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What are the free resources to learn english online?

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

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Theme of stack exchange sites [closed]

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Can we please close this offensive question?

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What happened to 'protecting'?

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answered Oct 13 at 18:46 Laurel 46.9k

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Online Dictionary that shows “Word Family”?

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

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Have you experience with UNIcert III, English for Mathematicians exam? [closed]

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modified Oct 4 at 13:55 Elena Greg 15

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

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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 at 16:21 JEL 30.1k

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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 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 at 21:44 Mitch 64.5k

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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 at 22:08 Community♦ 1

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Grammar error in Review

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Resources for finding early uses of words?

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answered Sep 14 at 15:57 TaliesinMerlin 25.6k

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What good reference works on English are available?

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modified Sep 12 at 21:34 Sven Yargs 133k

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Let's discuss this edit

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answered Sep 12 at 14:26 Laurel 46.9k

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Is it possible to get publication dates from the BNC?

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answered Sep 9 at 22:47 Laurel 46.9k

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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 at 16:11 jsw29 3,786

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Is there a service to find out if my phrase is used online like corpora, but not exactly?

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I'm trying to find credible sources for the etymology of the word “naughty” Any tips?

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answered Sep 3 at 10:58 Greybeard 12.8k

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How can I edit this question and start the reopening process to make additional answers possible?

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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 Aug 28 at 21:05 Community♦ 1

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What's happened to post formatting?

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answered Aug 27 at 15:08 Andrew Leach♦ 86.8k

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Was the question “etc. etc. usage” closed correctly?

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How to enter phonetic transcriptions?

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answered Aug 24 at 16:23 John Lawler 91.9k

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My first question

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asked Aug 21 at 18:27 Arunabh Bhattacharya 29

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Can I ask for help in lyrics for songs?

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Community Promotion Ads — 2020

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Accepted an answer but didn't receive the two reputation award

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answered Aug 5 at 8:00 Decapitated Soul 12.1k

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Can an old account be 'merged' if it is no longer accessible by the user?

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How to ask questions about the languages themselves?

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modified Aug 3 at 14:02 curiousdannii 5,360

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Can we add a category to the current flagging imperatives?

feature-request flags

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Can someone please help me edit my question better?

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Why doesn't a letter show up when enclosed in < and >?

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How to remove an inappropriate lock on this site?

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Can I control the font size?

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answered Jul 9 at 17:47 Andrew Leach♦ 86.8k

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Using internet search engines (Google/Yahoo) 'News' results to count frequency of a word

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Answers in comments

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modified Jul 6 at 13:29 Lawrence 35.1k

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“Removed OED definition as it is not allowed under my license agreement”

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modified Jul 4 at 7:22 Mari-Lou A 81.6k

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What is the legal position re cut & pasting OED entries?

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asked Jul 1 at 14:32 WS2 61.5k

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What tag should be used when a question is completely off topic?

discussion tags

modified Jun 26 at 8:06 Glorfindel 12.8k

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Comments were moved to chat room, chat room was removed?

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modified Jun 24 at 15:18 Andrew Leach♦ 86.8k

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Need help in understanding why my question was deleted

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modified Jun 20 at 13:21 Glorfindel 12.8k

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First proposal tag wiki rejected

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I can't post comments

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Why aren’t my questions being answered

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Dealing with obstinacy of commenters

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