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Syntax of "What's going on at work these days that you're always on the phone?"

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Is there an order to prepositional phrases?

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Is there a term that describes reducing a person's identity to certain characteristics?

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Why does the name of the UK not change to UQ during the reign of a Queen?

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Are there any adverbs ending in -ly without an adjectival counterpart?

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What is the meaning of, “…a man who had no truck with looking back..”?

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Difference in logical inevitability between therefore/thus/hence

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Word for a nonbinary person who can transform into a wolf

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Why is "that" in the relative clause not a complementizer?

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"That promised land for which he was to prepare, but scarcely to enter" - why is this wrong rather than awkward?

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Creation in a Biblical sense of producing material out of nothing

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Why does the word "experience" have a different initial vowel from that in "expert" and "expertise"?

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When did the expression “hustle culture” emerge?

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What does “more physical” mean?

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What American accent pronounces color like collar?

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History of "via"

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Word for "Putting a Lot of People in One Place"

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Does "aide" always refer to a person?

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Is "deliberate choice" a pleonasm?

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Can you use 'amok' without 'run'? How?

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Super reduced pronunciation of the affix "anti"

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Is there a word for "a broad range of knowledge"?

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What is this parsing notation called?

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A word/phrase for something that often comes up in conversations

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Prepositions after, before etc. as temporal determiners

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What's a word for an operation or protocol that doesn't really matter but is done out of habit, tradition, or law, ceremonial, perfunctory?

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Taylor Swift - Use of "them" in her text "she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them"

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Difference between sentence structures and syntactic patterns?

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Passive sentences with no active counterparts

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Is the T in ‘mistook’ pronounced the same as the T in ‘mistake’ is?

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Syntax of "What's going on at work these days that you're always on the phone?"

Is there an order to prepositional phrases?

Is there a term that describes reducing a person's identity to certain characteristics?

Why does the name of the UK not change to UQ during the reign of a Queen?

Are there any adverbs ending in -ly without an adjectival counterpart?

What is the meaning of, “…a man who had no truck with looking back..”?

Difference in logical inevitability between therefore/thus/hence

Word for a nonbinary person who can transform into a wolf

Why is "that" in the relative clause not a complementizer?

"That promised land for which he was to prepare, but scarcely to enter" - why is this wrong rather than awkward?

Creation in a Biblical sense of producing material out of nothing

Why does the word "experience" have a different initial vowel from that in "expert" and "expertise"?

When did the expression “hustle culture” emerge?

What does “more physical” mean?

What American accent pronounces color like collar?

History of "via"

Word for "Putting a Lot of People in One Place"

Does "aide" always refer to a person?

Is "deliberate choice" a pleonasm?

Can you use 'amok' without 'run'? How?

Super reduced pronunciation of the affix "anti"

Is there a word for "a broad range of knowledge"?

What is this parsing notation called?

A word/phrase for something that often comes up in conversations

Prepositions after, before etc. as temporal determiners

What's a word for an operation or protocol that doesn't really matter but is done out of habit, tradition, or law, ceremonial, perfunctory?

Taylor Swift - Use of "them" in her text "she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them"

Difference between sentence structures and syntactic patterns?

Passive sentences with no active counterparts

Is the T in ‘mistook’ pronounced the same as the T in ‘mistake’ is?