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Can we get this unlinked?

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

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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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answered 2 days ago Greybeard 19.8k

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

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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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What do you like to see in questions?

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answered Jul 15 at 9:47 Xanne 10.8k

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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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Jul 14 at 7:20 Balaz2ta 1,099

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Why are we moving all the comments to chat?

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modified Jul 13 at 16:32 ColleenV 1,181

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

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answered Jul 13 at 13:02 ColleenV 1,181

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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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What's the best Dictionary for intermediates? [duplicate]

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Why is the culture here so broken?

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answered Jul 8 at 6:12 Sven Yargs 143k

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3-vote close - how's it going?

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answered Jul 7 at 15:11 GArthurBrown 2,359

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Why is this question on hyphen usage downvoted?

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Why have I received 16 invisible reputation? [duplicate]

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Why is this idiom request opinion based?

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Onboarding new and valuable users

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Tag synonym proposal: alternative and alternative-words

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Website for lexical resources assessment?

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modified Jul 3 at 20:52 Mari-Lou A 83.3k

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Are non-verbal answers (and questions soliciting them) acceptable?

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modified Jul 3 at 19:36 Dan Bron 28.2k

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Path for adopting EL&U formatting standards [duplicate]

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Linguistic redundancy vs being polite

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Abraham Lincoln and Meryl Streep, are they the same?

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answered Jun 30 at 22:49 ColleenV 1,181

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How to deal with someone that edits their post from time to time just to bump the question to top?

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modified Jun 25 at 15:57 jsw29 5,438

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Is this synonym request truly unanswerable with facts and citations? Does it need to be edited? If so, how?

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modified Jun 25 at 10:57 uhoh 809

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(Another) Perfectly Valid Grammar Question Closed

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modified Jun 24 at 5:54 Andrew Leach♦ 91.2k

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Improper duplicate closure of another prefixes question

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modified Jun 23 at 11:16 Laurel 52k

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Online dictionaries that group terminology by topic?

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How is this message in the Review Queues generated?

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answered Jun 18 at 13:24 Laurel 52k

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Is editing a very old answer of one's own OK?

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What effect will the sale of Stack Exchange have on ELU (and others)?

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Does cited material merit special consideration when the content is potentially offensive or unwelcoming?

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Ethnic slur in question: what's the procedure?

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modified Jun 13 at 10:52 ColleenV 1,181

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Is there a place on this site where users can express their admiration and gratitude for this site?

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Why is this question closed? I am asking if the English word is a good translation of koine Greek

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modified Jun 11 at 7:27 Andrew Leach♦ 91.2k

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Why was this question on phrase usage closed?

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modified Jun 10 at 13:29 hb20007 1,133

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Is there a tag that can be used for questions about letters/characters?

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answered Jun 10 at 6:01 Andrew Leach♦ 91.2k

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What happens when you flag a rude comment, and then the author deletes it?

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How can a chat room be deleted?

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asked Jun 8 at 18:36 fev 7,137

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Should this question about the meaning of “a friend to all is a friend to none” be reopened?

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modified Jun 7 at 23:25 jsw29 5,438

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Why was the question “By the end of today” or “By the end of the day” closed as opinion-based?

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