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What is understood if I say "I'm an English teacher"?

answered Aug 29, 2016 at 20:43

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Why is "letter" not plural in "two letter words"?

answered Mar 28, 2017 at 15:06

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How to write a plural form of 'ex' (ex girlfriend..etc)

answered May 17, 2016 at 8:39

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How can native English speakers read an unknown word correctly?

answered Oct 19, 2014 at 17:57

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I demand that he leave or leaves?

answered May 8, 2018 at 15:44

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To take oneself's life is not an act of courage

answered May 18, 2018 at 12:09

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"Stopped talking" and "stopped to talk"

answered Apr 3, 2017 at 13:34

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Is "The two men Savchenko, an Iraq war veteran, was convicted of helping to kill were . . . " grammatical?

answered Mar 23, 2016 at 11:08

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There's 'NO' my wallet - Is it right grammatically?

answered Aug 18, 2015 at 13:57

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There's vs There are

answered Nov 11, 2014 at 16:58

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Do native speakers distinguish well the pronunciations of "L" and "R"?

answered Oct 12, 2015 at 13:25

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How do we know "is" is a verb in "Kolkata is a big city"?

answered Nov 15, 2022 at 14:14

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If someone is using slang words and phrases when talking to me, would that be disrespectful and I should be offended?

answered Aug 18 at 22:17

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Too many to's? 'I am not able to come to office'

answered Jan 28, 2016 at 12:03

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CM stand for cervical mucus VS CM standS for cervical mucus

answered Feb 9, 2015 at 15:05

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Why are commas instead of periods used in this sentence from the Economist?

answered Mar 13, 2017 at 14:36

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Using "must" and "have to" together

answered Oct 16, 2015 at 13:26

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Meaning of "you'd of thought"

answered Dec 8, 2014 at 0:22

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The name of this part of a spoon

answered Apr 11, 2017 at 13:19

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Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only planet ____ life has developed gradually

answered May 1, 2018 at 14:56

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What does "there lived here then" mean?

answered Nov 9, 2016 at 9:55

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Are English consonant sounds [p], [t], [k] aspirated before another consonant?

answered Mar 19, 2017 at 13:25

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What's the pun in "Clowns divorce. Custardy battle.”?

answered Aug 26, 2015 at 16:53

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Why is "his driving the car" wrong?

answered Nov 15, 2015 at 13:29

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omitting the word "there"

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 10:59

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Great Expectations [is written vs has been written] by Charles Dickens

answered May 23, 2018 at 16:17

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Why do native speakers sometimes use present continuous when it seems like it should be present simple?

answered Sep 27 at 23:28

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"There are" with or without additional "there"

answered Oct 2, 2015 at 12:21

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How to pronounce possessive plurals?

answered Mar 6, 2017 at 10:20

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Can "on the other hand" be used without its "On the one hand"?

answered Dec 10, 2014 at 13:26

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420 Answers

What is understood if I say "I'm an English teacher"?

Why is "letter" not plural in "two letter words"?

How to write a plural form of 'ex' (ex girlfriend..etc)

How can native English speakers read an unknown word correctly?

I demand that he leave or leaves?

To take oneself's life is not an act of courage

"Stopped talking" and "stopped to talk"

Is "The two men Savchenko, an Iraq war veteran, was convicted of helping to kill were . . . " grammatical?

There's 'NO' my wallet - Is it right grammatically?

There's vs There are

Do native speakers distinguish well the pronunciations of "L" and "R"?

How do we know "is" is a verb in "Kolkata is a big city"?

If someone is using slang words and phrases when talking to me, would that be disrespectful and I should be offended?

Too many to's? 'I am not able to come to office'

CM stand for cervical mucus VS CM standS for cervical mucus

Why are commas instead of periods used in this sentence from the Economist?

Using "must" and "have to" together

Meaning of "you'd of thought"

The name of this part of a spoon

Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only planet ____ life has developed gradually

What does "there lived here then" mean?

Are English consonant sounds [p], [t], [k] aspirated before another consonant?

What's the pun in "Clowns divorce. Custardy battle.”?

Why is "his driving the car" wrong?

omitting the word "there"

Great Expectations [is written vs has been written] by Charles Dickens

Why do native speakers sometimes use present continuous when it seems like it should be present simple?

"There are" with or without additional "there"

How to pronounce possessive plurals?

Can "on the other hand" be used without its "On the one hand"?