English Language & Usage
Unreason
  • Member for 10 years, 8 months
  • Last seen more than a month ago
Profile Activity

54 Bookmarks

Votes Activity Newest Views Added
7 answers
183 votes
75k views
222 bookmarks
How do the tens­es and as­pects in English cor­re­spond tem­po­ral­ly to one an­oth­er?
41 answers
136 votes
15k views
160 bookmarks
What are your favorite English language tools?
124 answers
95 votes
70k views
101 bookmarks
What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
29 answers
90 votes
24k views
12 bookmarks
Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom "carrying coals to Newcastle"?
5 answers
62 votes
547k views
29 bookmarks
Difference between "I have got" and "I have gotten"
8 answers
58 votes
87k views
6 bookmarks
What do you call the interconnecting bits of a puzzle piece in English?
16 answers
53 votes
27k views
7 bookmarks
Is there a word for a change so small that it doesn’t seem to be a change at all?
9 answers
39 votes
104k views
9 bookmarks
What are the similarities and differences between "irony" and "sarcasm"?
13 answers
33 votes
3k views
10 bookmarks
Why do I instinctively want to use the present tense with a conditional?
7 answers
31 votes
42k views
8 bookmarks
Why did "sceptical" become "skeptical" in the US?
9 answers
27 votes
3k views
4 bookmarks
What is a collective term for castles, citadels, forts, palaces etc.?
8 answers
26 votes
22k views
4 bookmarks
Where did the expression "my two cents" come from?
4 answers
25 votes
13k views
3 bookmarks
A murder of crows?
3 answers
23 votes
4k views
8 bookmarks
Old English instead of Latin in early Britain
2 answers
22 votes
62k views
5 bookmarks
What are the rules about using 'half of' with plural nouns?
10 answers
20 votes
8k views
2 bookmarks
Ambiguity of "Dogs must be carried on this escalator"
12 answers
20 votes
72k views
3 bookmarks
What is the difference between "quicker" and "faster"?
7 answers
20 votes
2k views
13 bookmarks
Where can I find a reasonably well recognized free style guide that is online?
3 answers
19 votes
162k views
5 bookmarks
Is there a word for answering a question with a question?
12 answers
19 votes
69k views
2 bookmarks
What is the English word closest to Japanese “Ganbatte,” the word for encouraging people who are in disaster, or challenging a severe ordeal?
5 answers
18 votes
12k views
4 bookmarks
How does a word come to have two completely opposite meanings?
22 answers
18 votes
32k views
9 bookmarks
Are there other idioms like "a stone's throw away" that both describe an activity and act as a measurement?
3 answers
17 votes
502k views
3 bookmarks
31th or 31st is correct?
4 answers
16 votes
2k views
1 bookmarks
Heavy usage of synonyms in English or not?
4 answers
15 votes
3k views
1 bookmarks
Why did "insofar" become a word, not "insofaras"?
8 answers
15 votes
1k views
1 bookmarks
Does English have frequently used ordinary words that distinguish between equality and equivalence?
5 answers
15 votes
19k views
4 bookmarks
Can "already" be used after a simple past verb in American English?
6 answers
14 votes
19k views
5 bookmarks
Which is grammatically correct: "Let he who..." or "Let him who..."
5 answers
11 votes
2k views
5 bookmarks
What does the door do?
4 answers
10 votes
10k views
3 bookmarks
What is the best paper-based dictionary?
1
2

Your privacy

By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.