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What do you call this black, rectangular clamp in English?

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How did English retain its non-Christian names of the week?

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How come people say “Would of”?

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Unfrosted light bulb

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Meaning of "bull" in Byron's "this is no bull, although it sounds so"

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Meaning of the phrase "womp womp" in American English?

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Is it true that English has no future tense?

answered Feb 7, 2018 at 11:34

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What is the word for pronouncing ‘th’ as ‘v’ as part of your English accent?

answered Jun 20, 2018 at 14:51

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How did "to draw" shift to mean "to depict with lines"?

answered Feb 6, 2019 at 16:23

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"War room" and "Wardroom"

answered Feb 23, 2018 at 14:27

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What does "bad girls go backstage" mean?

answered Apr 8, 2018 at 16:12

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Is there a familial term for apples and pears?

answered Apr 7, 2019 at 15:29

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What do you call the cap on dish-washing detergent bottles?

answered May 28, 2018 at 19:54

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What's wrong with "the Poincaré" in "the Poincaré conjecture"?

answered Mar 25, 2018 at 13:43

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What’s the origin and history of the phrase “ten foot pole”?

answered Jun 6, 2018 at 21:31

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Who changed the way vacumn was spelled 40 years ago?

answered Apr 28, 2018 at 11:32

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What is "pendant natural" in this UN report?

answered Apr 13, 2018 at 1:27

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"Mouth-breathing" as slang for stupidity

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Use of 'female' and 'male' (in science fiction)

answered Jan 17, 2019 at 12:26

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Why are there 4 ambiguous phonetic symbols in IPA representations of English?

answered Apr 4, 2018 at 12:40

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What does "party-speak" mean in this sentence?

answered Jan 19, 2018 at 12:17

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Can "would" be used twice in an English conditional sentence and still be grammatical?

answered Jan 19, 2018 at 20:09

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Wash me, but don’t make me wet!

answered Feb 3, 2018 at 11:20

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Is recepted a word?

answered Aug 18, 2019 at 20:02

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In horse breeding, what is the female equivalent of putting a horse out "to stud"?

answered Apr 13, 2019 at 14:27

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How can I say I can't guarantee information I'm about to give is correct?

answered Jan 14, 2019 at 15:22

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Irregular verbs: the history of the suffix “-en” in the past participle

answered Feb 6, 2018 at 12:13

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Opposite for "gold standard" for a benchmark of awfulness

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Is Robert Oppenheimer's phrase “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” grammatical in English?

answered Mar 1, 2018 at 7:43

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An artificially sweetened drink

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What do you call this black, rectangular clamp in English?

How did English retain its non-Christian names of the week?

How come people say “Would of”?

Unfrosted light bulb

Meaning of "bull" in Byron's "this is no bull, although it sounds so"

Meaning of the phrase "womp womp" in American English?

Is it true that English has no future tense?

What is the word for pronouncing ‘th’ as ‘v’ as part of your English accent?

How did "to draw" shift to mean "to depict with lines"?

"War room" and "Wardroom"

What does "bad girls go backstage" mean?

Is there a familial term for apples and pears?

What do you call the cap on dish-washing detergent bottles?

What's wrong with "the Poincaré" in "the Poincaré conjecture"?

What’s the origin and history of the phrase “ten foot pole”?

Who changed the way vacumn was spelled 40 years ago?

What is "pendant natural" in this UN report?

"Mouth-breathing" as slang for stupidity

Use of 'female' and 'male' (in science fiction)

Why are there 4 ambiguous phonetic symbols in IPA representations of English?

What does "party-speak" mean in this sentence?

Can "would" be used twice in an English conditional sentence and still be grammatical?

Wash me, but don’t make me wet!

Is recepted a word?

In horse breeding, what is the female equivalent of putting a horse out "to stud"?

How can I say I can't guarantee information I'm about to give is correct?

Irregular verbs: the history of the suffix “-en” in the past participle

Opposite for "gold standard" for a benchmark of awfulness

Is Robert Oppenheimer's phrase “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” grammatical in English?

An artificially sweetened drink