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Did English ever have a formal version of “you”?

etymology pronouns formality personal-pronouns thou-thee-thy
Dec 19 '19 at 15:06 John Lawler 94.4k
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When should I use an em-dash, an en-dash, and a hyphen?

punctuation hyphenation writing-style dashes orthography
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What is the rule for adjective order?

adjectives word-order noun-phrases
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How many spaces should come after a period/full stop?

punctuation sentence typography period spacing
Jan 6 '19 at 11:22 Community♦ 1
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Do most languages need more space than English?

writing translation
Sep 23 '16 at 3:51 Community♦ 1
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What is the origin of ZOMG?

etymology slang internet
Jun 11 '16 at 11:43 Community♦ 1
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What does a single letter “J” mean in emailing? [closed]

meaning meaning-in-context email
Feb 14 '12 at 1:40 Community♦ 1
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Why does the multi-paragraph quotation rule exist?

punctuation quotations quotation-marks dialogue paragraphs
Jul 28 '19 at 12:11 Sasha 103
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Which is correct: “could care less” or “couldn't care less”?

expressions conversation
Jul 18 '18 at 11:37 henning -- reinstate Monica 714
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Difference between “delete” and “remove” [closed]

meaning word-choice differences verbs
Jan 24 '13 at 13:54 RegDwigнt♦ 93.8k
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“Consist in” vs. “consist of”

word-choice word-usage differences prepositions
Oct 15 at 6:23 Yaseen Khan 3
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“Have a look” vs. “Take a look”

meaning word-choice verbs
May 5 '12 at 20:25 Community♦ 1
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What is the difference between 'make decision' and 'take decision'?

word-choice verbs differences
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“Toward” or “towards”?

differences synonyms
Mar 21 '19 at 14:47 user341011 1
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The company I work at has this thing we have to say every morning. What is it called?

single-word-requests
Dec 18 '18 at 15:42 Community♦ 1
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Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?

grammar articles definite-articles indefinite-articles determiners
Dec 4 at 8:59 niamulbengali 1,579
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What does “you will want to” mean?

meaning meaning-in-context
Aug 7 '12 at 22:08 Head Honcho 21
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“Two yellow spots on its wings” vs “a yellow spot on both wings”

word-usage ambiguity
Apr 14 '15 at 23:31 Hellion 57.6k
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Is “of ” necessary in “all of ”? [duplicate]

grammaticality prepositions parts-of-speech
Apr 7 '18 at 15:51 Louis Liu 591
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Why do I give my pets “food” but my livestock “feed”?

etymology animals
Jan 10 '12 at 16:33 Barrie England 136k
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What do you call a person who keeps talking about art; studies art, criticizes art, and thinks he'd be amazing with it. But he doesn't practice it

single-word-requests word-choice expressions adjectives american-english
Sep 21 '16 at 1:38 Community♦ 1
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Is “I am getting married with my sister” ambiguous?

prepositions ambiguity semantics
Aug 23 '19 at 20:20 Community♦ 1
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Formal alternative to bullsh-t

single-word-requests phrase-requests
May 14 at 13:41 Community♦ 1
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What is the difference between a dieresis and an umlaut?

orthography diacritics diaeresis
Oct 16 at 8:50 Tristan 510
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crisscross, dillydally, riffraff, etc

single-word-requests freezes reduplication
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What does “8/7c” mean?

american-english time
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Is it correct to say “The reason is because …”?

grammaticality
Apr 8 '19 at 15:01 Community♦ 1
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Are there shibboleths specific to native Russian speakers?

shibboleth russian
Dec 30 '13 at 14:54 RegDwigнt♦ 93.8k
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Difference between “I'm fine” and “I'm good”

word-choice adjectives
May 22 '14 at 21:14 Community♦ 1
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Which is the proper spelling: “Adapter” or “adaptor”?

differences orthography suffixes agent-noun-suffix
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