English Language & Usage

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What is the phrase for a romantic relationship between two incompatible personality types?
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Is the concrete nouns set larger than abstract one? [closed]
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What does 'ever' modify? [migrated]
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What kind of statements are “the best pie I’ve ever eaten” and “the most beautiful mountain I’ve seen in my life” [closed]
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Is there a simple and quick method, tip, or trick to identify where to use who vs whom in conversation? [duplicate]
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What is the difference between "would be needed" and "may be needed"?
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Agreeing with a negative statement: “No” or “Yes”?
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“Why does a Moon-rock taste better than an Earth-rock?” joke meaning [closed]
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Are English negative polarity questions biased?
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Which is correct and in what context: John was the architect of the Royal Hotel, or John is the architect of the Royal Hotel
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Struggling with participle phrases - adjectival vs adverbial
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Capitalising Abbreviations in Titles
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Capitalising minor words in titles [closed]
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What’s the Word for representing someone else and taking actions on their behalf/in their name”?
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Is “senior year” a direct object or something else in “I played my senior year”? What about “perfect game” in “I threw a perfect game”?
Awarded Mar 17 at 13:48
Should 'PFA' be followed by 'is'? [migrated]
Awarded Mar 17 at 5:31
Which is correct "The party who makes the request " or "The party which makes the request"
Awarded Mar 16 at 17:42
Origin of quote “Mathematics is the second cheapest profession, requiring only paper and pencil and a wastebasket. ...”
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Modals of obligation occuring in the past [migrated]
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Why are they grammatical, "those things a thought," those a thought"?
Awarded Mar 16 at 14:09
Grammatical structure of "The one thing we know how to measure best is IQ."
Awarded Mar 16 at 3:12
What is the grammatical term for using a noun without attaching a personal identifier to that noun?
Awarded Mar 16 at 0:18
Is there some useful rule of thumb to distinguish words with the suffix -ence from those with -ense?
Awarded Mar 15 at 20:17
What does “fortune” mean in “seek one’s fortune”?
Awarded Mar 15 at 16:35
"Since Version x.y.z" or "Version x.y.z or later"?
Awarded Mar 15 at 11:47
Is "throw in an ape" an expression?
Awarded Mar 15 at 6:26
What is another word for "missing" in the context of missing someone who has passed away? [closed]
Awarded Mar 15 at 2:32
What was the reference to 'federal case' in the movie Air Force One
Awarded Mar 14 at 23:41
What's an adjective/phrase for "as a matter of principle"?
Awarded Mar 14 at 23:11
Can "treat" be used as a generic term for junk food, drinks or sweets?
Awarded Mar 14 at 12:28
Use of "need" as modal auxiliary verb
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What's a good word to describe someone who is prone to sudden changes of mood? [closed]
Awarded Mar 13 at 22:07
Is "turn comments" or "turning comments" an idiomatic way of responding to feedback?
Awarded Mar 13 at 20:51
Can a semicolon be used before the coordinating conjunction "but"?
Awarded Mar 13 at 18:36
What's it called when someone starts a well-known saying but doesn't finish it? [duplicate]
Awarded Mar 13 at 12:33
Why is there an apostrophe in the name Ilya M. Sobol'? [closed]
Awarded Mar 12 at 5:25
Is post-hyphenation necessary in "I am a child and adult psychologist..."?
Awarded Mar 11 at 20:22
Is it right to use "is mixed" in this sentence?
Awarded Mar 11 at 16:40
What grammar is this: Only once you ... are you interested in [duplicate]
Awarded Mar 10 at 2:25
In the Yakuza games, they say that "the first penguin" is a term of respect in America. Is this true?
Awarded Mar 9 at 21:35
What is the proper term for describing all 50 states in the USA, without including territories etc
Awarded Mar 9 at 21:25
Correct order for prices per unit
Awarded Mar 9 at 12:17
When is "Northern fall"?
Awarded Mar 9 at 1:51
Why was the Sanskrit word "laksha" anglicized to "lakh"?
Awarded Mar 9 at 1:19
What do you call this function in language: 'ignite' → 'igniter' ; 'wait'→'waiter' ; 'run' →'runner"
Awarded Mar 9 at 0:32
I may go to the party - permission or possibility? Or both? [duplicate]
Awarded Mar 8 at 20:05
Can a verb be used as a linking verb and an auxiliary verb in a compound predicate sentence?
Awarded Mar 8 at 16:47
What is the name for a group of words that share antonyms but do not necessarily equate?
Awarded Mar 8 at 13:33
Seem - a copula verb, should not have any auxiliary verbs associated with it (except a modal). Correct?
Awarded Mar 8 at 6:05
"In the past" or "Into the past"?
Awarded Mar 7 at 19:56
Why some write "an" in "an bosonic"? [migrated]
Awarded Mar 6 at 21:17
May I start a sentence with a verb "develop" or do I need to use "to"? [closed]
Awarded Mar 6 at 15:48
What is the name for the phenomenon where an English verb that takes a clausal complement either does or does not mark the infinitive with "to"?
Awarded Mar 6 at 2:50
Is it correct to say "he led me through a path"?
Awarded Mar 4 at 8:10
Is “Wally the walrus to get ‘floating boat’ to stop him sinking boats” grammatically correct? How should this be used then?
Awarded Mar 4 at 6:25
Is a collection of years plural or singular?
Awarded Mar 3 at 21:34
What does 'picket fence' mean here? [closed]
Awarded Mar 3 at 19:46
Creating system for noting secondary source in block quotation while preserving original source citations. New edition of previously published work
Awarded Mar 3 at 14:55
Looking for a word, phrase or expression that means "liking something which is generally considered bad for you"?
Awarded Mar 3 at 14:47
Why does substituting a noun-verb with its contraction form seem awkward or grammatically incorrect? [duplicate]
Awarded Mar 2 at 20:55
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