The English Oracle

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What does “Mercy within mercy within mercy" mean?

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How did 'countenance' evolve to mean 'support or approval'?

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When a sentence starts with "e.g.", should the e be capitalized?

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"I don't bother to do" vs "I don't bother doing"

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What Charles Ingalls was really going to say?

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A word encompassing both an IP address and the port used?

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Collection of mathematical formulas

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Where can I find a list of English paronyms?

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Irregular plurals in noun adjuncts

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Shortest correct sentence in English- use of contractions

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What is the synonym/antonym for "feminist"/"feminism"?

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How do I specify the amount of syrup taken from this bottle?

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Vulgar way of saying "he killed himself"

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"Intended" vs. "intentional"

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Single word for "thin slice"

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What is the origin of the term "hit point"?

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Is there a single word that means "strange object"?

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"I just ate them" and "I've just eaten them" — What's the difference in American and in British?

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Why does English have 'interception'/'intercept' instead of 'interception'/'interceive'?

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What does "sunset" mean in this text?

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How to use the “not only . . . but also” construction?

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How to reply to question tags

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How can I break English L2 pronunciation habits?

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Opposite of "Dry Run"?

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"cold cash" vs. "hard cash"

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Why is the same modal auxiliary, 'may/might' used to ask permission and for uncertainty?

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Is “cut against [something]” an idiom or just ‘cut’ followed by a prepositional phrase?

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Why are Roman numerals still used?

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"Dance macabre" or "macabre dance"

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Is it OK to add a question mark to show inflection?

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Term for words like Snowmageddon, Nipplegate and even cheeseburger?

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Origin of the phrase "under your belt"?

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Choosing between oblivion, forgetfulness, and forgetting

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Reason for different pronunciations of "lieutenant"

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Term for completion of a Post-graduate degree

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Phrases for two methods that are different but both can solve the same task?

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What does "cup and Chaucer" mean?

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Where did the expression "have at it" come from?

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What is the difference between “have to”, “must”, and “should”?

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What is the meaning of "his downfall was a mistletoe"?

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"Known unknown" vs. "unknown known"

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Is “symmetricity” a word?

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What is a term for someone who doesn't know what they haven't experienced?

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"Implied" is to "explicit" as "implication" is to what?

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Yellow versus orange

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What differences are there between "at the end" and "in the end"?

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Is this sentence grammatically correct or punny (or both)?

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"War room" and "Wardroom"

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Difference between "mingle" and "intermingle"?

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Adjective describing someone who is in constant communication with someone else?

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