"Old Mr. Bunny had no opinion whatever of cats." What does it mean?
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What phrase is "o'clock" contracting?
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Is there a name for the deliberate use of incorrect grammar?
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"I give nothing to no-one" or "I do not give anything to anyone"
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In 'large herds of elephant and buffalo', why elephant not elephants?
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"Regret" vs. "remorse"
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"Country" is to "compatriot" as "species" is to what?
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What is the origin and use of "remember me to her/him"?
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How can I make this sentence unambiguous?
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Is there a term for switching syllables of words?
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Linguistic connection between the geophysical "bluff" and the deceptive "bluff"?
379
Which is the correct way to refer to the letter "Z" — "Zee" or "Zed"?
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Why is it half and not second?
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Why does "quadratic" describe second power when "quad" means "four"?
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Comma usage with "of course"
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Antecedent of "which" in "A man coming out of the backdoor of his house which is facing east"
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Erroring or Erring?
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Do compound words have any logic?
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Balance paid prior to arrival to hotel
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What does "dead as a door nail" mean?
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"On a page" or "in a page" for a web page
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A negative person
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Prosodic stress
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What is the difference between "to oblige" and "to obligate"?
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Non-derogatory word for shill?
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Is there a definitive spelling for the shortened version of “as per usual”?
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How to pronounce "worried"?
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Why is there no plural indefinite article?
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What do all capital letters typically refer to in writing?
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Is there any hidden meaning in “haircuts” in the analogy of Presidential election as “usual vague contest between competing slogans and haircuts”?
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"Decagram" or "dekagram"
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why are host and hostile lookalike while they are of different meanings?
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What are initials?
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How does one write "day in and day out"
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What does the phrase 'make the girls tick' mean?
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What's the word for a vendor/retailer/wholesaler that sends products abroad
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What is the etymology of "yonks"?
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Logical meaning of "And / Or"
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Is there any idiom or expression that would imply " It is hard to argue against such rationale"?
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Word for being asked many difficult questions
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Saxon genitive and "et al."
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A Term for Someone Who Constantly Quotes Film/Literature/Poetry
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Single word for 'never return'
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What's a good term/phrase for things of a specific branch everybody should know?
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Usage of "how come" while speaking
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What is that feeling...?
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