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In Iraqi Arabic, there's a term "gowatra". In a sentence, the expression will be used like, "it is not guatra [to do this or that, to have this, to get this]". That word or idiom simply means you can' …

I believe internet English is its own language, so non-native perspective is also interesting. I am asking because I've noticed that ChatGPT corrects 1 -> 2, and my intuition says otherwise. …

Some interesting discourse on what makes a letter may be found here (What is a letter?), trying to disentangle the functional role of a letter from its representation from the very notion of it. … Some interesting observations that letters aren't solely defined by their phonetic nature, as letters are still letters when used in mathematical notion, for example. …

I have not found any other reference to "the Game of Hush-puppy," but it is interesting that the author says that the investigating officers—not the captain and crew—were playing it. J.S. …

The poster's question itself presents an interesting hybrid of sentence case and title case. …

It is also interesting that the author italicizes the word in this occurrence, as if to emphasize its novelty or special descriptive force. …

This question poses an interesting problem, both inherently and because of the requirements of this site. … It is 'inherently' interesting because misconceptions about legal requirements are not uncommon. …

The responses might be interesting but how would you verify them? … And from Dr Callister in the cited Verge article titled “The way we text says a lot about our personality”, we read: An interesting thing about texting and tweeting is that it’s an informal way of writing …

If you're wondering how people express the idea of "whenever" in regions where the word whenever commonly means "when," you may find Wentworth's entry for "ever and when" interesting: ever and when. …

Early instances of 'snipe' in the wild A search for relevant instances of snipe in the Chronicling America database of old newspapers turns up this interesting instance, from "Jargon of Thieves: The Peculiarity …

One night of fish can be interesting, but multiple days of fish and you get very tired of the odor. Fish frying in the kitchen (often) is annoying because of the smell and grease. …

Go on and on illustrates an interesting possibility, where and on creates a distinct meaning (annoyance, speaking for too long) not present in go on. …

That doesn’t mean it’s a particularly interesting formulation by any means. …

This is an interesting argument, but I don't find it entirely persuasive. …

Some activity wasn't interesting, rewarding, enlightening etc., but child's play. …