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I am a native speaker of American English.

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Why can I write "Please open window" without an article?
Jul 25
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Are patients and patience homophones?
Jan 22
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Is it possible to talk with "a staff"?
Feb 23
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A child who behaves as an adult
Feb 25
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Is it correct to use both "first" and "initial" in "first initial reaction"?
Feb 10
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"a lowly profitable company": is it correct?
Feb 1
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ESOL teacher claims present perfect equals s-form
Jul 18
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Do intransitive verbs really never take an indirect object?
Jul 30
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Where is the pun in "I stayed up all night wondering where the sun went…and then it dawned on me"?
Feb 7
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What is the opposite of "for free"?
Feb 9
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Best translation for the Egyptian idiom: "He falls standing"
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Is there a specific name for that singular exhalation laugh that happens when you read something only slightly funny?
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"Boy howdy!" Where did this expression come from, who uses it, and what does it convey?
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What is a term for a phenomenon where two people doing the same job are less effective than one person doing it alone?
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What meaning of "gay" is intended in "He was very gay and had already washed and was now on his feet"?

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