English Language & Usage

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Brackets Vs Parenthesis
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Where should the apostrophe go on a possessive abbreviation?
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Difference between 'willst' and 'wilt' in 'Shakespearean' English?
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"To include" vs. "including"
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What were nightmares called before "nightmare" was used in that sense?
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How did the word "copacetic" come into use?
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Why do only a few English demonyms indicate gender?
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Can you begin a sentence with 'It's because...'
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Changing usage of past-perfect constructions in American and British usage
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What's the term for the left hand side of a comparison operation?
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British and American slang words for immigrants?
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What exactly is the "schwa" sound?
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When to use whence instead of hence
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Abbreviation for "or the rest" (or "or others")?
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What is the etymology of "business end"?
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Is the proper spelling “judgment” or “judgement”?
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What is the correct abbreviation for the word "numbers"?
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what does spin up mean in this sentence?
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Origin of using "clocked" to mean "noticed"
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"While" followed by simple past/past continuous
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What is gender neutral for fraternity/sorority?
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Are there other well-known examples of the type "Illigitimi non carborundum"?
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How did "gesundheit" work its way into common American usage?
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Looking for a minimal triple with /ɑ, ɒ, ɔ/
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Name for the relationship of wife’s sister’s husband
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"Died in an accident" or "killed in an accident"?
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Correct way to spell "young'un"?
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What's the difference between "my love" and "my lover"?
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Why does "stigmata" [often] have penult stress?
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Why can we use "inadequate" but not "inspecific"?
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Origin of the word "spraunce"
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Rustle up, cook up, google up—what’s up with phrasal verbs?
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Historical English word for raw meat
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How did "Jew" become pejorative?
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What does it mean to "feel Humpty"?
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Difference in male vs female use of the English language
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X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...?
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Generic term for 'row' and 'column'
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"Hitch in my get along", or "Hitch in my gitty up"
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Do you "hit" or "press" a button?
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Is it "falsy" or "falsey"?
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Is "on an elevator" a common US usage?
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Using the word "doc"
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Is "mediaeval" an outdated spelling of "medieval"?
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Are older senses of "anent" still alive in any dialect?
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Usage of "yet" and comma
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Is it ever correct to call someone "Great British"?
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Why is a black eye called a "shiner"?
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Word for a sentence structured like: 'Something is to something as something is to something'
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Should I always use a comma after "e.g." or "i.e."?
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Do you "watch" a movie or "see" a movie?
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What does "did hourly feed him by" mean?
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What's the appropriate term for a non-annual commemoration of an event?
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Is "solutioning" a correct word?
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Is there a term for the phenomenon where the same word forms more than one part of speech?
Awarded Jun 27 at 15:25
Why is an application called an application?
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When should end punctuation go inside quotes?
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"Dissociate" vs "disassociate"
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Are there many -tion words that sound like 'vision'?
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Why is "folks" commonly used as a gender-neutral term for "people" when "people" is already gender-neutral?
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