The English Oracle

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When should I use "Would", "Would have", "Will", and "Will have"?

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What is a good way to remind someone to reply to your email?

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Which is correct, "you and I" or "you and me"?

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Is it "Yours faithfully" or "Yours sincerely"?

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When is it necessary to use "have had"?

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What should a reply to "What's up?" be?

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How do you greet multiple recipients in an e-mail?

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Difference between "How are you?" and "How are you doing?"

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In sex talk, how many bases are there and what do they all mean?

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Is it "bear" or "bare" with me?

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What is the *best* way to express that an email contains an attachment?

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An idiom for deriving pleasure from another's suffering

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Is there an equivalent of "reverie" where one is lost in unpleasant thoughts?

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Differences between e.g., viz. and i.e

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Is there a familial term for apples and pears?

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Alternative to "manned" when referring to an extraterrestrial spacecraft?

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Why is this sentence correct? “She suggested that he go to the cinema.”

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As to: Compound preposition

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"Small Latin and Less Greek"

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Respectful Noun for Really Hard Worker

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What is a better way to name "The Wrong Question"?

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Uniformly at random vs. randomly uniformly

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Term for anticipating counterarguments and rebutting them

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Why is there no form of "do" in questions of the type "who knows?"

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"Alternative to" vs "Alternative for"

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Are there racial overtones for the term thug?

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Can all question words be followed by "the hell"?

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What is a specific word to describe necessary products that customers buy infrequently?

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Which is correct, "sales price" or "sale price"?

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Fancy word for weekly (contributor)

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"Communications In English for Engineers" — what does it exactly mean?

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What is the correct pronunciation of the word "route"?

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What is a word for someone who intentionally ignores other people a lot?

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Meaning of Jo's dialog in Chapter 16 of Bleak House

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You won't catch the train if you don't/won't leave in time

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A change of mind

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What is the meaning of the phrase ‘in timely fashion’?

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Is there a difference between "for this purpose" and "to this purpose"?

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Why is the subject omitted in sentences like "Thought you'd never ask"?

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What is the correct usage of “vis-à-vis”?

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What is the synonym for the word `non-technical`?

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Difference between "leverage" and "utilize"

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What's a negative word for "subtle"?

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Adjectival form of "collide"—"collideable" or "collidable"?

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What are the similarities and differences between "irony" and "sarcasm"?

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When to call first name or last name?

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I'm looking for a word to describe artificially inflating a price to keep it consistent

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Could "old fashioned" mean "angry" or "disconsolate" in early 19th Century England?

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"each day" → "daily"; "every other day" →?

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Word for "willing to try new and unfamiliar things"

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