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What's up with locking new questions?

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modified Dec 31 '20 at 20:01 Cascabel 15.1k

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Blatant Grammatical Error

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answered Dec 31 '20 at 19:15 jsw29 4,283

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Why marked duplicate?

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modified Dec 30 '20 at 20:41 Cascabel 15.1k

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Problems loading chat: hangs forever

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modified Dec 29 '20 at 22:03 Cascabel 15.1k

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How does one appeal a closed question, duplicate?

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answered Dec 29 '20 at 22:00 Andrew Leach♦ 88k

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Is there any good online service or tools for reading text and catching new words?

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answered Dec 29 '20 at 19:01 Mitch 65.5k

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Revised: Is a question about the Economist's article “Silly Sausages” on topic, or are we too serious to enjoy a linguistic laugh?

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modified Dec 26 '20 at 22:01 Community♦ 1

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Is the fact that a question is a duplicate a good reason to downvote?

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modified Dec 23 '20 at 20:06 fev 2,330

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The appropriateness of having an 'Italian' tag (no slight intended: I've just become aware of this particular flag)

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modified Dec 23 '20 at 2:42 Sven Yargs 135k

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Would it still be on-topic to ask a question to define the year? i.e. 2020: The year of…?

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modified Dec 20 '20 at 19:37 Cascabel 15.1k

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Move a question about hyphens and dashes from graphicdesign.stackexchange.com

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answered Dec 19 '20 at 15:33 Andrew Leach♦ 88k

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Is there any site for this kind of questions

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modified Dec 19 '20 at 13:14 fev 2,330

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Resource for grammatical rules pertaining to mid-17th century English

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modified Dec 18 '20 at 0:01 Community♦ 1

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Reference for the history of the English alphabet

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Dec 16 '20 at 19:11 user107952 189

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Searching Google Books from an Ngram result before a certain time

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Dec 16 '20 at 1:06 salihfurqan 1

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Please recommend the best book for english grammar and sentence structures which must meet the requirements as follows : [duplicate]

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Dec 16 '20 at 0:42 Neo 11

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Is there a tool to check whether I'm using the top N most common words

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Dec 16 '20 at 0:22 Alan McBee 139

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Are questions about local dialects necessarily “opinion-based”?

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modified Dec 15 '20 at 23:07 ab2 25.3k

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When users express irritation in their answers or comments, is this enough reason to flag them as unfriendly?

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answered Dec 15 '20 at 17:18 ColleenV 822

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When can we use screenshots?

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answered Dec 10 '20 at 15:57 Andrew Leach♦ 88k

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Should we change the default suggested tags?

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answered Dec 10 '20 at 11:32 Mari-Lou A 82.1k

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Single-word requests. The annoying and constant problem of inexactitude

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answered Dec 8 '20 at 17:29 Lawrence 35.3k

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Commit to + inf vs + -ing [migrated]

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asked Dec 8 '20 at 16:42 ALife 41

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Apparent missing link to the original question

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answered Dec 2 '20 at 10:47 Matt E. Эллен♦ 27.9k

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The “needs improvement” close reason doesn't contain an option for migration

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modified Nov 25 '20 at 12:38 Glorfindel 13.1k

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Naming vs. Single word requests

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modified Nov 12 '20 at 15:27 Laurel 47.7k

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Are there any resources for 18th and 19th Century English Grammar?

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asked Nov 11 '20 at 3:55 thepufferfish 151

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Would “Is 'maiden name' now considered sexist” be off-topic? Can I ask if née replaces it in the same question?

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answered Nov 7 '20 at 16:50 jsw29 4,283

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Let's discuss this edit

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answered Nov 6 '20 at 10:39 Greybeard 15k

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Finding snippets on Ngrams before 1800

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modified Nov 2 '20 at 21:36 Cascabel 15.1k

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How to avoid an “opinion based” question regarding listening comprehension?

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modified Oct 30 '20 at 12:35 Gerardo Furtado 353

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Delete a question on this site [duplicate]

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Oct 23 '20 at 2:06 nickel 1

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What are the free resources to learn english online?

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answered Oct 22 '20 at 12:12 Andrew Leach♦ 88k

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Is changing quotation marks from German style to English style a constructive edit?

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modified Oct 19 '20 at 11:52 Trevor Reid 411

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Theme of stack exchange sites [closed]

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answered Oct 16 '20 at 19:57 choster 41.5k

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Can we please close this offensive question?

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modified Oct 15 '20 at 17:33 Cascabel 15.1k

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What happened to 'protecting'?

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answered Oct 13 '20 at 18:46 Laurel 47.7k

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Online Dictionary that shows “Word Family”?

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Oct 13 '20 at 0:08 Lutfur Rahman 101

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Why does Google Ngrams show pronoun usage drop and rise over time?

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Sep 28 '20 at 1:44 Paul Martin 21

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Why was a question about the origin and meaning of a phrase closed because the origin is known?

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modified Sep 27 '20 at 16:21 JEL 31.3k

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Why was “What is the difference between '[I] may [be] …' and 'even though … '?” locked?

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modified Sep 25 '20 at 14:03 Community♦ 1

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I want to study the various usages of the 17th and 16th century verb “atone”. Other than oed.com, where can I study this verb and adverb?

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modified Sep 23 '20 at 21:44 Mitch 65.5k

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Why was “What's the word for something that is purposefully generalised and understated?” locked?

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modified Sep 19 '20 at 22:08 Community♦ 1

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Grammar error in Review

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modified Sep 15 '20 at 19:10 Davo 6,940

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Resources for finding early uses of words?

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answered Sep 14 '20 at 15:57 TaliesinMerlin 26.3k

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What good reference works on English are available?

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modified Sep 12 '20 at 21:34 Sven Yargs 135k

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Is it possible to get publication dates from the BNC?

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answered Sep 9 '20 at 22:47 Laurel 47.7k

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New user asks: Are requests for proverbs and sayings (as opposed to single-word idiom requests) on-topic?

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answered Sep 9 '20 at 16:11 jsw29 4,283

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