#grammar

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@grammarphobia Table talk #Grammar #Etymology #Language
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May 11, 2026
@grammarphobia Is this use of "on" really off? #Grammar #Linguistics #Writing
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May 4, 2026
@grammarphobia Why a 'rise' can be 'meteoric' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Apr 27, 2026
@grammarphobia Making the cut #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Apr 20, 2026
@nyt_opinion When Good Grammar Gets Snobbish #Language #Opinion #Grammar
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Apr 16, 2026
@grammarphobia 'New albums drop like leaves in the fall' #Linguistics #Grammar #Etymology
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Apr 13, 2026
@grammarphobia 'Thou shalt not loose by it' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Apr 6, 2026
@grammarphobia A thorny question? #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Mar 30, 2026
@grammarphobia 'A hundred literate children' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Mar 23, 2026
@grammarphobia When 'ye' became 'you' #Linguistics #Etymology #Grammar
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Mar 16, 2026
@grammarphobia On 'adult' and 'adultery' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Mar 9, 2026
@grammarphobia Let's go down the 'rabbit hole' #Linguistics #Grammar #Etymology
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Mar 2, 2026
@grammarphobia A chimerical journey #Linguistics #Etymology #Grammar
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Feb 23, 2026
@grammarphobia How cool was Abe Lincoln? #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Feb 16, 2026
@grammarphobia Osculation: A kiss is still a kiss #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Feb 9, 2026
@grammarphobia On the euphemism treadmill #Linguistics #Grammar #Etymology
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Feb 2, 2026
@grammarphobia When 'misery' rhymes with 'high' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Jan 26, 2026
@grammarphobia Has the verb 'progress' progressed? #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Jan 19, 2026
@grammarphobia What a fetching Labrador retriever! #Linguistics #Etymology #Grammar
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Jan 12, 2026
@grammarphobia Are 'hopium' and 'copium' nope-iums? #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Jan 5, 2026
@grammarphobia Gentlemen, God rest you merry! #Language #Etymology #Grammar
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Dec 22, 2025
@grammarphobia We dasn't commit ourselves #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Dec 15, 2025
@grammarphobia Evacuation roots #Linguistics #Etymology #Grammar
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Dec 8, 2025
@grammarphobia 'Went to go see a movie' #Grammar #Linguistics #Etymology
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Dec 1, 2025
@ell_stackexchange Should vs could. Similar meanings #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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May 22, 2025
@ell_stackexchange 'Hadn't heard' vs 'didn't hear' in a conversion of direct to indirect speech? #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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May 2, 2025
@ell_stackexchange Past simple for two immediate actions #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jan 25, 2025
@ell_stackexchange what does a prepositional phrase that follows a that clause modify? #Grammar #English #Linguistics
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Jun 22, 2024
@ell_stackexchange Can "in percentage terms" change the ranking of subjects in a list? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Jun 13, 2024
@ell_stackexchange had been working for us before... /part 2 #English #Grammar #Learning
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May 25, 2024
@ell_stackexchange Run over someone #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Sep 28, 2023
@ell_stackexchange The job was not run (ran) #English #Grammar #Learning
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Aug 14, 2023
@ell_stackexchange Is this a run-on sentence in "The Old Man and The Sea"? #English #Grammar #Writing
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Apr 20, 2023
@ell_stackexchange I would rather he should do it #Grammar #English #LanguageLearning
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Nov 6, 2022
@ell_stackexchange What does make "home", "school" and "work" exceptional gramatically? #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Oct 29, 2022
@ell_stackexchange what is the difference between "for" and "at" in this context? #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Sep 25, 2022
@ell_stackexchange Oughtn't have or Oughtn't to have #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Aug 25, 2022
@ell_stackexchange Can stative verbs be completed? #Grammar #Verbs #English
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Aug 3, 2022
@ell_stackexchange Since childhood vs. since my childhood #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jul 13, 2022
@ell_stackexchange Using 'ever since' with past perfect continuous tense #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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