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How did "possess" come to have a Z sound for its first double-S?

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Is "throw in an ape" an expression?

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“Oojakapiv”: what does this word mean?

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What is the phrase or expression which has the word ‘finger’ in it and means very easily or quickly

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Why is "hyperbole" pronounced so differently from its spelling?

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How do you distinguish between the two possible distances meant by "five blocks"?

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Does British English use the term "heel" for the end slice of bread?

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"such a day" or "such day"?

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"zh" vs. "j". Are these pronounced in the same way?

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What does “rising senior” mean and what countries use it?

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What's an eloquent way to say "The secret is out?"

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How to ask if a person has done/had breakfast?

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Is “I’ve boughten many vinyls” correct in its use of “boughten”?

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How to rephrase "cream flavoured cream"?

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Why use apostrophe-s to denote possession when using 'of'

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Is it "a SSD" or "an SSD"?

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Is "Many thanks" a proper usage?

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Why are reveries sometimes called "brown" studies?

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Why do some people say "the reason is is that," with "is" twice in a row?

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Which is the correct idiom: "First thing's first" or "First things first"?

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If the prefix anglo- means "of the English", what prefix means "of the Welsh"?

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What's a big-vocabulary word for someone with a big vocabulary?

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Is it possible to start a grammatically-correct English sentence with the word "Than"?

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Singular of "dice"

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What is the difference between sugar cane and cane sugar?

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Is "succonded" a real word?

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Is there a word meaning a problem that has to be solved in order to work on another problem?

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What is the correct pronunciation of the word “ma’am”?

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Has the use of the idiom "last week" surpassed the use of the correct "yester-week"?

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"Knocked up" to mean "woken up"

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Is "a wide range of features" singular or plural?

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Is "best regards" a pleonasm?

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Is "heinz sight" an eggcorn of "hindsight"?

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How to deal with quoting a grammatical error?

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"Paid" vs "payed"

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Is the noun "liar" considered offensive? Would it be offensive to use it with a proven liar?

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What does "trostle" mean?

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Using “allium” as an adjective

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Why is it “a defeated Napoleon, not “the defeated Napoleon” who rode off the battlefield and into exile?

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Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray: "I wonder will you understand me?"

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“ē” and “iː”: I want a tutorial

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Omission of definite article with musical instruments

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What is the correct spelling: "wrapable" or "wrappable"?

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"I must to England" in Hamlet: What does "must" mean without an infinitive?

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Is the word "epic" being used correctly these days?

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What method of counting puts Twelfth Night on January 6th?

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When your 10-year old boy says “It’s meta,” what does it mean? In what situation and of what sort of object they use this phrase?

Awarded Nov 17, 2011 at 2:03

In reply to "Do they have...", which is correct — "yes, they do" or "yes, they have"?

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Which is correct, "neither is" or "neither are"?

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Term for not recognizing faces

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"Taiwan visa" or "Taiwanese visa"?

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Is the phrase "the subcontinent" well understood?

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Pronunciation of "have" in "I don't have to" [do something]

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What is a feminine version of "dude"?

Awarded May 26, 2011 at 22:38

Is there a word for a person with only one head?

Awarded May 24, 2011 at 22:31

Is there a word to describe a highly desirable cursed treasure?

Awarded May 19, 2011 at 22:39

"Everybody is not" vs "Not everybody is"

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Is there a version of brunch for a meal between dinner and lunch?

Awarded Apr 22, 2011 at 23:12

How should I pronounce "Worcestershire" as a rhotic English speaker?

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Is "Thank god", as opposed to "Thank God", acceptable?

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