English Language & Usage

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Hyphenating a term that has spaces [duplicate]
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What is a "pussy" when the word is used to describe a piece of British Army uniform in 1939?
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What does "Grant Running" mean?
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Present simple or present continuous when the subclause is present simple?
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Etymology of slang term for steroids: juice/sauce
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How to describe this gadget in English? ("בית מנורה עם מתג")
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What is a word to describe a person that is too kind (in a negative way)? [duplicate]
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What does "first cut" mean?
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How should I punctuate a phrasal adjective with additional adjective before the noun?
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Can "it reads: " be followed by large amount of text? [duplicate]
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Pronunciation of Edinburgh
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What is an English phrase or idiom for an outsider suddenly taking control?
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What is a word for someone who doesn't follow unspoken rules?
Awarded May 7 at 13:41
What is the status of logically pointless adjectives and adverbs, such as chairy or chairly? [closed]
Awarded May 7 at 0:25
Idiom request: an unacceptable amount of effort
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Functional vs. function
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What is the origin of "scrilla"?
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Is it a noun clause or phrase when the nominal entity is modified by a determiner?
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Onomatopoeic words with repeated first syllable
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What is the origin of the word "Impression" in the Internet advertising term "Cost-Per-Impression" (CPM)
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Word that means approximately "an object that provides emotional comfort" and sounds a bit like "carpenthy"
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What is the meaning of, “…a man who had no truck with looking back..”? [duplicate]
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Question about putting an adverb before a verb
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What is the meaning of bounded in this sentence: The dogs bounded past their leader
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Order of words in "...has not only been..." [closed]
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When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation?
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Are all variants of English spelling basically British or American? [closed]
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Is "Fair Witness" an adequate alternative term for "whistle blower" in academia?
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AmE_ The use of the simple past and the present perfect in the US for repeated actions until the present without specific time
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Does word order matter in “…(that) we do in the same manner” vs “…in the same manner (that) we do”?
Awarded Apr 30 at 20:04
Could “doesn't mess around” mean “being serious about” sometimes?
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Why aren't optical illusions called visual illusions?
Awarded Apr 29 at 18:02
What do you call the protrusion that slides into a socket to retain it in place?
Awarded Apr 29 at 17:31
What's an accurate easy-to-understand way of referring to the brown outer part of a fried egg?
Awarded Apr 29 at 13:21
Can I use 'You felt stressful'? Can I use this expression in some situations? [closed]
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Use of "hill to die on"
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Can I email someone (with) something?
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Solved: "What led" dilemma
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English version of Russian proverb "The hedgehogs got pricked, cried, but continued to eat the cactus"
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Is parallelism a must in sentences? [migrated]
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How to use the verb make somebody do something when both make and do are passive?
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A medium-agnostic word for a readthrough/playthrough/viewing?
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Single word request to describe if a train is "departing from" or "arriving at" a specific station
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