English Language & Usage

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“He made me down” sounds ok to say “He made me sad”? If not, why so?
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How did 'security' semantically shift to mean 'tradable financial asset'?
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What is the difference between “maintain a high level of quality” and “maintain a high quality level”?
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What does “open recs” means?
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What is the origin of “prepone” in Indian English?
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has to do with vs has something to do with
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Term for words which change meaning when a space is added [duplicate]
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What would you call someone who isn't what people think they are? [closed]
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Sentences starting with 'Would that…' [closed]
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Transform the conditional sentence beginning with word 'Unless'
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Difference between traumata and traumas?
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How to indicate middle name is preferred name in professional email signature
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Is fever a countable or uncountable noun?
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how to say that I don't enjoy the spotlight
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How do you tell if synonyms of “almost” default to meaning “less than”?
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How can one “smoke ship's?”
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A word for when one thanks another for being exact?
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Dinky cars (toy cars)
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Concise words for “completed” and “planned” tasks in meeting minutes
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A word for doing what's best for you?
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Wielders of Weapons
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Why “smashed avocado” rather than “mashed avocado”?
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Proper yes/no answer to a question posed in negative form [duplicate]
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Word to Describe One Who Speaks Politely but with Conviction [closed]
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Pandemic vs pandemia
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Is there a word for “not pronouncing any r's”?
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What is the difference between “lean” and “incline”?
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“… when it comes time.”
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What does “any or any” mean in a legal text?
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Is the split in pronunciation of “detail” regional, semantic, or irrelevant?
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More professional way of saying Correcting a Mistake
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How to use “Infatuation” in correct way?
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Alternative for “all for one, one for all”
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Why the “wedded” in “wedded wife”?
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What does (s.d.) stand for in literature cited section of a paper
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Is “realize” a synonym for “implement”?
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“Born in” vs “born at” with proper nouns: is this a definite vs indefinite prepositional object situation?
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Is there a word, phrase or idiom for “a person who is incapable of thinking about the future”?
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What do you call a person who is satisfied with what he has? [duplicate]
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What is a person called who likes to use big words to make others think they are superior? [duplicate]
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em dashes and question marks
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“I am really not into it” vs “I am not really into it” [duplicate]
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Double of, double than. Triple of, triple than
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Origins of the phrase “spitting nails” [closed]
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what does 'presume away' mean? [closed]
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Since when has “J” been sounding like [dʒ] and no longer “Y” [duplicate]
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Can “to escape” also mean “to go on holiday”?
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Comparing adverbs in comparative and superlative forms
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Is there an English transitive verb meaning “to make someone/something valuable”?
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“Amount of boxes” vs “number of boxes” in non discrete graph
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Rule for the pronunciation of the letter O as /ʌ/ vs. /ɒ/
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A word for something that comes to mind before other things?
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Does erudite carry positive or negative or neutral connotation?
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Does calling to a strange woman “Hey, lady!” sound angry?
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What is the term for making a cross in the air (like when passing a cemetery)?
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What is the difference between respond and response [closed]
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Which is the preposition to go with “best”? Is it “best at”?
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How can something be “set in stone”?
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Is someone granted a role said to be “roled”? Or “rolled”?
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A word meaning a person who does something for the love of that thing without regard for recognition [closed]
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