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  why don't Americans like to use the word "dashing"?

  It's more of a Britishly used word, ain't it not?

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  Is this sentence correct?

  Students can't go to school by bike because there aren't many places to keep their bikes in school.

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  What does "A bigger boy ran in the back door, and kicked it to." mean?

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  "kicked it to"  ==>  kicked it to normal condition {closed}  [or to the closed position]

  7 Answers3 days ago
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  "What you have said, I took that as a compliment." Is it correct, how should I say it?

  4 Answers11 hours ago
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  What is correct term for “Person that hates or does not like America”??

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  "Anti-Americanism" (also called anti-American sentiment and Americanophobia) is prejudice, fear, or hatred of the American government, its foreign policy, or the American people in general.

  4 Answers12 hours ago
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  What word describes Yahoo answers?

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  neglected          

  16 Answers6 days ago
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  What does the name London mean?

  My friend says that 'don' means hill or dune in the name Donegal, so London probably means loan hill or dune, but when my folks took us there two years ago, I don't remember it being on a hill and I definitely don't remember any sand dunes, so that doesn't really make sense to me. Does anyone know what 'London' actually means???? Is my friend right?????

  4 Answers17 hours ago
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  What do you call a person whose interests keep on changing time to time?

  I'm looking for a word that defines someone whose interest never remains constant. 

  8 Answers4 days ago
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  What does 'read only mode' mean? Does it mean people can still ask questions for others to READ but we will not be allowed to ANSWER them  ?

  or am I misunderstanding something here?

  15 Answers7 days ago
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  What does it mean to “skip two spaces” in a document/word?

  Does it mean to press “enter” two times?

  6 Answers4 days ago
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  Is this sentence correct?

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  While "There was authoritative tone embedded in what she said." is almost correct, it could be better as: "She talked with an authoritative tone embedded."

  5 Answers4 days ago
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  It is precious for young students to do volunteer work.

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  What is the difference between a highway and a by way?

  What is the difference between a highway and a byway

  4 Answers4 days ago
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  Is this sentence grammatically and semantically correct ?

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  Technically, it's correct. But I'm not sure your reader would get your meaning. "Exemplary" is usually used in a positive sense. While it can mean "a punishment that sets an example", people are more likely to take it that you are praising the rapist. 

  4 Answers5 days ago
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  Why is 'verb to be' not called 'verb to is am are'?

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  My own hypothesis is that being, issing amming and areing were once separate verbs, but the different finite forms were kept for redundancy

  6 Answers1 week ago
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  Is "holler" an actual word or an improper slang?

  My mother used to tell me it was an improper slang and would tell me not to use it (along with word like "ain't" and "thunk"). Was she right?

  29 Answers2 weeks ago
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  What does " took a knife to the rest of the loaf." mean?

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  It means that "She took a knife to cut the rest of the loaf (after getting up from the piano)", for "She" being instead of "He".

  4 Answers6 days ago
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  Which one is grammatically correct ?

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  Coronavirus is spreading. No need to specify 'the'.

  But both are correct. And everybody will know you mean the event that happening now.

  16 Answers2 weeks ago
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  An English question: Can you call a boarding house a "creep joint"?

  4 Answers6 days ago
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  What is the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning?

  14 Answers2 weeks ago