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Dan Getz
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36 votes

Why is, "If I don't use the microphone, nobody will hear me," not considered a double negative

35 votes

What does the slang word "hammered" actually mean?

33 votes

Why "clothespin" and not "clothpin"?

17 votes

Why is there no plural 's' after "hundred" or "thousand" in cardinal numbers?

16 votes
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Putin's vice like grip -- what does "vice" mean here?

16 votes

What is this mop-like tool called in English?

16 votes

Object of the verb "pay"

14 votes

How do we express we want someone to do what we say without any negotiation?

7 votes

Pick a number between one and ten

6 votes

"On the grounds that" suggests the reason isn’t really a good one

6 votes
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Proper use of "the" in American English

5 votes

When to use conjunction and when not?

4 votes
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Noun + anonymous examples

4 votes

How much is right to do something?

4 votes
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Do we say "please lay the chair down"?

4 votes

How can this be correct, because it is from a native english movie: "I am a strong as a boy" (yes you read it right, not "as strong as")

4 votes

What does "rounding a corner" mean?

4 votes

What does the pronoun "them" refer to?

3 votes
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How do you say plugged a running stream of water into a tube?

3 votes
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Sequence of tenses: They created a device that is able or was able?

3 votes
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Is it common to pronounce two /tjuː/?

3 votes
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Which's correct no file "in" the path or no file "on" the path?

3 votes
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Meaning of "for" in these examples

3 votes

What is the meaning of "Make a love of someone"?

3 votes
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Can "that is " be used to explain multiple things

3 votes
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'Make recommendations on how to...'

3 votes

What's the best way to convey that I'm not a toff (rich kid)?

3 votes

What does the word "out" mean in the sentence "the correlation is very out"?

2 votes

Am I a Vegetarian?

2 votes

the usages of while