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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"?
Jan 24, 2011
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Substitute X for Y
May 1, 2011
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How do the tens­es and as­pects in English cor­re­spond tem­po­ral­ly to one an­oth­er?
Apr 20, 2011
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Is "authentification" a real word?
Jan 3, 2011
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Is it "falsy" or "falsey"?
Jun 24, 2013
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Is there a word for this emotion? Resentment over someone's good fortune without wanting it - Not quite jealousy/envy
Aug 18, 2014
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Is there a rule about double negations that aren't meant as double negations (e.g. "We don't need no education")?
Jan 14, 2011
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"you" versus "You" as polite form of writing
Jun 17, 2011
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Is there a historical trend towards shorter sentences?
Oct 2, 2010
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Why "go off", as in "alarm went off"?
Jan 29, 2011
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Are Old and Middle English questions really on-topic?
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Eeeek! Where did my giant quotation mark go?
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How do you achieve a numeric versioning scheme with Git?
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How to forward declare a template class in namespace std?
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Why do C++ libraries and frameworks never use smart pointers?
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Why is the minus sign, '-', generally not overloaded in the same way as the plus sign?
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Why is 0 false?