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Why is the past tense of vomit generally spelled 'vomited' rather than 'vomitted'?
Oct 20 '19 at 8:08
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What's a good word to describe a public place that looks like it wouldn't be rough?
Feb 27 '19 at 21:28
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Is there a word/short phrase for “the most” of something (not necessarily the majority)?
Dec 14 '19 at 19:13
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What is the literal meaning (and the origin) of “v”?
Feb 11 '19 at 20:57
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Can you put past participle adjectives in plural form?
Jan 27 at 21:05
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What is a gender neutral equivalent for the following phrase?
Oct 7 '19 at 20:50
6
Does grammar alter meaning?
May 11 '19 at 5:50
5
What is the relationship name of my wife's father's sister's son to me?
Jan 22 at 11:27
5
How to explicitly specify non-binary support when using pronouns?
Nov 19 '19 at 9:05
4
Phrases for two methods that are different but both can solve the same task?
Jan 9 '19 at 7:37
3
would've make harder vs would've to make harder
May 18 at 17:11
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“No accident is too severe to ignore” vs “No accident is too trivial to ignore”
Apr 20 at 6:41
3
Optimal construction of “someone who not only is _____, but has _____”?
Mar 25 at 10:24
3
Is the husband of my mother's sister my uncle, even if he perished before I was born?
Jan 27 at 8:04
3
If you have a collection of something, is the something writen in plural?
Jan 10 at 10:06
3
What is the name for neologisms with associative endings like “Bostonian” and “imagineer”?
May 14 '19 at 20:44
3
A better alternative for “second next”
Apr 23 '19 at 10:51
3
“Tools are a sound investment that result in…” or “…that results in…”?
Jan 12 '18 at 22:26
3
Can I use simple present tense instead of past tense for recent events?
Oct 13 '17 at 8:00
3
What is the name of the ambiguity in the phrase “I want to visit clubs with attractive women”?
Dec 1 '16 at 19:43
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Do we need to explicitly mention the antecedent in an attributive clause inside another one, both describing the same antecedent?
Apr 26 at 8:07
2
Can I say “I want to pay my owe”
Apr 8 at 11:20
2
Pluralizing an irregular family name
Jan 21 at 9:20
2
Verb for describing the act of someone who seemingly speak confidently on a subject he/she does not know well
Dec 9 '19 at 18:03
2
A word or phrase for the boring writing style “thing after thing after thing”, like a “ledger”
Dec 3 '19 at 7:52
2
Example words with ɛ: + difference between ɛ: and ɛ
Nov 30 '19 at 10:53
2
English letter sequence with most pronunciations
Nov 5 '19 at 14:13
2
How to say “I learned swim but I don't know how to swim”
Oct 30 '19 at 6:54
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Why do we say “archenemy” differently from “archangel” and “architecture”?
Oct 14 '19 at 9:37
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Can you say “leftside right”?
Feb 22 '19 at 18:46
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