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is there any difference between 'enroll in' 'enroll on' and 'enroll for'?

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Andy

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What does the slang word "hammered" actually mean?

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zach

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What is the right word to refer to a black person, when you don't know their name?

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Ken Graham

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Spelling of noun for 'absorb' - 'absorption' or 'absorbtion'

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Chaitanya Kumar

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Do I need a comma in this sentence?

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Soha Farhin Pine

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How do I use "also" in a sentence?

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EngFan

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Difference between "this" and "that"

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Ahmad

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The meaning of "Well, he sure made"

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Alan

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How does the "Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop..." joke work?

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bdsl

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formulate an expression meaning "oversimplification approach"

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John Feltz

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Usercases for 'in addition' vs 'also'

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Mike

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What does *bend the rule* mean?

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Nir Duan

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Using many participle phrases in a one sentence

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ra1ned

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Do I need to use "some" when I use "such as"?

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Teacher KSHuang

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Do you say “2 Byte” or “2 Bytes”?

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Willi Mentzel

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“file doesn’t exist” or “file doesn’t exists”

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SovereignSun

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Is a second 'is' in a compound sentence redundant?

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Andrew

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What is omitted here?

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Laurel♦

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What kind of structure is: "... that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast."?

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BladorthinTheGrey

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Let me go. How to change this sentence into passive voice?

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JavaLatte

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What is the meaning of 'playing hard to get'?

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Fiksdal

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Is there any reason why we can't use "I hope you to buy me a doll."

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Kirti

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"Will" vs "would"

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Em.

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What does this phrase mean " follows specific width requirements"?

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Hugo

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"Furthermore" versus "moreover"

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iNyar

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What does "wipe" mean here?

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The Tech Guy

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Choose vs. Elect vs. Select – what are the differences?

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LMS

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What should a language learner know about political correctness?

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Tsundoku

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please explain these sentence and why we use being?

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P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica

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omitting the word "there"

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John Lawler

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transferred negation

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Volker Siegel

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How can I remember the difference between "loose" and "lose"?

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Giambattista

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What does "they could not quite picture to themselves" mean?

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Joshua Taylor

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does "artsy" have negative connotations?

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Victor B.

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What does Natalie Wood mean by "Well, stop the world" in the movie Rebel Without a Cause?

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ARYF

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Is ending a sentence with a preposition acceptable?

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Jeff Puckett

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Can I say "the colors are ranging from green to red"?

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Robert Tillman

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Confused about what "Sometimes choices make you" means

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What did you say / said?

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DigviJay Patil

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"Buried alive", "burned alive"

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Violette

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Is the use of "mistake" or "make mistake" or "do mistake" appropriate in the following sentence?

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Sakib Arifin

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"do you not" vs "do not you"

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psmears

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"do you not" vs "do not you"

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thumbtackthief

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Is this grammatical? Nonrestrictive clause with "who"

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CynicallyNaive

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Is "had" required in this sentence?

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Era

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School calls my daughter a ward

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How are words ending "-ology", "-onomy", "-ography" pronounced?

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Virtuous Legend

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Why can we say "drink" but we can't say "drinks"

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Alan Carmack

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Can 'such' mean 'any such' ? Why? (1951 US, Truman to MacArthur)

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There has been vs. There have been

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Honest Abe

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Is it right to use the structure "do as well as doing"?

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Nikana Reklawyks

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Translation of snuff movies

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mrnld

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Why is it "If I were you" and not "If I was you"?

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laugh salutes Monica C

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What can I say politely when something bad happens? [closed]

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Peter

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What can I say politely when something bad happens?

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Adam Lear♦

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"feint toward" or "feint to", "to" vs "toward"

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Glorfindel♦

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learning new vocabulary

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Ardy

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"Enamored with" vs. "Enamored of"

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shin

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"She DIDN'T enjoy it" or "She NOT enjoyed it"?

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