English Language & Usage

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Is Erich Fromm's claim that the extended use of "have" corresponds to the rise of the market economy and Protestantism accurate?
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Which one would be correct? "Desktop Magic Clock" or "Magic Desktop Clock" [closed]
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Meaning of . . . , "I'm laying a little dark"
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"On website" or "at website"? [duplicate]
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What's a word that means "once rich but now poor"?
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Can I use thereof to refer to a single subject? If not - what would be an alternative?
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Where did the word “quim” come from?
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What is the grammatical name and function of 'who were cleaning windscreen' [migrated]
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How do you explain 'at the time' [migrated]
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Must, or at least may, a comma be placed whenever a verb might be mistaken for a part of a would-be compound noun?
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Idiomatic expressions for falsity: the misconception falsity - Translation of Spanish: ‘la re flasheé’
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What is the metal box the dishwasher parts are in called? Dishwasher housing/body/case?
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Apparent trill in the "br" of "bridge"
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Seeking origin and original wording of a quotation attributed to Shakespeare
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"I'm right, aren't I?"
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Is "In you, love, I delve" correct? [closed]
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Does this sentence sound natural?
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Do you capitalize words after mentioning a book with a punctuation mark in it?
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What is Hypercorrection? [duplicate]
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Is there a word or expression that describes a situation where a person repetitively "comes and goes"?
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Do these sentences mean the same thing - know/notice? [closed]
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Is it sometimes grammatically correct to put a word like "visually" before an adjective-adverb combination like "more distinct"?
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Using 'Quasi-' as prefix [closed]
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Can we mix past perfect, present progressive, etc. in conditionals? [duplicate]
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Usage of "go to" vs "go"
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Do you capitalize words after mentioning a book with a punctuation mark in it?
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"I" vs "me" when subject of sentence is implied [migrated]
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Meaning of "she has hern" in Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying' [duplicate]
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What's the meaning of "would not" in "Therefore you would not normally use X"? [migrated]
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The usage of "can not" vs. "cannot" in mathematics
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Expression/ idiom meaning: "Hold your shoulders back!"
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What is the word for the fusing of, for example, "-ed" and the final consonant "d" to give the ending (with voice removed) of "bent"?
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The usage of "can not" vs. "cannot" in mathematics
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Is this sentence is a conditional? "Marta on if she would ever make a tinder account" [closed]
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Independent clauses
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What is it called when you "buy" something for free?
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Should I use who or whom here? [closed]
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The usage of "can not" vs. "cannot" in mathematics
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Why does Anglican refer to the religious sect rather than any other aspects of “Englishness”?
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Sentence improvement too redundant [closed]
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What's a proverb or idiom that describes the opposite of "the gift that keeps on giving"?
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Word to describe someone who is skilled at inspecting the inner qualities or state of another [duplicate]
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Is there a phrase for a person who supports something which is bad for them and is held up as proof that the bad policy is good?
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Expression for someone who thinks bad things will happen and makes plans for it
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Idiom for when two people agree on an idea for very contrasting reasons
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