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Why is there paternal, for fatherly, fraternal, for brotherly, but no similar word for sons?
Jul 2, 2019
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103
Why should the first person pronoun 'I' always be capitalized?
Jan 5, 2011
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Why use "need not" instead of "do not need to"?
Jun 10, 2011
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Why do Wh question words in English so consistently map to Q words in Latin?
Jan 4, 2017
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"There is/are more than one". What's the difference?
Jul 29, 2011
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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"?
Jan 24, 2011
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Is there an alternative adjective to 'written' with an -al suffix?
May 16, 2016
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Politer word to refer to a 'cleaner'
Jul 7, 2015
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Why do we say "was supposed to" for "should have"?
Apr 20, 2011
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Why are some possessives formed with “of ” but not apostrophe-“s”?
Jun 18, 2011
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