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"My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner"

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Why is "bicycle" pronounced differently from other obviously related words?

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Why is it "geometric" but "theoretical"?

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Is "data" treated as singular or plural in formal contexts?

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When is it necessary to use "have had"?

67 votes

Which words in a title should be capitalized?

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Is "fastly" a correct word?

64 votes
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"There are no comments" vs. "There is no comment"

59 votes

Difference between "I have got" and "I have gotten"

51 votes
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How should I abbreviate "versus"?

49 votes
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"-phile" word for someone who loves frogs

48 votes
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Is it acceptable to use "is become" instead of "has become"?

48 votes
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What does "thy" mean?

47 votes
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Does "staff" take a plural verb?

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Will grammar errors become correct after enough people use them for enough time?

44 votes
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Is “might could” a correct construct?

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Is it ever worth the time and effort to correct someone else's grating grammatical mistakes?

41 votes
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Why are the United States often referred to as America?

41 votes
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What causes the pronunciation "nucular"?

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What is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?

38 votes
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Is Valley Girl speak "like", entering the language?

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Is there an accepted rule for naming all of our various distant relatives (kinship terms)?

38 votes
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Why does Germany's English name differ from its German name?

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Is it absolutely necessary to use "than" over "then" in a comparison?

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Plurality of numbers between -1 and 1

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What is the origin of the word "goodbye"?

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"The ticket is printing" vs "...is being printed"

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"Awesome" vs. "Awful"

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What is the difference between "electric" and "electrical" and their usage?

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What happened to the “‑est” and “‑eth” verb suffixes in English?

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