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Should translators preserve offensive language or make it more acceptable to the target audience? [closed] #Language #Translation #Culture
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Oct 10, 2026
"used to": adjective or not #Grammar #English #Vocabulary
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Oct 9, 2026
If I can save a few, even one, then my life [will have] counted #English #Learning #Grammar
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Oct 8, 2026
When asking questions, do we always use the singular or plural form and why? #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Oct 7, 2026
Using participles: "having" vs "doing" #Grammar #English #Learning
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Oct 3, 2026
If you were born in one place and raised in another, what do you call the place you were raised in? #English #Language #Learning
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Oct 1, 2026
what does a prepositional phrase that follows a that clause modify? #Grammar #English #Linguistics
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Jun 22, 2024
Can "in percentage terms" change the ranking of subjects in a list? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Jun 13, 2024
Run over someone #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Sep 28, 2023
The job was not run (ran) #English #Grammar #Learning
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Aug 14, 2023
Is this a run-on sentence in "The Old Man and The Sea"? #English #Grammar #Writing
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Apr 20, 2023
"must run on" or "must be run on" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jul 5, 2022
Why is "If one has trouble..." considered an error in this case? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Nov 14, 2021
using "no matter how much I tried" and "would" after it #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jun 9, 2021
Try to count/counting sheep #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Apr 12, 2021
Differences between "an X of a Y" and "the X of a Y"? #English #Grammar #Language
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Mar 2, 2021
it must be scrupulousess run mad #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Feb 1, 2021
"This is true, whether John has heard about ..." #English #Grammar #Learning
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Mar 30, 2020
Good trying v.s. Good try; No touch v.s. No touching #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Feb 24, 2020
is the last day included in when we talk about booking a place from one day to another? [closed] #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jan 31, 2020
'... is followed by...' #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Dec 28, 2019
"Try to open" VS "Try to get it open" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jun 2, 2019
What's the correct positive answer for "Isn't it?"? #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Feb 22, 2019
"make running" vs "make run" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Nov 17, 2018
Why do we use gerunds? #Grammar #English #Learning
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Aug 16, 2018
In 20 year's time he ..... his own business. (will run /will be running /will have run) #English #Grammar #Learning
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Jan 26, 2018
Where is the error in: "We were hot because we'd run"? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Sep 6, 2017
Is necessary to add "trying" in the following sentence? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Jul 6, 2017
What's the difference between 'people that run' and ' running people'? #English #Grammar #Language
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Aug 31, 2016
Is "...he left home dressed in a fine black suit" grammatical? #Grammar #English #Language
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Feb 19, 2016