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Is a “lock of hair” necessarily separate from the rest of someone’s hair?
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another’s person or another person?
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Is “Cold water becomes hot water.” logically correct? [migrated]
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What is the name of the accent of the girl? [closed]
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Is the sentence “you will find me in fine state” grammatical? [migrated]
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What's another word for “disingenuous interpretation” that also insinuates a malicious interpretation (not merely inaccurate)?
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Pre-construction and post construction [duplicate]
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How to specify uniqueness within a group? [migrated]
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What's another word for “disingenuous interpretation” that also insinuates a malicious interpretation (not merely inaccurate)?
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Subordinate clauses headed by “With”
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Word for a topic with an unreachable conclusion
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Infinitive vs. To Be Gerund [duplicate]
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The use of the term “agreeability” when comparing two results
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Word that describes a stand in or a frontman? [duplicate]
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Simple question [Bare Infinitive] [duplicate]
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What's the meaning of “taking someone up for the downs”? [closed]
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What does “dire is the horseman's wheel” mean?
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Is there such a phrase as “show them to the house”? [closed]
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Should something be divided to be called “parts”? [closed]
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Is there an English transitive verb meaning “to make someone/something valuable”?
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What's a better line for 'Not sharing knowledge is a crime and I am not a criminal ' [closed]
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Is “double click” ambiguous? [closed]
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How to change “bright-red” into the adverb? [duplicate]
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“There are things I can't give up either/too”, which is correct?
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An alternative valediction for sailors to “fair winds”
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What does “having an impressionable look” mean? [closed]
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Noun-clause beginning with “what” involving an infinitive [closed]
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How to use parentheses, commas, or neither to give additional information? [closed]
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Is this correct - period of the order of several thousands of days? [closed]
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Is there an alternative term for “boyfriend” when talking about an elderly man?
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whats a suffix or prefix for ability? [closed]
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Why is this English pronunciation rule applied inconsistently? [closed]
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What is the technical term for “green” in “green forest”? [closed]
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What does “prepare To exams” mean, should it be I am preparing for my exam? [closed]
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Is the sentence “This whiteboard won't erase” grammatically correct? [migrated]
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What's the word for making something or someone appear intelligent? Similar to aggrandizement, but specifically for intelligence
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Why does there seem to be a consensus with regards to subject complement agreement when the phrase in question starts with “We have”? [duplicate]
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What's one word for the phrase 'the act of taking your head back on seeing something strange'?
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What is a good word for scheduled activities which are ready to be performed, and also those that aren't yet ready?
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What is the proper way to say “trim off the line”? [closed]
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Does a list, introduced by a color and delineated by a semi-colon, require “and” for its final element? [closed]
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“Where is the cat?” - What part of speech is the word “where”?
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Which pronoun is used for Spirit or Ghost and is there a rule that says we must use certain pronoun for the Spirit? Is it a common gender noun?
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What's the word/expression for a streak/sliver of light peeking through the space beneath the door?
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What's one word for the phrase 'the act of taking your head back on seeing something strange'?
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‘One less’ or ‘one fewer’?
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What does this insult mean? “Your wife, sir, under the pretense of keeping a bawdy house, is a receiver of stolen goods”
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Word meaning to scrutinize skeptically?
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'In this topic' or 'on this topic'
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How do I describe a person who is consistently attentive?
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Whilst or while, etc - Oxford Spelling
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Should past tense sentences change tense relative to the time of writing? [migrated]
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Is there a word or phrase for an obvious and unhelpful remark? [duplicate]
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