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• Can you draw a distinction between the words "unrational" and "irrational" [Details]?

  Asked by ibstubro | 20 responses

• How would you explain the difference between affect and effect, and accept and except?

  Asked by gailcalled | 26 responses

• Why is the word epoch pronounced "epic" in American English?

  Asked by Ajoiner | 31 responses

• Do the British understand what "deism" is?

  Asked by Zissou | 14 responses

• What is difference between "lately" and "recently"?

  Asked by prasad | 13 responses

• Is there an online dictionary that quotes actual passages from literature to show how words are used in context?

  Asked by ALM | 7 responses

• What is the origin of the phrase "hell-bent for leather" and why does it mean what it does?

  Asked by LexWordsmith | 7 responses

• What is a good reference book for English idioms?

  Asked by sofia | 9 responses

• English help please?

  Asked by zensky | 18 responses

• When did English speakers start using "baby" as a form of endearment?

  Asked by aprilsimnel | 11 responses

• Can anyone please explain this Jack Kerouac quote ?

  Asked by mirza | 11 responses

• What do you think of singular "they"?

  Asked by SavoirFaire | 43 responses

• Would you help me start a word of the day?

  Asked by snowberry | 54 responses

• Is there any difference between "grey" and "gray"? Why do we have two spellings?

  Asked by ibstubro | 24 responses

• Whom or who?

  Asked by babygalll | 17 responses

• I've taken a lot of showers, but have never put one back.

  Asked by phoenyx | 25 responses

• What classifies as English? When is a (originally foreign) word English and when isn't it?

  Asked by _zen_ | 77 responses

• Do you consider yourself a Grammar Nazi?

  Asked by Mat74UK | 123 responses

• Is there a meaningful difference between referring to a Native American as "Pocahantas" and calling a black person a "n-word"?

  Asked by gorillapaws | 29 responses

• Has the English language degenerated, and what can we do about it?

  Asked by Siren | 40 responses

• How to do good at school?

  Asked by nailpolishfanatic | 9 responses

• How often do you use the word 'naughty'?

  Asked by Stinley | 31 responses

• Does the English language need more words for the different ideas of "love?"?

  Asked by Point5r | 61 responses

• Is "a piece of cake" used in the right context?

  Asked by Mimishu1995 | 41 responses

• Does anyone still care about the diff. between it's & its?

  Asked by gailcalled | 26 responses

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