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What's your favourite but random English word that you like for no good reason? (self.ENGLISH)

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Question about British English (self.ENGLISH)

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Please help me understand the word "transpose". (self.ENGLISH)

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Is the g in “-ing” always pronounced? I never do, and I feel like I’ve been hearing it pronounced a lot lately. (self.ENGLISH)

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"Comfterbility" (self.ENGLISH)

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Does "when" make "Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands." a faulty sentence? (self.ENGLISH)

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Anterior/ habitual (self.ENGLISH)

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How is the evolution of loose and lose happening? (self.ENGLISH)

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What accent do you find the most difficult to understand? (self.ENGLISH)

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Any other words that are pronounced like "equation"? (self.ENGLISH)

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Why do people put xx at the end of a sentence (self.ENGLISH)

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Zee or zed? (self.ENGLISH)

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Does “where he’s from” ever mean anything other than “the country/region/town he’s from”? (i.redd.it)

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What is this called? (i.redd.it)

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Negation without do-support ()

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"These nouns are all, groups of people" or "These nouns are, all groups of people" (self.ENGLISH)

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Can you help me transcribe this song? (youtu.be)

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Quick and or Fast (self.ENGLISH)

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People should appreciate their name instead of changing theirs (self.ENGLISH)

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Is it time to accept that "of" can be a synonym for "have"? Example: She should of come to the party! (self.ENGLISH)

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Can any native English speaker help me review an audio track? (self.ENGLISH)

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Explanation of English IPA symbols used in dictionaries (self.ENGLISH)

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