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This tag is for questions about how to use a particular phrase. If your question is a request for a phrase to use, you should use the "phrase-request" tag.
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Meaning of "First day of week" in different countries
The first day of the calendar week may be either Sunday or Monday, depending on the country.
However, the first day of the regular work week is Monday.
Additionally, Sunday is said to be part of the …
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What defines a native English Speaker?
I think we need to clarify a couple of definitions:
Native English speaker – A person whose first language is English (they learned English from birth or as a very young child), and for whom English …
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Is "rain is falling" entirely wrong?
Rain is falling is grammatically correct, even though it is used less frequently than It is raining. This Ngram shows the relative frequency of use in published works:
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Is "chink in the armor" an appropriate saying?
A chink is a crack or a weak, vulnerable spot, and I don't think there is anything wrong with that idiom. According to Merriam-Webster, the word was documented at least as far back as the 16th century …
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