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Is "worser" correct grammatically?

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Searching for a literary term for “if this, then I’m a this” statements

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An expression, idiom, or phrase meaning "I lied" or "they are lying" or "to tell a lie", etc? [closed]

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What does "thrice-blessed" mean in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Act 1 Scene 1? [closed]

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Does the modern definition of "awful" come from its homonym to "offal"?

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Does "goodly" in this sentence in Hamlet mean "considerable" or "pleasing?

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"An" in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

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Whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth

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Shakespeare's Scansion

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Why, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, does "square" mean "quarrel"?

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Pronunciation of 'host' in Shakespeare's time

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What word did Middle English have in place of “light" as in: “light blue”, “light green” etc.?

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Thank thou or Thank thee

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"Will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month" - what does this "stand to" mean?

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What do we call 'Shakespearean trash-talk'?

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What is the grammatical construction in “Be but sworn”?

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…down the primrose path

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Shakespearean relative clause: "I have a brother is condemned to die"

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Why did English change so much between Chaucer and Shakespeare?

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