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Origin of “boor”

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How is it possible that so many words seem to get the exact opposite meaning when adopted to a different language?

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Outside of English, is there a difference between noun infinitives and gerunds?

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Aside from English clause adverbs, are there other suborders?

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Is there a term for when words that sound like antonyms are actually synonyms?

morphology terminology english lexical-semantics

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Negative &/or incorrect use of specific words in American English

english phonetics terminology grammar spoken-language

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Why do swear words mean the same thing in both English and Spanish (possibly more languages)

english spanish translation phrases profanity

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In what circumstances is d devoiced in English?

english phonetics voicing

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Cumbrian sources

english resource-request dialects dictionary vocabulary

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Why the prevalence of “ph” in transliteration?

english transliteration hebrew

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If our requirement says that the only thing that isn’t a phrase in an NP is the N itself, why a problem?

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Are words classified (PoS) according to their use in a sentence, or does classification precede usage?

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/ɹəʊd/ vs /ɹoʊd/ etc

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Case in English phrase “friend of mine”

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