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Workflow for finding words in a text that are not in GSL or AWL

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Why was the question "Why are English words are so hard to spell?" closed as POB, and how can it be fixed?

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Wherever you are... Happy Thanksgiving

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Please help me improve my question on 'dishonest mistake' (re the term 'honest mistake')

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I think the 'idiolects' question isn't a duplicate

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Why was this question on usage migrated to ELL?

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answered Nov 11 at 21:33 Laurel 52.9k

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Why is this question full of  entities?

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Resources for increased complexity in writing

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Should accepted answers appear first, just above the highest scored answer, or should answers now appear only in order of score? (Vote by Oct. 19)

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Convert plural to singular and visa versa

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Reversal of serial voting a little too aggressive?

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answered Oct 20 at 14:06 Laurel 52.9k

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Be a bastion of democracy! Let's pin accepted answers at the top of the page! [duplicate]

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How can I upload a short audio clip of English so that I can ask for help with its transcription [duplicate]

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Daily writings or forums written by native english speakers

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Book recommendation about languages from the linguist's perspective

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Google Ngrams, an object lesson

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English Grammar book on 'Voice Change' and 'Narration Change'

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Why aren’t my questions being answered

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my Question about adjective-adverb "double duty" got closed

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Where do you report minor glitches in the system? Here?

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More than three flags are unexpectedly required to delete spam

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Will you please insist on explanations for down-voting? [duplicate]

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Is there a formatting convention when referencing a document name, or otherwise similar "object"/attachment?

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Looking for a list of malapropism by frequency of occurrence

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What languages would be easier to learn with scientific knowledge of English?

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Why can't we see who favorites our question?

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Any good structured English dictionary dataset?

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Should this question be really closed?

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Closing a question: tag specificity and the merits of viewing the question in a vacuum

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Poor Choice of Prior Answer

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Request to reopen a closed question (or get suggestions for rewording)

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Can we get this unlinked?

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Let's reopen this interesting question

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Why was this high-voted question closed?

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Justification for 'opinion based' closure on translation question?

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Converting post to Wiki answer

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Why are so many questions suddenly being locked? [duplicate]

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modified Jul 17 at 17:55 Cascabel 19.6k

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What do you like to see in questions?

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answered Jul 15 at 9:47 Xanne 11.1k

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How does the ELU community define a century? When did this century start 2001 or 2000?

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List of English word research tools [duplicate]

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Why are we moving all the comments to chat?

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modified Jul 13 at 16:32 ColleenV 1,289

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Why can't we help programmers with English language usage?

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Why was my question about proper english terminology migrated to a software engineering discussion? [duplicate]

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Why did my question get insta-locked?

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