The English Oracle

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"It" vs. "this"

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BBC: "Man convicted of murdering his girlfriend and their 10-month-old daughter at Winchester Crown Court"

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What is the proper name for a circle with a line through it?

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Meaning of attic faith

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Upvote to/for/on a post?

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What's the difference between "my love" and "my lover"?

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Is it common for place names to lose their possessive apostrophe?

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How to address today and the following 9 days

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What's wrong with "the Poincaré" in "the Poincaré conjecture"?

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Is there a suffix like "phile" or "phobe" for don't care?

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Etymology of "computer" before computer referred to a machine

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What's a man called who follows everything his wife says or wishes?

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Solve and resolve pronunciation

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Why is “number” abbreviated as “No.”?

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In a tournament, do I get a "by", a "bye", or a "buy"?

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Definite or indefinite article in "the/a devil's advocate"

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Looking for a translation of a German expression "mit an Sicherheit grenzender Wahrscheinlichkeit"

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Opposite of "straight talk"

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What is a word for what gladiators do?

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Is there a hypernym for "order confirmation", "quotation" and "invoice"?

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What is a thing called that takes measurements?

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Noun for something you dabble in

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Is it true that the 100 most common English words are all Germanic in origin?

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Is there a word for a fictional character who's obviously a copyright friendly version of another character?

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What's the opposite word for "sin"?

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Term to describe the mass changeover in land ownership

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Meaning of W in SFPW, or a synonym that starts with a W

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Didn't understand joke about No Child Left Behind

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"Timeboxing" versus "time-slicing"

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Is it proper usage to replace a comma in a list with a semi-colon in this situation (see details)?

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An old car in bad condition

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"unless stated otherwise" or "unless otherwise stated"?

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Word designating something as being representative of a whole

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Do I use "ID" or "Id"

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How to refer to sexuality in a fictional universe of one sex?

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What is the proper plural form of 'apparatus'?

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New way of understanding the present perfect tense

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Why do they say "love fifteen," in tennis?

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Difference between "think of" and "think about"

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Interested "in" or "by" something?

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What is the term for repetition of an initial syllable in successive words?

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Feminine version of "gentleman and a scholar"

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Is "because-noun" a new preposition?

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Why is she saying “bang him on the counter” when he is a small living thing?

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Female Actor or Actress

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English equivalent for 'hungry of eyes', which describes someone who takes more food than they can eat

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Question about waffle terminology

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Does bit (information) have a plural

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Meaning and usage of "I'm game"

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What do you call the land area around a pond?

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