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27 Questions

What is the “ponytail” in a knight's helmet called?

When and how should I use multiple exclamation marks?

Is “Don't you know? ” the same as “Do not you know?”?

“Vision” is to “visually”, as “hearing” is to what? [duplicate]

What does the initial fragment of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy mean?

A word for “positive side effect”

Is it: My apples and orange are/is wrong?

Is there a “quarter” equivalent for something divided in 9 pieces?

What is it called when something is unimportant for several years, and then it becomes important?

Word that means “almost collide with me”

“A lost cause, that is.”

What is the role of “virtually” in this sentence?

“Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't”

Is there a better way to refer to “Real Life” when chatting online?

“An RPG” or “a RPG”? [duplicate]

“Easy to explain, here is an example for you:”

…Capital letter after period(s)?

“My late friends” — they're not dead!

A state meaning “not disposed”

A word for “I'm foolishly making random choices”

A word for “the act of driving something into a success”

How do I call something that can be doubled with one word? (double-able)

“Neither of you understands him as I do” [duplicate]

About possessive apostrophe usage! [duplicate]

What does “We're taking one for the team” mean? [closed]

Can “the fact that X” imply “X is a fact”? [closed]

Usage of “that” [duplicate]