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The use of the word "moot" as a noun

nouns adjectives british-english parts-of-speech language-evolution

Reasons for using the same word for people and language of a country?

meaning language-evolution

Synonym of Dream Interpreter

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Is "learning", used as a noun, Denglish?

language-evolution

Is the correct usage of “Diagnose (verb)” losing its ground?

language-evolution

Is the word "App" evolving? [closed]

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The etymology of "religion" comes from "legere" meaning to read + "re" meaning again. Or does it? (more inside) [closed]

etymology language-evolution ambiguity religion roots

Has the use of the idiom "last week" surpassed the use of the correct "yester-week"?

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Present Participle versus Gerund

grammar parts-of-speech gerunds present-participles language-evolution

"Ta" and "ta-ta"

etymology language-evolution

Divergence of usage of Present Perfect tense in English from that of other European languages

usage history language-evolution

When I shelve only one thing, am I not putting it on one shelf?

etymology verbs language-evolution

How are computers affecting spelling and usage? [closed]

orthography past-perfect descriptive-grammar language-evolution

How many English words are of native origin?

etymology history historical-change loanwords language-evolution

What is the origin of "uh", "um", "erm" and "er"?

etymology language-evolution rhotic dialogue

Is English becoming easier or harder to learn? [closed]

learning language-evolution

Has there been an Anglo-Saxon movement in English?

latin language-evolution old-english

How are artificial constructions such as l33t classified with regards to English?

single-word-requests language-evolution

What part of speech is 'almost' in "these tiny flowers transform into pulp-filled pods almost the size of rugby balls"?

prepositions adverbs language-evolution

When did 'venereal disease' become STI?

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