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Is "when" considered a preposition in this sentence with extraposition and is the chunk an adjunct?
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Is to be "very weak at/ on something" insulting?
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Meaning of "How many Euros can be exchanged for 5 USD?"
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Parsing a peculiar legal sentence [closed]
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Is there a better word for the sound of a mechanical "whirr"?
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Adverbs in the Middle Position BUT WHERE?
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What is the technical grammatical difference between these two sentences?
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Can the adverb "perfectly" modify the verb "to be"?
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A term (or phrase) for when a person tries to represent the rarest scenario as the most common
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Confusion between full stop and comma usage while writing a letter
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"Ay me" origins and usage?
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Correct usage of 'nostalgia' [migrated]
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Context-specific hyphenation
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What does "gadget" really mean?
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What meaning of "off" is used in "bedrooms off the hallway"?
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Why do people pronounce old as ooooooold sometimes?
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Can "hence" be used to refer to time forward relative a past event in the context of the past event (moving from past perfect to simple past)?
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Why is "sepulcher" pronounced the way it is?
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Which is correct? "I suggest mum (to) invite my auntie" [duplicate]
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Why do some people start with subject 'I' and later shift to 'we'?
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Can “niche” be used as a collective noun?
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Can “spooky” and “sketchy” be considered synonyms?
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What does the phrase "A blank is a blank is a blank" mean?
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What is the difference between "Chinese-Canadian" and "Canadian-Chinese"?
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Prepositional phrases next to adjectives
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What is the grammatical structure of {the + superlative substantive}?
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How to identify as being Native American while not being of aboriginal descent?
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The counterpart of "facial" for head
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Do spell and pronounce mean the same? [closed]
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Why do we say “it’s (singular) days (plural) like these (plural)”? [duplicate]
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Does things here mean materialistic things or does it have different context [closed]
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How to spell the sound that a person makes when blowing through their mouth
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Present perfect or past simple while telling a story
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Is there a word for fans making excuses for their favorite artist? [duplicate]
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archaic term for the word not
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Can I front an adverbial phrase like "high among the clouds"?
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What does "1C18" mean? [closed]
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"Non-refundable move in/move out fee" Interpretation
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Idiom for unexpected solution?
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What is the grammatical role of the last line of Gray's 'Elegy'?
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What is the adjectival form of "paragon"?
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What's a phrase that describes a person who keeps making attempts doomed to fail because they don't want their previous work to have been for nothing?
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Relative clause with genitive and plural
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Correct spelling of 'timestamp': one or two words?
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Replace em dash with semicolon [duplicate]
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Are there any rules for mixing capital and small letters in acronyms?
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Interesting construct, grammatically unclear
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"a" vs "the" articles: an object identified by another object
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Which word, 'when' or 'where,' is more appropriate to describe 'stage' in the following sentence?
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Are there examples of mutual loanwords in French and in English?
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Abbreviation for "read as", often used for spelling out euphemisms
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Does using a preposition phrase instead of a direct object change the transitivity of a verb?
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Is "(here: a specific instance)" correct English?
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Is "take disagreement with" a phrase? If not, what am I thinking of?
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Was/Were - Singular or Plural? [closed]
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What is a general term for an organism with more than 4 legs?
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How does "dare" change in indirect speech?
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Three-word compound adjectives that look awful [closed]
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meaning of sentence with "include __ other than __" structure
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Which punctuation is best for connecting the latter longer clause in this sentence, or is the comma splice okay? [closed]
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