriend
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What does children mean in “Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.“?
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“believe me to be”? What is it?
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What do you call a 'usury' ('bad deal') agreement that doesn't involve a loan?
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A good term describing the dichotomy between stochastic and deterministic?
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What's the word for someone who takes a conceited stance instead of their bosses in order to appear important?
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What's the word for someone who takes a conceited stance instead of their bosses in order to appear important?
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Better way to say “ensuring high attendance?”
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How to describe a cloak touching the ground behind you as you walk?
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Hyphenation: Should it be context dependence or context-dependence?
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What's the opposite action of “rounding a number”?
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What does children mean in “Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.“?
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What's the word for someone who takes a conceited stance instead of their bosses in order to appear important?
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“I was so pleased to be seen I made him repeat it.”
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'What ho!' of Bertie Wooster
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tale otherwise so utterly improbable
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When do you use “learnt” and when “learned”?
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The meaning of “do a full-pipe roughie”
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Where does the expression “to shine someone on” come from? And does it have racist origins?
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Meaning and etymology of the “ite” and “ine/ene” endings of mineral names
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Alternative to “old-fashioned”, with a distinct and positive meaning?
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How to describe when someone repeatedly does something so that people ask about it
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“Suggestion” vs. “proposal”
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“Suggestion” vs. “proposal”
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to confirm the rhyme I wrote is right
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What is the difference between candidly and honestly?
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Confusion about an email reply
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Are units in English singular or plural?
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Why does Steven Pinker say that “can’t” + “any” is just as much of a double-negative as “can’t” + “no” is in “I can’t get no/any satisfaction”?
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What should I use instead of “From my Knowledge”
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Word for wanting a problem to be fixed
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Idiom/proverb: if you keep calling someone a mouse, they might start thinking they're a mouse
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Can snow be dry?
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Do you know any words to describe the “ability to make choices”?
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What is the meaning of 'without' in the phrase “was willing to live with him without”?
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What does it mean by “Un coup de rouge” in this context?
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“agenda-driven”: single-word synonyms and a good definition
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Smelt vs smelled
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What does “spare” mean in the context below?
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Is there an English adjective which means “asks questions frequently”?
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Can We Use Articles Before Adjective And Adverb
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“The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh would like to be remembered to you.” - what does that mean?
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