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Is this correct usage of the word "spoil"?

meaning word-usage

What does 'cloying smoke' mean?

meaning word-usage

Does English have a word for "not sick"?

single-word-requests word-usage translation

To introduce a hot topic, "increased interest" vs. "increasing interest"

Can adjectives alone be nouns? Is 'Like other French who lived through the war ...' acceptable?

Does it sound strange to use "hands-on background"?

word-choice word-usage phrases expressions phrase-requests

There was nothing to do than watching films [closed]

meaning grammar word-usage grammaticality phrases

Difference between "Thanking you" and "Thank you"?

word-usage indian-english

Come Near March

A word/phrase to mean 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' without sounding old school/erudite/pretentious

word-choice word-usage phrases expressions phrase-requests

Alternatives for expression "is that"

grammar word-choice word-usage sentence clauses

“Minutes later” vs. “a few minutes later”

word-usage indefinite-articles determiners zero-article

Do you think 'hands-on' is redundant in this sentence?

word-choice word-usage

what does it mean "set up for takeaways"? [closed]

Is there one word for "not challenged enough"?

single-word-requests word-choice word-usage synonyms diction

What does it mean for RFC 3339 to be "a profile of" ISO 8601?

meaning word-usage terminology

Can I call the following "irony"?

What do you call a person placing bets? [closed]

word-usage nouns

Do any style guides advocate the alternating use of "he" and "she" as a gender-neutral pronoun?

word-usage pronouns writing-style gender-neutral style-manuals

Is it correct to use "git" as verb?

word-usage verbs meaning-in-context terminology