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Understanding the purported ambiguity in “Every boy didn’t run”

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Can't make sense of a paragraph from Lovecraft

answered Mar 10, 2019 at 4:59

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What's this? What is it? but not What's it? - Why?

answered Oct 4, 2015 at 4:22

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Comma after also at the beginning of a sentence

answered Jul 24, 2016 at 17:29

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"One can do his homework in the library"

answered Mar 12, 2019 at 20:31

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How can I prove a word is a noun?

answered Feb 18, 2015 at 16:55

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Is "He died himself." a correct sentence?

answered Apr 21, 2016 at 18:15

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a [box [of apples] ] vs [a box] [of apples]

answered Feb 17, 2016 at 6:21

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How did "run over him" evolve to "run him over" over the last 50 years?

answered Nov 3, 2015 at 22:31

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What do you call a rope you set to return to an original point?

answered Feb 14, 2015 at 6:01

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Is "Whom should I give this job to?" grammatically correct?

answered Feb 8, 2015 at 6:20

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Usage of cotton

answered Feb 2, 2015 at 5:23

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What is the difference between 'until' and 'up until'?

answered Oct 13, 2015 at 17:49

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Can you hear the difference between 'Writer' and 'Rider'? Why?

answered Nov 25, 2015 at 4:20

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Is "programming" not a noun?

answered Feb 17, 2016 at 4:48

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Can a sentence have two ing-verbs in a row?

answered Mar 9, 2016 at 20:38

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Are all billionaires also millionaires?

answered Feb 26, 2020 at 18:20

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What part of speech is 'say' ? If I were, say, to use it?

answered Mar 3, 2018 at 18:51

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Should "gerund + objective" be modified by adjectives or adverbs?

answered Mar 17, 2018 at 18:38

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Mimsy were the Borogoves - why is "mimsy" an adjective?

answered Nov 11, 2016 at 0:06

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A Question About Quantifier Shift for "each of you" to "you each"

answered Dec 7, 2015 at 2:22

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L in the middle of a word: dark l or light l?

answered Oct 23, 2015 at 14:50

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Why does "stigmata" [often] have penult stress?

answered Sep 18, 2015 at 16:26

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Singular or plural in “between the 17ᵗʰ and the early 20ᵗʰ century/centuries”?

answered Feb 7, 2015 at 17:01

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What is the tense used in a phrase such as "He is trapped"?

answered Mar 16, 2015 at 16:40

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Is "door" the direct object of "The cat ran out the door"?

answered May 28, 2015 at 17:03

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Why do we have "anxiousness", but not "frightenness"?

answered Jun 14, 2015 at 1:29

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Should the IPA of the word "conscious" be /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ or /ˈkɑːntʃəs/?

answered Jun 6, 2015 at 4:45

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Possible positions for the word currently

answered Mar 27, 2015 at 14:29

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Is there a word for a name/term that has multiple words that means other than what the individual words imply?

answered Jan 31, 2015 at 23:05

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Understanding the purported ambiguity in “Every boy didn’t run”

Can't make sense of a paragraph from Lovecraft

What's this? What is it? but not What's it? - Why?

Comma after also at the beginning of a sentence

"One can do his homework in the library"

How can I prove a word is a noun?

Is "He died himself." a correct sentence?

a [box [of apples] ] vs [a box] [of apples]

How did "run over him" evolve to "run him over" over the last 50 years?

What do you call a rope you set to return to an original point?

Is "Whom should I give this job to?" grammatically correct?

Usage of cotton

What is the difference between 'until' and 'up until'?

Can you hear the difference between 'Writer' and 'Rider'? Why?

Is "programming" not a noun?

Can a sentence have two ing-verbs in a row?

Are all billionaires also millionaires?

What part of speech is 'say' ? If I were, say, to use it?

Should "gerund + objective" be modified by adjectives or adverbs?

Mimsy were the Borogoves - why is "mimsy" an adjective?

A Question About Quantifier Shift for "each of you" to "you each"

L in the middle of a word: dark l or light l?

Why does "stigmata" [often] have penult stress?

Singular or plural in “between the 17ᵗʰ and the early 20ᵗʰ century/centuries”?

What is the tense used in a phrase such as "He is trapped"?

Is "door" the direct object of "The cat ran out the door"?

Why do we have "anxiousness", but not "frightenness"?

Should the IPA of the word "conscious" be /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ or /ˈkɑːntʃəs/?

Possible positions for the word currently

Is there a word for a name/term that has multiple words that means other than what the individual words imply?