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2023-03-22 14:05:40 -0400 JanKat21

Papers discussing proleptic constructions in the English langauge?

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2022-06-13 13:08:35 -0400 Kavik

Is there a difference between "each" and "every"?

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2020-11-12 15:36:50 -0400 Peter C

first attestation of the plural "Americas" in English?

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2020-02-23 12:33:21 -0400 gogi11

Why is the indefinite article before RTS 'an' instead of 'a'?

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2020-03-12 22:26:18 -0400 ksteimel

Use of per (for each) in English

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2019-11-11 07:30:19 -0400 Inna

The relationship between language and our perception of reality in terms of linguistic relativity and linguistic determinism?

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2019-10-24 15:59:13 -0400 Gamestop

Are the words interesting and interested related or different

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2019-09-27 23:22:06 -0400 L. King

Is there some rule for the suffix used to indicate a citizen of a particular country?

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2019-04-21 15:30:26 -0400 Hana-Ehbara

Does anyone know of any study on acquisition of final voicing? On English and/or Arabic?

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2019-03-05 06:36:44 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

What do you call a group of mermaids/mermen?

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2019-02-12 11:08:29 -0400 Ponrawee

Is "Fish fish fish eat eat eat" a grammatically correct sentence?

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2019-02-06 15:57:42 -0400 livb

What is the syntactic name for the structure 'need not be' (in contrast to 'does not need to be')?

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2018-11-21 17:55:26 -0400 AlanGeorge

Is there an Old English word meaning RAPIDS or RIFFLE (a rocky shoal causing a rapid)?

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2018-03-14 14:17:53 -0400 George Ou

The origin of affixes

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2018-02-16 07:31:55 -0400 Kallikrates

If a language (i.e. English) replaces 100% lexicon of its lexicon (so this includes personal pronouns) will it still belong to the same language family (i.e. Germanic)?

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2018-02-13 09:53:07 -0400 linguist654

Is there an equivalent of English light verbs in Spanish?

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2017-10-08 00:23:16 -0400 Inquies

What's more convenient to learn japanese: using english or german?

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2017-06-17 15:21:41 -0400 Rebecca_allen

Why doesn't orthography distinguish between /s/ and /z/ in English plurals?

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2017-04-29 00:43:53 -0400 M.Nobody

Why not I without you ?

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2017-01-14 07:50:22 -0400 inglesina

English word stress

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2016-10-19 23:23:53 -0400 ksteimel

Are gerunds or infinitives prefered in this context?

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2016-09-07 00:24:38 -0400 Toshiyuki Sakoda

Reference/Name/Origin of headedness constraint on modifying NPs in English

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2018-05-29 07:43:44 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

Is English Romance?

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2016-08-16 09:02:42 -0400 Chevarria

How does one measure text complexity in student writing at the teriary level?

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2016-08-15 12:57:25 -0400 [email protected]

Why is vocabulary, word etymology, adstratum, etc. not included with language classification?

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2016-06-02 08:36:16 -0400 muer

How can I help to increase the vocabulary of my child in English?

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2016-05-28 09:16:21 -0400 N-d-Kaa

Good academic books on the English suffix?

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2016-01-10 13:13:59 -0400 linguisticturn

Voiced "th" in "thank you"?

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2015-12-20 21:34:28 -0400 winterlastname

Can the last name Winter be considered as Germanic as the last name kahler?

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2015-10-07 13:09:29 -0400 neonbird

Am I a terrible friend for confusing the names Evan and Aaron?

English

41 questions

Papers discussing proleptic constructions in the English langauge?

Is there a difference between "each" and "every"?

first attestation of the plural "Americas" in English?

Why is the indefinite article before RTS 'an' instead of 'a'?

Use of per (for each) in English

The relationship between language and our perception of reality in terms of linguistic relativity and linguistic determinism?

Are the words interesting and interested related or different

Is there some rule for the suffix used to indicate a citizen of a particular country?

Does anyone know of any study on acquisition of final voicing? On English and/or Arabic?

What do you call a group of mermaids/mermen?

Is "Fish fish fish eat eat eat" a grammatically correct sentence?

What is the syntactic name for the structure 'need not be' (in contrast to 'does not need to be')?

Is there an Old English word meaning RAPIDS or RIFFLE (a rocky shoal causing a rapid)?

The origin of affixes

If a language (i.e. English) replaces 100% lexicon of its lexicon (so this includes personal pronouns) will it still belong to the same language family (i.e. Germanic)?

Is there an equivalent of English light verbs in Spanish?

What's more convenient to learn japanese: using english or german?

Why doesn't orthography distinguish between /s/ and /z/ in English plurals?

Why not I without you ?

English word stress

Are gerunds or infinitives prefered in this context?

Reference/Name/Origin of headedness constraint on modifying NPs in English

Is English Romance?

How does one measure text complexity in student writing at the teriary level?

Why is vocabulary, word etymology, adstratum, etc. not included with language classification?

How can I help to increase the vocabulary of my child in English?

Good academic books on the English suffix?

Voiced "th" in "thank you"?

Can the last name Winter be considered as Germanic as the last name kahler?

Am I a terrible friend for confusing the names Evan and Aaron?

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