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Is there an idiom that says not to change a perfectly good thing?

answered Aug 4, 2021 at 5:14

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Meaning: "waiting for 6 hours" vs. "6 hours since I was waiting"

meaning-in-context american-english time

answered Aug 24, 2015 at 4:50

28 votes

Using "at a jail" vs. "in a jail"

prepositions

answered Apr 4, 2016 at 1:17

20 votes

The meaning of "shooting" in this sentence "Here's the HTML we're shooting to generate"

meaning

answered Jul 30, 2014 at 5:06

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The difference between 'extra chair' and 'spare chair'

word-in-context

answered May 1, 2016 at 22:06

15 votes

'I got a cold' versus 'I caught a cold'

word-usage word-choice american-english british-english

answered Sep 19, 2015 at 23:39

15 votes

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Words to describe the situation in which my diary book has a few fresh pages left

vocabulary adjectives negation past-participles

answered Nov 16, 2015 at 6:19

14 votes

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“puked” vs. “vomited”

word-choice vocabulary

answered Oct 24, 2014 at 3:57

13 votes

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Which one(s) of “up”, “above”, “over”, “on” and “upon” is (or are) correct for this sentence?

word-usage prepositions word-difference

answered Aug 27, 2014 at 2:49

13 votes

“in the morning” vs. “in morning”

grammaticality articles definite-article prepositional-phrases time

answered Nov 10, 2014 at 17:22

12 votes

Which is more polite, "Would you" or "Could you"?

politeness

answered Jan 22, 2015 at 5:26

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"Product list" vs "Products list"

grammar phrase-meaning

answered May 26, 2015 at 22:10

11 votes

Alternative ways of saying "...., right?"

word-choice questions sentence-structure tag-questions

answered Aug 1, 2014 at 4:28

11 votes

Alone or by yourself?

word-usage word-choice phrase-usage phrase-choice

answered Aug 19, 2017 at 19:40

10 votes

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Correct plural usage for "hundreds" and "thousands"

word-usage plural-forms

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 5:33

10 votes

fall into a category vs. fall under a category

word-choice difference

answered Jun 1, 2014 at 20:06

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Which is correct: "have been completed" or "are completed"

present-perfect participial-adjectives

answered Jan 31, 2015 at 22:19

10 votes

difference between "came along" and "along came"

usage word-order phrasal-verbs inversion

answered Dec 29, 2014 at 6:13

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Meaning of "That was all he had in the way of a wheel barrow"

sentence-meaning

answered May 3, 2016 at 19:30

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Overdose or overdo on vitamins?

grammar usage

answered May 13, 2016 at 21:03

9 votes

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A word for the machine that tells a news reader what to say (using scrolling subtitles)

meaning word-request

answered Dec 30, 2014 at 5:31

9 votes

Difference between "fat chance" and "slim chance"?

difference idioms sarcasm

answered Feb 6, 2015 at 6:37

9 votes

Sarcastic Idioms for being slow to notice something

idioms idiom-request sarcasm

answered Jan 4, 2015 at 20:43

9 votes

What is the meaning of "For Good"?

idioms

answered Nov 8, 2014 at 5:16

9 votes

"Lily, not he/him, had planned the party" — Which pronoun is more appropriate?

pronouns case

answered Sep 26, 2017 at 17:56

9 votes

take a screwdriver to something

comprehension

answered Sep 2, 2015 at 5:50

8 votes

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'Would you mind' and 'Do you mind'

word-choice auxiliary-verbs politeness

answered Oct 21, 2014 at 22:45

8 votes

Would anyone like a drink?

phrase-usage determiners

answered Sep 28, 2014 at 23:57

8 votes

What do we call an act of making sounds from bending/twisting body joints (as in knuckles)?

word-request word-usage

answered Jul 19, 2014 at 4:45

8 votes

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Bring versus Take: specific example

word-choice verbs deictic-verbs

answered Mar 5, 2017 at 6:32

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Is there an idiom that says not to change a perfectly good thing?

Meaning: "waiting for 6 hours" vs. "6 hours since I was waiting"

Using "at a jail" vs. "in a jail"

The meaning of "shooting" in this sentence "Here's the HTML we're shooting to generate"

The difference between 'extra chair' and 'spare chair'

'I got a cold' versus 'I caught a cold'

Words to describe the situation in which my diary book has a few fresh pages left

“puked” vs. “vomited”

Which one(s) of “up”, “above”, “over”, “on” and “upon” is (or are) correct for this sentence?

“in the morning” vs. “in morning”

Which is more polite, "Would you" or "Could you"?

"Product list" vs "Products list"

Alternative ways of saying "...., right?"

Alone or by yourself?

Correct plural usage for "hundreds" and "thousands"

fall into a category vs. fall under a category

Which is correct: "have been completed" or "are completed"

difference between "came along" and "along came"

Meaning of "That was all he had in the way of a wheel barrow"

Overdose or overdo on vitamins?

A word for the machine that tells a news reader what to say (using scrolling subtitles)

Difference between "fat chance" and "slim chance"?

Sarcastic Idioms for being slow to notice something

What is the meaning of "For Good"?

"Lily, not he/him, had planned the party" — Which pronoun is more appropriate?

take a screwdriver to something

'Would you mind' and 'Do you mind'

Would anyone like a drink?

What do we call an act of making sounds from bending/twisting body joints (as in knuckles)?

Bring versus Take: specific example