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A resource for finding letter frequencies with certain restrictions

Lambie

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How many unique four-letter words are in the English language that fall within the major word classes?

LaurelMod

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modified 2 days ago

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Thank you, Professor Lawler and Rest in Peace!

Araucaria - Him

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Is Merriam Webster dictionary an outdated and unreliable dictionary?

Araucaria - Him

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modified Dec 7 at 15:21

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Can I get my question reopened please?

LaurelMod

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modified Dec 3 at 1:41

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1 answer

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Request for undeletion and reopening of a question on the main site: "Retriable or retryable?"

LaurelMod

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modified Dec 3 at 1:38

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Please fix the standard sans-serif page title

Andrew LeachMod

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modified Nov 26 at 21:27

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12 answers

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What good reference works on English are available?

NVZMod

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modified Nov 24 at 3:56

5 votes

1 answer

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What resources do I need to consult before asking a question?

LaurelMod

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answered Nov 20 at 19:03

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2 answers

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How was an OED page made available free of charge?

David

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modified Nov 17 at 20:30

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3 answers

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Is posting a word game accepted?

Heartspring

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answered Nov 12 at 17:33

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1 answer

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Why is there no name on this comment except for "delete"?

Heartspring

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modified Nov 12 at 15:21

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4 answers

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May I speculate in comments?

Araucaria - Him

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modified Nov 10 at 22:26

2 votes

1 answer

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Are we being encouraged to answer very old questions, or are they just being made more visually pleasing?

LaurelMod

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modified Nov 9 at 20:38

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Collection of English sentence-level grammar rules as semi-structured "data"?

Lance

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Nov 9 at 8:23

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1 answer

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What is the [reason-why] tag used for?

CommunityBot

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modified Nov 6 at 17:03

3 votes

1 answer

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What resources to use for understanding archaic English usage?

LaurelMod

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answered Nov 5 at 14:55

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0 answers

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Recommend the best book for articles [duplicate]

livresque

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modified Nov 3 at 2:34

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Should "Is a comma splice always a mistake?" be reopened as the face of two merged questions (both of which are now closed)?

LaurelMod

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modified Nov 1 at 20:57

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Can we reopen the question "Which format is most common for representing a number range in U.S. punctuation style and in British punctuation style?"

LaurelMod

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modified Nov 1 at 20:56

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1 answer

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What is a good source on the use of the definite article for non-native speakers?

LaurelMod

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modified Oct 31 at 22:33

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1 answer

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Is there a reference/archive of English verbs and their argument structure (± their theta roles)?

CommunityBot

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modified Oct 28 at 3:09

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2 answers

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Problem with the "Closed" message?

John Lawler

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answered Oct 24 at 17:50

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1 answer

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How can it be true that this site works by popular vote when no one can vote until they get to a certain reputation?

David

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modified Oct 22 at 20:54

4 votes

2 answers

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Color Scheme on Meta

LaurelMod

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answered Oct 20 at 19:21

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0 answers

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When are commas optional?

Typothalamus

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Oct 14 at 19:35

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Is Tom Dalzell's book "The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English" authoritative?

livresque

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modified Oct 13 at 13:48

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Why do my questions on the etymology of idioms get closed, yet this one was accepted?: What is the origin of "out of sight" or "outa sight" i?

tchristMod

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answered Oct 13 at 2:14

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Replacing our "research" close reason

Catija

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answered Oct 12 at 6:58

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1 answer

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Where can I locate dictionaries or resources that provide explicit markings for silent letters in words?

Mari-Lou A

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modified Oct 9 at 13:52

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1 answer

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Why was my question locked after edition?

tchristMod

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modified Oct 7 at 18:55

15 votes

3 answers

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Is SE enforcing "no answers in comments"?

tchristMod

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modified Oct 7 at 18:34

3 votes

1 answer

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Should there be an increasing number of close votes required to re-close a question that has been reopened?

CommunityBot

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modified Oct 2 at 20:03

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1 answer

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Is there already a NL model, like Chat GPT or something, that is reliable to use for verb tense structure?

CommunityBot

1

modified Sep 20 at 19:03

4 votes

1 answer

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What's up with the [usage] tag?

tchristMod

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answered Sep 16 at 1:52

15 votes

1 answer

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Is there an online etymology dictionary more comprehensive/detailed than Etymonline?

V2Blast

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modified Sep 12 at 14:34

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What research is required over common knowledge words?

CommunityBot

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Would it be possible for the page to remember the depth to which a person has expanded their answer textbox on a particular response?

TimR on a different device

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asked Aug 28 at 14:21

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List of phrasal verbs by approximate usage frequency?

Michael Hardy

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Aug 28 at 0:13

2 votes

1 answer

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Why is my question about the etymology of "foundation" off-topic?

Heartspring

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modified Aug 27 at 19:46

39 votes

4 answers

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Announcement: AI generated answers are officially banned here

LaurelMod

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modified Aug 24 at 13:49

0 votes

0 answers

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Which books should I refer to in my master's thesis about parallelism? [closed]

LaurelMod

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modified Aug 22 at 18:08

1 vote

1 answer

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Is the "second" ("secondary") definition any less the definition than the first one? What do you call this?

LaurelMod

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answered Aug 19 at 10:56

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1 answer

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Question was closed as duplicate but is a different question

Mari-Lou A

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modified Aug 16 at 17:48

1 vote

0 answers

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Looking for an online tool which provides a frequency of usage of any search phrase/sentence provided using large corpus of online text

Heartspring

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modified Aug 15 at 17:23

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0 answers

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Request to reopen a closed-as-duplicate question: Can you write "... me's" (the possessive)?

LaurelMod

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modified Aug 14 at 12:55

1 vote

2 answers

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What resources/reference can I use when converting sentences from American English to British English?

Mitch

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answered Aug 13 at 15:47

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3 answers

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Is Python a snake or a programming language? If the latter, why is it choking my dog?

apaderno

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modified Aug 13 at 14:09

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