The English Oracle

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When should you write "answer" versus "response"?

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Can your use of Latin-derived words indicate your social class?

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What's the word for paper "decaying"?

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Looking for a word (or set of words) to describe someone who moves their residence continuously over the years?

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Word for declining to answer

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How are "i.e." and "e.g." pronounced?

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He contradicts himself "on the regular"

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"We must away ere break of day": What is this grammar? Is it alive?

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Why doesn't English have a word that means both Hello and Goodbye?

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You'll see them in future "as it is" OR "as they are"?

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Is there any relation between the suffix "-ship" and actual ships?

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Is there a word for the selective removal of items from a list (other than cull)?

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Is the usage of a hyphen in "ad hoc" acceptable?

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What is a good idiom for deceptive smile?

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Meaning and usage of "be of"

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"If it hadn’t been for the rock, the ship wouldn’t have gone aground"

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What is a less controversial name for the clothing item known as a "wife-beater" in the United States?

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What is the word for an action that is "considered to be frowned upon"?

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"Subtotal" vs "total"

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"Get to do something"

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Please help explain this long sentence

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Is "I am running" or "I run" grammatical to say while running?

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I'm looking for a word or short phrase for putting something non-specific in your mouth (not weird, I swear) [RESOLVED]

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"at a URL" or "on a URL"?

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Figures of Speech: Inversion, doubt

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How would you describe the lava in a lava lamp?

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Is Invasion of the Body Snatchers a misnomer?

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What is the sense of the word "kettle" here?

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Usage of the word "steward"

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Does English have digraph GN that does not come from Norman (Old French)?

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Can predicative complements not be bare noun phrases in English? That is, are clauses such as “I am student” incorrect?

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Capitalize first words in a list?

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Does order matter when writing a sentence including aunt and uncle?

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What is the difference between the adjectives "live" and "alive"?

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How "macro" in computer programming came about

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Lack of commas or just misunderstanding

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Structure of "As I passed by there looked out from it the face I showed you this afternoon"

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Using a name as a contraction with "is", syntax looks possessive?

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The Great Vowel Shift: when did it really end?

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Can you use "a" before "1/4" when there is no unit following?

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Can bacon or beans suggest some sort of alcohol?

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What's the origin of the expression "Them's the breaks"?

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Yourself vs Yourselves

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Which is correct: "with regards to," "in regards with," "regarding"?

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The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons

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word or phrase for pursuing a losing argument in a certain manner

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Why are Greek letters pronounced incorrectly in scientific English?

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What are the differences between "shop," "shoppe," and "store"?

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'Using a keyboard is better' v 'It's better to use a keyboard': and why IT with the infinitive?

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Is "worser" correct grammatically?

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