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33036
Difference between "invest in" and "invest into"
18814
Why did the descriptive "Orientals" shift into a pejorative?
7125
How are pronouns resolved?
4965
When do you use “learnt” and when “learned”?
84540
Difference in usage of "advise" and "advice"
132943
"provided me" or "provided to me"
593
Is it really incorrect to start a sentence with "and"?
139738
Why does the placing of a y-sound at the end of a name or surname express a friendly or laddish affection
134434
Where can I find words and expressions which are dated and not found in today's dictionaries?
38260
"Maximum" vs. "maximal"
88109
Comma usage after a direct quote?
100750
Difference between the two sentences?
16999
Fractions as phrasal (compound) adjectives
21153
When should you use "despite" over "inspite", and vice versa?
158456
Use 'Two dollar word' or 'Ten dollar word' or other?
190076
What determines the pronunciation of the prefix 'arch-'?
53071
What is the difference between "I can't get any sleep" and "I can/'t get no sleep"?
51652
There is no headache strong enough, that a good coffee won't relieve
13484
What punctuation belongs before a list?
96904
When to use or omit periods in acronyms, abbreviations, and initials
193035
"Thirty times weaker": Using a multiplier to describe the lack of something
1341
What is a comma splice?
143712
In English, how do we use the polite form of address to somebody?
151119
Is "gypped" really (historically) a racist term?
22446
"Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings?
55702
How to say that you are going to do something really soon?
3623
Should I use 'or' or 'nor'?
147162
Is there a word that describes all items in a sequence or list which is not the first item?
96177
Omitting "nothing" in "nothing but"
106377
Proper punctuation?
102863
How do I obtain a list of compound words as nouns?
113026
"Near St. John's church" vs. "near the St. John's church" vs. "near the St. John church"
2466
How Would One Use A Semicolon (;)?
105481
Capitalizing can be a form of respect or always seen as an error and sloppiness?
78191
How to reply on telephone conversation
112082
Is "to" inclusive in “I worked at company X from April 2012 to April 2013”?
137713
How to punctuate a question within a thought
153603
Difference between "ten years old" and "ten-year-olds"
76048
Verb, gerund or participle?
76043
Rules for removing last vowel when adding "-able"?
4274
What word means "to speak something into existence"?
147477
Usage of brackets for missing or unclear transcription
108397
When to use "programming's" vs. "programming is"
132293
Are these sentences both structured correctly?
188632
Why use an indefinite article in “It’s a hot and uncomfortable 33 degrees”?
45053
Increasingly + positive or increasingly + comparative?
74553
What is the exact syntax format of "substitute this for that"?
139542
Is it wrong to say "from whence"?
78329
Importance and relevance (and accuracy) of the distinctions of the two forms of the future simple tense
14348
Quotations that skip paragraphs
150405
meaning of runneth in 'as the swift moon runneth'
134192
with/without "-ed" for the compound adjectives formed by "adj.+noun"?
36039
What does "waxed rhapsodic" mean?
146798
How many meanings of "run" do we really have?
18609
Is "I am sat" bad English?
18602
"It isn't" versus "it's not"
39755
Contracting "Should not have"
86751
"To work for" vs. "to work in" vs. "to work at"
122853
Which is correct: "your -ing" or "you -ing"?
13735
More eloquent word or phrase
11380
When a sentence uses an optional plural, should the rest of the sentence treat it as singular or plural?
137258
What's the difference between "if" and "whether"?
42633
If you're using a quote with a period but do not want to end the sentence, do you keep the period?
16813
Which one is right — "He works at company X" or "in company X "?
12124
"Pending" vs "Impending". Are they synonyms?
2836
How to pronounce "beach" and "bitch"? What's the difference?
9323
"to be all but X"
153285
"The Hypercube algorithm is so ..." or "Hypercube algorithm is so..."?
152048
Single Markers Used For Punctuation of Plurals
152043
How to distinguish between uses of words like 'Marry'?
152041
Would "mid-to-late" and "low-to-mid" hyphenated as compound modifiers?
1990
If I invent a word, what language is it?
157990
When to use "me and my __" and "my __ and me"?
54373
The same word used to define itself
62246
What does “you blue blistering barnacles” or "Billions of blue blistering barnacles" mean?
79008
What's the difference between "teeter totter" and "seesaw"?
62249
Is "quite unique" correct?
59586
How to write decimal values in words
35156
Non-offensive substitute for a swear word
91664
When can an adjective be postposed?
169338
Generalization of "player" and "team" in sports
61740
'All that' vs 'all what'
32311
Is using passive voice "bad form"?
26498
Should there always be a comma after "therefore","However" etc.?
25617
Difference between "OK" and "okay"
26491
Has English adopted any common morphemes from languages that are not Greek, Latin, or French?
26142
ZOMG -- I get the OMG part, but Z?
4823
Which term correctly identifies those who enjoy programming/technology: "geek" or "nerd"?
137698
Swear words and fricatives/plosives
147852
How to combine in a sentence two verb–preposition pairs that have the same TWO objects?
188316
When should I use "amount" as opposed to "number"?
103230
"need to do" vs "need do"
137526
Adverb for "friendly"
172575
Late Night vs Early Morning
74450
"I will do it by Monday". Does it mean before the beginning or before the end of Monday?
1605
Is there an accepted rule for naming all of our various distant relatives (Kinship Terms)?
45886
What is the story behind "a-" prefix / suffix?
194462
Multiple continuous verbs
118797
How archaic is the use of a question mark mid-sentence?
195792
Meaning of "Subject to" in context