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MarcInManhattan
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Is the phrase "I read that in Spock" correct?

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Does the phrase "Tom has been seeing Mary for a while" always imply they have a romantic relationship?

31 votes

What do you call a place where certain ideas are prevalent?

29 votes
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Do we say "She looks prettier with her naked face" or "She looks prettier with her bare face"?

28 votes
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Can we leave out "to" after go?

23 votes

Are these Asian food establishments called a cafe or a restaurant or a stall?

19 votes

What makes a phrase like "use them legs" valid?

18 votes

What do you call an episode that is not closely related to the main plot?

16 votes
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What do you call a ball of yarn/thread?

16 votes

Do the suffixes -ic and -ous have the same meaning?

16 votes
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I find it hard to imagine that

15 votes
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"The dog ate one of the boys’ breakfast."

13 votes
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"I am select for the job" "I got/became select for the job"

12 votes

Why is the passive "are described" not grammatically correct in this sentence?

12 votes

"Heaven's Gate" vs "The Gates of Hell"

10 votes

"Of"—meaning in "The fox ate of it"

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For what reason is 'therefore' in '...allowing a variety of voices and therefore styles'?

10 votes
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Is 'make sure no one knows you are playing this game' grammatically weird?

9 votes

She's been banned from tennis for five years

8 votes
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Definition of “cut”

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Why "previously learned knowledge" is a natural phrase in English, although "learn knowledge" is not?

7 votes
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What do you call the metal containers used to cook food (meat, pizza etc.) in the oven? (Translation of ‘fuente’)

7 votes
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"He is more than a friend is"

7 votes

Do we say "cold" to refer to any illness that makes you cough, have a runny nose, a fever etc such as a cold, flu, Covid etc?

7 votes

Regarding the "whether... or ..." grammar structure, what informs the decision to use "whether it is..." or "whether they are..."?

6 votes

Part of speech of 'nothing'

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'Your confusion' or 'your confusions'?

6 votes

Why is there no passive form of the present/past/future perfect continuous?

6 votes

What does it mean to "have had abolition of war"?

6 votes

"pensioner" vs "retired person" Aren't they overlapping? Really, who is who?

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