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"Bakeshop" vs. "bake shop" vs. "bakery" vs. "bakery shop" vs. "bakehouse" for a baker's shop, and "bakeries" for "baked goods" in AmE
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Is it affected to pronounce the "h" in wh- words such as "what"?
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Is there a better way to write 'do-it-yourselfer'?
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hit/meet a deadline
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The use of "travel" as a noun in some restricted cases
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"The other side" to refer to the afterlife
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Will that be fine?
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How to indicate middle name is preferred name in professional email signature
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Is there any difference between "an epaulet" and "shoulder board" when speaking about military uniform?
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Articulating is to speaking as ___ is to writing [closed]
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is "weren't you..." considered grammatically correct? Because expanded, it would translate to "were not you..." [duplicate]
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Difference between "With all due respect" and "Without disrespect" [closed]
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"Well" and "good" as applied to the quality of photographs
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Grant somebody access to something or Grant access to something for somebody
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Can we use the wording "We can not only ... but also ..."?
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What is the difference between "Don't be..." and "Be not..."?
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Sentences with no object [closed]
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Word to describe a group of people helping each other based on kinship
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Difference between misfunction and malfunction
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Exsanguination or Desanguination?
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How to express an appointment "has happened"?
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How can I say strenuous/challenging without a negative connotation? [closed]
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Is "key" as an adjective, meaning "crucial", standard in American English?
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What's a good word for "Expensive, but worth the money?"
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Is "workflow" a word? [closed]
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Is “would you mind...” a polite form? [closed]
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Brackets within brackets
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Use of "ante" to refer to previous pages in an English text
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Is 'Maybe I can help?' correct?
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Difference between "outfit" and "costume"
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Word for not being able to focus on one task
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What is it called when you raise a problem and someone else makes it seem like you're entitled by bringing up something far worse?
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Difference between probability and possibilty
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What is the meaning of "I'm on detail"?
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How to describe a person who has many faces inside him [closed]
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"Study in" or "study on"?
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Is it grammatically acceptable to start a sentence with "That that..."
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What is the possessive form of "y'all"?
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What's the origin of the phrase "seamy underbelly"?
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Which is correct: 'leaving at...' or 'leaving by...', '..end of this week'?
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Meaning of "tapped on the shoulder"
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Another phrase for ‘get to know someone’ [duplicate]
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A word or phrase for a fake doctors or healers
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Is using "if you would" instead of "if you will" in the sense of "if you wish/want/like" technically "correct"?
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Should I put a comma after etc.? [duplicate]
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Origin of "Given up the ghost"
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"30 day span", "30-day span", or "30 days span"
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What does the word "as-yet-unknown" mean?
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How many syllables are in the English language?
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Phonetic difference between Gloucester and Cirencester
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Is there a commonly used phrase for something being easier with niceness rather than by being forceful?
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How infrequent is “a non-zero chance”?
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Is 'color' countable?
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Is there a word that means "appears like an exact copy but actually isn't"
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What's the exact meaning of "flat eyes"?
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How to describe sand flowing through an hourglass
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Sugarcane or Sugar cane? [duplicate]
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What's a gender-neutral way of referring to a nurse?
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Uniformly at random vs. randomly uniformly
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Confirming one's interest in a project [closed]
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