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Is there an explanation for why both "pop" and "pops" are used to mean father (singular)?
Mar 21, 2018
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What is the history of "may" being used to mean "must"?
Mar 26, 2020
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"fill a prescription" - what does it really mean?
Jul 27, 2017
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the origin of "to spoil" to mean "to be eager for" [duplicate]
Apr 27, 2018
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what is a better choice - “preferred to” vs “preferred over” vs. “preferred than”, used in a passive voice? (transferred from ELL) [closed]
Oct 23, 2019
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What is the single word to describe a person who always likes to "celebrate"? [duplicate]
Aug 19, 2016
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recent use of "to debrief" in AE as an intransitive verb but no dictionary says it can?
Jul 3, 2018
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A lot of numbers in a paragraph, how should I phrase them [closed]
Jul 28, 2013
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can a discussion be "contentious" [closed]
Oct 14, 2014
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draft vs rough draft
Feb 14, 2018
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Why would the stock market plunge on oil price crashes?
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why "American-born", not "America-born"?
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"Dog" can mean "something of an inferior quality". What animals do we use, if any, to describe the opposite?
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Why do Perl's logical operators &&, ||, ! take precedence over and, or, and not?
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rules (?) of parens/brackets usage in perl