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Regent and Viceroy: When should I use one over the other?

meaning differences usage

What are the differences between public holiday and national holiday? [closed]

differences usage

Square Brackets and ellipses

usage british-english quotes ellipsis square-brackets

Does "the weed" refer to tobacco or marijuana?

Dedicated to producing vs dedicated to the production - use of ing-form + object in place of noun

nouns usage gerunds

"As a mean(s?) for"

I'll check we have this medicine in stock

usage conjunctions

What does ‘a lunch best forgotten’ mean?

meaning idioms usage

Smart used as expensive, why?

word-usage usage

"This is Figure 7 on page 777" or "This is Figure 7 on the page 777"? Why not "the"?

idioms usage definite-articles

"Home appliances", "household appliances", "domestic appliances", and "brown/white wares" in AE

american-english usage

Do readers think of the word "ejaculate" beyond its common sexual meaning? [closed]

meaning usage connotation poetry

"Very much true": how often have you heard a native speaker say that?

Usage of "What does who want?"

grammaticality phrases usage phrase-usage

the use of "of" [closed]

prepositions usage example

Center of a circle and shopping center

What is the word used to describe a question that demands one of two possible answers?

single-word-requests usage rhetoric

Why is the inhabitant of a country called a “citizen”, instead of a "countrizen"?

etymology usage

Why do people seem to get so triggered at the word "plebeians"? [closed]

word-usage etymology usage pejorative-language

Is there any phrasal verb to mean "teeth are falling out because one is getting older"?

single-word-requests usage phrasal-verbs