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What does the grapheme 'm̃' (m with a diacritical tilde) mean in English? Was it in use?

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What is the difference between "solidus" and "slash"?

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Why, in old books, are dates often given with the years redacted?

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What are sentences like "the longer X, the more Y" called and can they be used in formal written English?

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If an insertion in parentheses ends with a smiley, how do I distinguish between the two?

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What is the best format to use when writing out dates?

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Is 'at the time of writing' correct?

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Use of "I", "we" and the passive voice in a scientific thesis [duplicate]

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Is that an "r" in "worship" in a text from 1591?

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To hyphenate or not?

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How did 7 come to be an abbreviation for 'and' in Old English?

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What the #$@&%*! is that called?

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Do most languages need more space than English?

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