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Native speaker of British English. parkrunner: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/parkrunner/3257671/all/. Maths teacher in my spare time.

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Can fluent English speakers distinguish between “steel”, “still”, and “steal”?
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Can "he" and "man" refer to all genders?
Feb 19, 2020
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Are the terms "girlfriend" and "boyfriend" limited to some age in the spoken language?
Feb 21, 2018
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When do we use "no women" instead of "no woman"?
Sep 1, 2019
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coronavirus - Why no 'c' capital? Why is there no space?
Mar 27, 2020
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Why can't I contract "it has" sometimes?
Sep 12, 2020
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Olive Garden: "The cheese keeps coming 'til you say 'when'"
Sep 13, 2023
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What does "for a million bucks" mean in "I wouldn't have gone inside for a million bucks"?
Oct 14, 2021
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What does Trump mean here with "They don’t need more as they are going up for the shot."?
Oct 9, 2020
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What does "some type of sheep meat" mean
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