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3 answers

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1 answer

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2 answers

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5 votes

6 answers

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4 votes

3 answers

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3 votes

1 answer

487 views

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3 votes

5 answers

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2 votes

1 answer

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2 votes

1 answer

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2 votes

0 answers

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2 votes

2 answers

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0 answers

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2 votes

1 answer

221 views

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2 votes

3 answers

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2 votes

3 answers

386 views

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2 votes

3 answers

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1 vote

1 answer

128 views

Use of sequences like "In modern's US" [closed]

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1 vote

5 answers

2k views

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1 vote

2 answers

330 views

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word-choice meaning-in-context

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Generic word for uni-, bi-, tricycle, etc.?

Should I prefer "asker" or "questioner" for a person who asked a question?

Russian speakers and "I feel myself to be ..."

Quoting vs Citing

History of the phrase "for Mother Russia"

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

Is there such a word as "foresitter" in English? Can I use it instead of "chairman"? [closed]

Usage of word "meat"

Are the allies always good guys?

"Lifting a ban" — why does "lifting" mean "removing"?

Origin of the word "sport"

Use of "in this light"

The name of "Scientific American" — two adjectives without a substantive?

What is non-borrowed English word meaning "calculate", "compute", "count"?

Morphology of mobster, gangster, webster, hipster

Difference between "isolated" and "insulated" [duplicate]

You right/you are right

Using "to fix" as synonym of "to correct"

Official/legal address

Double 'not' in questions - how is it correct?

Difference between "fluid" and "liquid" [duplicate]

Is "payless" synonym of "free"?

Using "whose" with non-animate nouns [duplicate]

What is the generic word for a TV broadcast?

What is the adjectival form of "primate"? [closed]

Looking for a certain word

Does the word "government" in English mean the courts as well? [closed]

Use of sequences like "In modern's US" [closed]

Are monkeys a subset of apes? [closed]

Can "take" be a synonym of "attempt", "approach" or "undertaking"?