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M.A.R.

Member for 8 years, 2 months
Last seen more than a month ago

Tabriz, Iran

21 Questions

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32 votes

5 answers

11k views

You prefer to "eat soup" or "drink soup"?

asked Feb 17, 2015 at 18:33

30 votes

2 answers

3k views

In how many ways can something not be right?

asked Mar 2, 2017 at 14:47

24 votes

2 answers

2k views

Any chances "spell" means "pronounce"?

asked Feb 10, 2015 at 18:02

14 votes

6 answers

17k views

What is meant by "grammar"?

asked Oct 12, 2015 at 16:42

12 votes

2 answers

317 views

What's with "star as interesting" and "unstar as interesting"?

asked Jan 21, 2016 at 19:05

11 votes

4 answers

13k views

Can "Wow!" be a sentence?

asked Dec 24, 2015 at 10:47

7 votes

9 answers

4k views

Is "this is questions" ever grammatical?

asked Mar 30, 2017 at 14:06

7 votes

2 answers

304 views

What's "A Slave" in "12 Years A Slave"?

asked May 19, 2016 at 17:06

6 votes

2 answers

366 views

Houston, we have a problem: 'Has' or 'had'?

asked Feb 10, 2015 at 16:47

5 votes

3 answers

2k views

"While you're at it" - Why at?

asked Feb 10, 2015 at 20:07

5 votes

5 answers

629 views

Does 'will' really mark future reference?

asked Nov 6, 2015 at 15:35

5 votes

1 answer

2k views

Is "no one of them seems grammatical" ungrammatical? Why?

asked Dec 9, 2015 at 14:55

5 votes

3 answers

2k views

Any differences between "I didn't have many apples" and "I had few apples"?

asked Dec 14, 2015 at 16:28

5 votes

3 answers

2k views

Is "Poor them, who hate chocolates" grammatical?

asked Jun 15, 2016 at 6:50

4 votes

2 answers

467 views

Why does something "belong to someone" and not "belong someone"?

asked Jun 3, 2019 at 21:11

3 votes

2 answers

1k views

What is a modal verb, really?

asked Apr 17, 2017 at 18:01

2 votes

3 answers

98 views

nonellipsed forms: "to glory" vs. "to hell" -- Is there a rule?

asked Feb 13, 2015 at 20:52

2 votes

1 answer

797 views

Why is "at least" commoner than "at the least" but "at very least" is less common than "at the very least"?

asked Jun 19, 2015 at 13:43

1 vote

3 answers

102 views

"He just borrows them, not steal(s)" -- Coordination of a negated verb in ellipsis

asked May 18, 2019 at 13:14

1 vote

1 answer

377 views

Who is a side note?

asked Feb 11, 2015 at 17:47

1 vote

1 answer

177 views

"Our old man is going shopping to buy something for dinner"?

asked Feb 4, 2015 at 15:38