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Why does "Not in a month of Sundays" mean "It won't happen"?

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Antonyms of "intelligentsia"

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A single word for "field of interest"

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Use of made up words in writing

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What does “Where is my 40, homes?” mean?

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I always put justice now with quotes

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Understanding the use of commas

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How to refer to a city (or town) that is not on the coast?

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Are interested and interesting related or different

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Should I use make or makes after 'that'

3 votes

Pre(-)processing/post(-)processing hyphen presence in research publications written in UK/US English

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Is there a male equivalent of "dowager" with regard to British titles?

2 votes

What does "doesn't half go on" mean?

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"face with" in a sentence containing "which"

2 votes

Does 'neighbour', as a verb, take a direct object?

2 votes

Commas after coordinating conjunctions at the beginning of a sentence?

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Should contractions like "'til" be capitalized in a title?

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adjective to describe someone who "loves life"

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Punctuation and grammar “is important” or “are important”?

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The "of" in company names—avoid or embrace?

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What does "waive as against" mean?

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Primary, secondary, tertiary, etc... - what is the -ary for the etc? The nth-ary?

2 votes

Meaning of 'a feller' in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

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Person who never talks in commanding manner

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What is the term for the kind of laugh that Ernie makes on Sesame Street?

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Using present continuous for tendencies

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Is the expression "I am still to see" correct?

1 vote

Is it good grammar to say or write "different to"?

1 vote

The omission of articles before the last two nouns in 'There is a missing bridge between business and technology'

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"that threshold is vast"

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