The English Oracle

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Is it common to omit a preposition (in / on / of) before “the month (year / week /day) when they are used adjectively and adverbially?

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"Had better" — what is the meaning of this grammatically?

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How do I style book titles in a block of italicized text?

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What is the meaning of "laid by the heels"?

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Correct capitalisation of "Machiavellian"?

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Is there a word for an object that is no longer kept for its original purpose but instead for sentimental value?

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A star is born!

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Is the response "I am fine, thank you. And you?" outdated?

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"How-to" or "how to" in reference to tutorial

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English word for someone who often and unwarrantedly imposes on others

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What is the difference between "information on", "information of", "information about"

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When is a person called a "lightning rod"?

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What is the term for the double consecutive use of a word with stress on one of the words to alter its severity?

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Can I use the word "school" when referring to something that belongs to a university?

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What is the difference between "gender" and "sex"?

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Why do we use a French term for a currency-exchange office?

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Is there a rule in preposition-using?

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Why do we call it "combination lock"?

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Is "May I have some drink?" incorrect?

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What is the meaning of "Apcie"?

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Word or phrase which means purposely playing below your skill level?

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What do you call a window that is neither opaque nor transparent?

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Word for someone who looks for problems and raises the alarm about them

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A more succinct expression for "The day before yesterday"

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What were—or are—"odd pants?"

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"would love/like to" usage?

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"like a duck takes to water" vs "like a fish takes to water"

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Should the verb "impact" be always followed by "on"?

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Is “Waste ‘much time’ and ‘many trees’” a set phrase?

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A correct word for 'learnful'

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"S'il vous plaît" = "If you please"?

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What's the semantic difference between "overrated" and "overvalued"?

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A sentence for a person who is greatly tired

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"Why are you asking?" versus "Why do you ask?"

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A single word for "the space in between"

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Word for a plan that has not been performed because of some issues

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Why "homophobia" and not "sexualism" or similar?

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Why are you "reading" a particular subject at university?

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Hypernym for "interpolation" and "extrapolation"

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Is there an etymological reason some "question words" mirror the spelling of "answer words" (When/then, where/there, ...)?

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Is there an alternate term for "the power behind the throne?"

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In English you have 'above', 'on', 'over' and 'on top of' but in Italian one word, 'sopra', covers all four meanings

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"pseudo-", "quasi-" "semi-" and

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Is there a less colloquial word (noun or adjective) to describe an "attention whore"?

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Opposite of "summarize"

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"To hear" or "to hearing"?

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If it isn't [someone's name]!

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What makes 'St-n-c-tt-r' a 'smirking pun'?

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Word order, e.g. in "Hotel California", "Brothers Quay"

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Is it better to start a sentence with “If ” or “Where”?

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