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What did they do in Old English when using the instead of an?

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Why do people with a British accent make an "r" sound at the end of words ending in an "ah" sound

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Syllable division in English words such as "library", "represent", "february"

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Why does "g" in Old English "boga" become "w" in Modern English "bow"?

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what kinds of two prepositions can or cannot be compounded?

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How might "Grante" > "Cante" > "Cam" have happened in the name "Cambridge"?

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Impact of modern media (radio, television, internet) on language evolution

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What exactly does the "formal" in "formal markedness" refer to?

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can we say that the word "these" in the sentence does not carry a clear specification of the number of "best cities"

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Why is "I am me" not "I am I"?

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Are there phonological systems proposed for English without the schwa as a phoneme?

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Apparent articulation changes with common cold, esp s > ð, p > b

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Is "away" in English a morpheme?

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