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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?

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

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

A word for "positive side effect"

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

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."

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

What is the role of "virtually" in this sentence?

"Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't"

"My late friends" — they're not dead!

"Easy to explain, here is an example for you:"

"An RPG" or "a RPG"? [duplicate]

...Capital letter after period(s)?

A word for "I'm foolishly making random choices"

A state meaning "not disposed"

A word for "the act of driving something into a success"

About possessive apostrophe usage! [duplicate]

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

"Neither of you understands him as I do" [duplicate]

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

Usage of "that" [duplicate]

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