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In the American regionalism "Put 'er there, pardner!" why is the hand a she?

asked Nov 29, 2014 at 14:29

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Who decides how a foreign name should be transliterated and why do such transliterations change over the decades?

asked Nov 24, 2014 at 23:01

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modern English kennings [closed]

asked May 25, 2016 at 11:36

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how did the word CHARLATAN make its way into English [closed]

asked Feb 12, 2019 at 13:28

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Is "quack" a non-finite form of the verb in "What does the duck do? Quack."?

asked Dec 19, 2022 at 15:15

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Why does emphasis of "it" allow phrasal verb syntax that would otherwise not be grammatical?

asked Jul 11, 2023 at 13:03

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Do lexicographers have a formal term for Insta-cant

asked Dec 16, 2014 at 14:18

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Important to learn is this stuff

asked Feb 1, 2016 at 21:19

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Can "I'm springing" ever really have a present continuous meaning relating to a single spring?

asked May 12, 2015 at 13:20

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What's going on with nuthin' doin'?

asked Nov 27, 2014 at 16:57

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indefinite article plus proper name in organizational (i.e. business or bureaucracy) contexts

asked Dec 15, 2014 at 14:12

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"yet" meaning "nonetheless|nevertheless" with the clause-positional freedom of "nonetheless|nevertheless" in contemporary spoken English, Br vs Am

asked Mar 6, 2022 at 18:02

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What is the metric name or designation for nominal ½″ copper pipe in the various English dialects where metric dimensions are used?

asked Feb 24 at 17:58

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How did the word FLUKE come to be associated with luck or chance?

asked Aug 10 at 20:42

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is this temporal phrase with and/or ambiguous

asked Jan 22, 2016 at 10:47

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to be ended up, to be arrived: regionalism?

asked Sep 5, 2016 at 9:48

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Is "when" considered a preposition in this sentence with extraposition and is the chunk an adjunct?

asked Nov 26, 2023 at 12:20

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"The Titan submersible lowering into the sea": restrictions on intransitive sense of 'lower'

asked Jul 3, 2023 at 10:31

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Why did a chicken cross a road? [closed]

asked Sep 5, 2015 at 12:01

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the water's edge [closed]

asked Mar 30, 2016 at 9:05

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In the American regionalism "Put 'er there, pardner!" why is the hand a she?

Who decides how a foreign name should be transliterated and why do such transliterations change over the decades?

modern English kennings [closed]

how did the word CHARLATAN make its way into English [closed]

Is "quack" a non-finite form of the verb in "What does the duck do? Quack."?

Why does emphasis of "it" allow phrasal verb syntax that would otherwise not be grammatical?

Do lexicographers have a formal term for Insta-cant

Important to learn is this stuff

Can "I'm springing" ever really have a present continuous meaning relating to a single spring?

What's going on with nuthin' doin'?

indefinite article plus proper name in organizational (i.e. business or bureaucracy) contexts

"yet" meaning "nonetheless|nevertheless" with the clause-positional freedom of "nonetheless|nevertheless" in contemporary spoken English, Br vs Am

What is the metric name or designation for nominal ½″ copper pipe in the various English dialects where metric dimensions are used?

How did the word FLUKE come to be associated with luck or chance?

is this temporal phrase with and/or ambiguous

to be ended up, to be arrived: regionalism?

Is "when" considered a preposition in this sentence with extraposition and is the chunk an adjunct?

"The Titan submersible lowering into the sea": restrictions on intransitive sense of 'lower'

Why did a chicken cross a road? [closed]

the water's edge [closed]