English Language & Usage
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Canadian, native English speaker, background in academic linguistics, lifelong reader, and language enthusiast.

In the prescriptive versus descriptive grammar debate, I'm mostly descriptivist but with an appreciation for the prescriptivist idea that something being "popular" usage doesn't mean it's correct.

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If cow = beef, pig = pork, and deer = venison, then where is the word for human = [flesh as food source]?
Oct 15, 2015
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Proper way to address a very small group that includes both sexes
May 2, 2016
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Is "Englishnization" an acceptable term?
Sep 10, 2012
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Term for easing up sails in a heavy storm
Sep 7, 2012
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What is the origin of the term "ginger" for red-headed people?
Sep 12, 2012
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Chainsaw-equipped or chainsaw equipped?
Nov 6, 2010
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Why did only English undergo the Great Vowel Shift, making pronunciation stray so far from spelling?
Oct 26, 2010
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What is a good word for all sentient races?
Apr 18, 2015
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Are "eery" and "eerie" equally acceptable spellings?
Sep 7, 2012
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"She did not report for work" vs. "she did not report to work"
Sep 8, 2012
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