Top new questions this week:
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I was under the impression that because ‘witch’ ends with a /tʃ/ sound, the ‘t’ is not silent but directly represents an essential element of the pronunciation.
However, a word game (the New York ...
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So, for a few years now, the country that was formerly known as Turkey wants the be known as Türkiye. International organisations like the United Nations, the OECD, and the World Bank Group seem to ...
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How did the word "commit" become so associated with performing a criminal act ("he committed a crime", "she committed a robbery" - also generally applies to errors, ...
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My whole life, my family has used "farfel" to refer to anything small, unwanted, usually fabric-based, and out of place (i.e., on the floor; not in the trash). Lint, a few millimeters of ...
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I am looking at CamGEL's classification of catenative verbs. They classify said verbs into three classes based on whether or not the inner (complement) clause has a subject. By subject, I mean an ...
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I have a grammar question that I'm having a hard time finding a good answer to.
The word "any" is quite a versatile and ambiguous word that could mean one item, multiple items, all the way ...
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Is it usual to write about “fires” when one means shooting?
I was reading the RUSI report “Preliminary Lessons from Ukraine’s Offensive Operations, 2022–23”, and found that it uses the noun “fire” in ...
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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Which is the most appropriate/correct usage?
Are you angry on me?
Are you angry with me?
Are you angry at me?
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What are common phrases that describe something that appears good but is actually bad?
Edit: Because people say bad is vague I will try to sum up the phrase meaning a little better.
something that ...
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I am used to saying "I am in India.". But somewhere I saw it said "I am at Puri (Oriisa)". I would like to know the differences between "in" and "at" in the above two sentences.
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What's the difference between résumé and CV?
When is résumé used? And when is CV used? Are they equivalent?
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Which is the correct sentence, if there is a correct one?
I use to be a hitman.
I used to be a hitman.
I've read the second sentence recently in a book, but I was sure it should be I use to be ...
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I find myself unsure which of the following is more correct:
please let me know what do you think
Or
please let me know what you think
My gut feeling tells me that it's the latter...
Or are ...
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I hear "dayta" more often, but what's the correct pronunciation?
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