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What is the preferred plural form of "bus"?

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What is the correct usage of “vis-à-vis”?

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"Ideal" vs "archetype" vs "role model" vs "prototype"

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What does "thy" mean?

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Meaning of "No, yes ..."

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Real quick question

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What does "number f**king ten" mean?

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Adjective to describe something that is not rushed

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Can or should "ask" ever be used as a noun?

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"Analysis on" vs. "analysis of"

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Why is there "a Romeo" but not "a Juliet"?

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Indefinite Article Preceding Noun "Wind"

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Origin of the "-y" or "-ie" diminutive suffix to denote intimacy/tenderness? (E.g. Bob→Bobby, dad→daddy, Doug→Dougie)

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Single-word request for "multinational"

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Is it appropriate to put a comma before "which"?

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Which is the proper spelling: "Adapter" or "adaptor"?

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What does "Five times over!" mean here?

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What is a word for what gladiators do?

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Sentence Construction: "Just Because ...... Does Not Mean"

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Is the inversion in “Let’s see ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ᴡᴇ do this” an error for “Let’s see ʜᴏᴡ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ do this”?

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What is a term describing the destruction of crops by insects, bugs, or vermin?

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In mathematics, when referring to pure numbers is largest or biggest correct?

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What is the difference between "incidence" and "occurrence"?

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Antonym of 'stigma'

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How do I interpret "emissions of car operated over" in this sentence?

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"flyer" vs "flier"... interchangable or totally different meanings/usage?

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Neesh or Nitch?

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Correctly say "I will let you know with further updates"

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Is Wayne's World's (NOT) a modern invention?

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How to pronounce "worried"?

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"How to..", "How do you.." or "How do I.." when asking a practical question

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Is "swop" an acceptable variant of "swap"?

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Are these garden path sentences grammatically correct?

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Should I use who or whom when the subject is plural?

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Adjective "home-colleged"

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What role does the hyphen serve in this context?

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What do you call someone who studies calendars?

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Linguistic name for verbs like 'want', 'expect', 'beg',

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Being 'admitted' to the hospital?

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The mysterious, unenunciated "w" in the "-wich" of English place names

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Does "Magna Carta" require an article?

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"Nobody want to go there," or "nobody wants to go there"?

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Meaning of the phrase "take a pass on yelling uncle"

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What's another word for "parameter" in the context of a user interface showing read-only values coming from a device

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What's a word for setting up a mechanism to prevent you from doing something in the future no matter what you may say or do then?

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"Sign up" vs. "signup"

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Correct usage of "parallel" versus "in parallel" versus "parallelly"

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"Effect" vs. "Affect"

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Does "to spike" imply something plummets after skyrocketing?

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"Absolute" or "absolutely"?

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