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As a male raccoon, my pronouns are he/him or it/it, with certain contexts favoring one or the other.

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Best translation for the Egyptian idiom: "He falls standing"
May 13
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Is there a specific name for that singular exhalation laugh that happens when you read something only slightly funny?
Oct 21
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"Boy howdy!" Where did this expression come from, who uses it, and what does it convey?
Feb 20
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What meaning of "gay" is intended in "He was very gay and had already washed and was now on his feet"?
Aug 9
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What is a term for a phenomenon where two people doing the same job are less effective than one person doing it alone?
Jan 9
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What is the word used to describe things ordered by height?
Aug 22
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Why a "100% chance" of rain?
Jan 12
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Is there a non-technical word in English that means "to add one"?
Jan 21
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Which English word denotes the trivialization of a statement by pretending it's idiosyncratic, a symptom of a personal bias, quirk, or other problem?
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Is there a grammatical term to describe this usage of "may be"?
Jun 2
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What books about English grammar are the standard for linguists and what for non-linguists?
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Is Merriam Webster dictionary an outdated and unreliable dictionary?
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Replacing our "research" close reason
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If a question is too easy, should it be closed, or should it be migrated to ELL?
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Why can I write "Please open window" without an article?
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Why would high-ranking politicians take classified documents to their personal residence?
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Are patients and patience homophones?
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Why does canis have both masculine and feminine forms?
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Is it possible to talk with "a staff"?

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