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Use of commas in a New Yorker article

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What is the exact technical word to describe the relationship between a verb and noun with the same root?

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PETA wants workers to “bring home the bagels”

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'It addicted me, with one taste.' Can 'addict' be used transitively?

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A word describing the core point of a newspaper opinion column

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Is there a word 'uptrending'?

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Meaning of word "pillory"

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Difference between 'Worth less' and 'Worthless?'

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How did penthouse come to mean "luxury apartment "?

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Thank God it's Friday, tomorrow is THE weekend. Why the definite article?

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In which states (USA) can someone “live easily without speaking any English”?

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Modal "will can"

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What does "I’ll show you to [somewhere]" mean?

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Why did the word, “shellac” come to mean “to defeat completely” as a U.S. slang?

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Is the expression "jam-packed" of American origin?

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Origin of figurative use of 'ugly American' in the pejorative sense of 'ignorant, arrogant U.S. citizen abroad'

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Literary devices and sentence structure in Matthew 7:1 (KJV)

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If it isn't [someone's name]!

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Why is the origin of “threshold” uncertain?

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Is “in the pipeline” an AmE idiom?

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Are there specific texts, such as French/English poetry, in which the word romance was originally used, and popularized in?

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Is there a form of "Anglicize" for other countries, specifically Ireland?

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Wolff ’s sweetening the beat

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Weinstein: Why "Winesteen", not "Winestine" or "Weensteen"?

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Shakespeare was/is an English poet?

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Where does “sport” meaning “wear” come from?

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“passf***ingport” is it a bad use of interjection?

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What region(s) of the UK still use 'pint pot' over 'pint glass'?

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Name of excerpt at start of a book

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Adding -s to French city names

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