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The difference between [h] and [ħ]

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With how much certainty can we say that all languages have at least one word with a secondary stress?

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'What one didn't see was anything' is weird. So why has it persisted?

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In spoken English, is there a clear preference for using contractions?

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Is ending a sentence with a possessive considered informal? [closed]

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Is there a natural language that doesn’t use an action verb to describe death?

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“uitsluitend”, logic of its double meaning [closed]

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Why is participial clause tenseless?

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Does “tetrahedrization” make sense?

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Their class has more singers than (we/us) — possible syntactical derivations?

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The German vowel “a” changes to the English “i”

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I read the Quran syllable by syllable but I don't know where a word begins and where it ends.If I knew that I could translate them from the dictionary [closed]

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Does '-ous' imply no interruption, and '-al' the possibility of interruption?

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Why some verbs have -tion while others don't, when being nounified

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german phonology [closed]

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Why does the pronunciation of Germanic languages before vowel shift seems to have been more “Indo-European”?

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Does “a” in “I made a mistake” denote indefiniteness? [closed]

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How should the `y` in `Hornby` be pronounced [closed]

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Swedish conjugation, spoken vs written [closed]

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How are words in native English part of the vocabulary typically so short to forestall morphemic spelling?

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Latest research on the meaning of prepositions

The difference between [h] and [ħ]

With how much certainty can we say that all languages have at least one word with a secondary stress?

'What one didn't see was anything' is weird. So why has it persisted?

In spoken English, is there a clear preference for using contractions?

Is ending a sentence with a possessive considered informal? [closed]

Is there a natural language that doesn’t use an action verb to describe death?

“uitsluitend”, logic of its double meaning [closed]

Why is participial clause tenseless?

Does “tetrahedrization” make sense?

Their class has more singers than (we/us) — possible syntactical derivations?

The German vowel “a” changes to the English “i”

I read the Quran syllable by syllable but I don't know where a word begins and where it ends.If I knew that I could translate them from the dictionary [closed]

Does '-ous' imply no interruption, and '-al' the possibility of interruption?

Why some verbs have -tion while others don't, when being nounified

german phonology [closed]

Why does the pronunciation of Germanic languages before vowel shift seems to have been more “Indo-European”?

Does “a” in “I made a mistake” denote indefiniteness? [closed]

How should the `y` in `Hornby` be pronounced [closed]

Swedish conjugation, spoken vs written [closed]

How are words in native English part of the vocabulary typically so short to forestall morphemic spelling?