Languages & Linguistics - Posts tagged English

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Q&A Why are service or maintenance contracts called 'warranties', when they aren't Legal Warranties?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A Expound and simplify the "semantic progression" behind "must"?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How did "as" amass all its confusing "broad and vague meanings"?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A How can "in terms of" substitute for such prepositions as "at, by, as, or for"?

0 answers · last activity 2 months ago by Moshi‭

Question English semantics

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Q&A What is the origin of the missing "to be" in sentences like "the car needs washed"?

1 answer · last activity 2 months ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A 'Caution' and 'cautious' with ʃ or ʒ?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Question English pronunciation sibilant intervocalic voicedness

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Q&A How does backwardation semantically relate to "backward"?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by tommi‭

Question etymology English finance

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Q&A "Us neither" - Is it valid?

0 answers · last activity 4 months ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How did “-able” semantically shift to mean “requiring”?

2 answers · last activity 4 months ago by Peter Taylor‭

Question etymology English accounting

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Q&A Why does the dollar sign precede the number in English?

1 answer · last activity 4 months ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A Order of pronouns

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Q&A Why is my Danglish pronunciation much better than Danish?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by Jordan‭

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Q&A Why word future events in the present?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A What semantic notions underlie 'privity' with 'privity of contract'?

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Moshi‭

Question etymology English legal-language

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Q&A How did 'equity' semantically shift to mean 'Assets — Liabilities'?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A Etymology of "son of a gun"

1 answer · last activity 6 months ago by hkotsubo‭

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Q&A How did 'consideration' shift to signify grounds and the act of deliberation, then inducer of a grant or promise?

1 answer · last activity 6 months ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How did "re" + "join" semantically compound to mean "riposte"?

0 answers · last activity 6 months ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Why are there different suffixes for people of different countries in English?

1 answer · last activity 6 months ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A What is "these gentry" in Marxist writing?

1 answer · last activity 7 months ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A Primary clause uses singular, subordinate co-reference is plural, what verb to use in English?

1 answer · last activity 8 months ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Why is “timbre” pronounced “tamber”?

1 answer · last activity 8 months ago by user8078‭

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Q&A Does English support three-word contractions?

2 answers · last activity 9 months ago by shpielmeister‭

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Q&A When do you use 'whom'?

1 answer · last activity 9 months ago by msh210‭

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Q&A Why is it "pronunciation" and not "pronounciation"?

2 answers · last activity 9 months ago by DecapitatedSoul‭

Question English conjugation

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