The English Oracle

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Difference between "spine" and "backbone"

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How do students respond to the "roll call" and how do you pronounce it?

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A feeling of there is "something more to it"

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Why did Napoleon III coin the term "Latin America"?

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"X times as many as" or "X times more than"

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Equivalent of "former" and "latter" for more than 2 items

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Replacement for "God forbid"

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Is the word 'staithe' used outside of Norfolk?

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Full-stack vs Full Stack, Back-end vs Back end, Front-end vs Front end

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What does “as” represent for in “Cantor quits as Majority leader” and “Cantor to resign as Majority leader”?

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What's the noun for typical human behavior in a disaster?

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Synonym for "final" or antonym for "draft"

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If my boat is sinking should I bale or bail the water out?

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Definition of "telescope"

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Part of speech of "brief" and "short" in the phrases "in brief" and "in short"

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Stop if you feel faint or pain!

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Is there a word or term used to categorize words that are unnecessary to conform with grammar rules and don't add to the meaning of a sentence?

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When should you use "then" and when "than"?

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Is Shakespeare's Double Negative Grammatically Wrong?

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Source of "-bie" in "freebie"

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Momentary vs Temporary

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What does "devil a bit" mean?

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Is using "have" better than using "got" in the following sentence?

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Meaning and etymology of "down with"

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Why are pot-holes called pot-holes?

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Word that means "to make look like a bad thing/force"

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"Ground floor" vs. "first floor"

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Where did the phrase "drop the hammer" come from?

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Antonym of nomad

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Will grammar errors become correct after enough people use them for enough time?

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How to correctly write chains of nouns with plurals like "Messages List" and "Apple Count" for IT

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Can a prepositional phrase be the direct object?

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Is this grammatical? "You are who I love."

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Antonym for 'serial', as in 'a serial publication'

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Word for someone who has never experienced hardship

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Why does this "Ladies First" saying exist?

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What does 'on-premises' mean?

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Is there a difference in meaning between "from the beginning" and "since the beginning"?

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Pronunciation of ‘been’

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What is difference between renter, tenant and rentee?

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Does the idiom "step on a rake" mean making the same mistake twice?

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Word for change in velocity

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How to write dashes in "a 2-4-room-apartment"?

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What do you call someone who always talks a situation in their favor?

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Word for two things that are opposite yet the same

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Which animals can and can't be prefixed with "she-"?

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One word for an activity a person does to get close to someone

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What's the meaning of "large hug" in definition of "bearhug"?

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Do we pronounce a "t" sound in negative contractions "n't"

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"Hello" or "hi" — what's best?

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