thisnameisnottolong@aussie.zoneEnglish · 5 days agoWhat does the comma between the last two nound in this news heading mean?plus-squareaussie.zoneimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1imageWhat does the comma between the last two nound in this news heading mean?plus-squareaussie.zonethisnameisnottolong@aussie.zoneEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square6fedilink
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 month agoWhy no "elsetime" or "elseone" ?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhy no "elsetime" or "elseone" ?plus-squareloaExMachina@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square12fedilink
JimmyBigSausage@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 month agoWhy does the use of "you two" meaning you plural speaking to a couple, seem rude?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down18
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy does the use of "you two" meaning you plural speaking to a couple, seem rude?plus-squareJimmyBigSausage@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square15fedilink
k2helix@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoNeed some fancy wordsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareNeed some fancy wordsplus-squarek2helix@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square7fedilink
Squorlple@lemmy.world · 6 months agoOn if “over-strenuate” is a wordplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down13
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageOn if “over-strenuate” is a wordplus-squarelemmy.worldSquorlple@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square9fedilink
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 9 months agothe Yale Grammatical Diversity Project is a good resource about a few regionalisms in N Americaplus-squareygdp.yale.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkthe Yale Grammatical Diversity Project is a good resource about a few regionalisms in N Americaplus-squareygdp.yale.edutigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 9 months agomessage-square0fedilink
netthier@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months ago... no chance of their getting caught.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-square... no chance of their getting caught.plus-squarenetthier@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilink
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-29 months agoCan "n't " and " + [pronoun]" be used with any verb?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down12
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareCan "n't " and " + [pronoun]" be used with any verb?plus-squareloaExMachina@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square20fedilink
molochthagod@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhen is "Jesus wept" used?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareWhen is "Jesus wept" used?plus-squaremolochthagod@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square14fedilink
DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agoHow do we reteach the populace how to spell advice? Also, chest of drawers. They don't know that one either.message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down17
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareHow do we reteach the populace how to spell advice? Also, chest of drawers. They don't know that one either.DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square12fedilink
Squorlple@lemmy.world · 11 months agoMy brain defaults to calling this sandwich the “East Coast Spicy Italian” instead of its actual name. Is that because the adjectives are out of order?plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down12
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageMy brain defaults to calling this sandwich the “East Coast Spicy Italian” instead of its actual name. Is that because the adjectives are out of order?plus-squarelemmy.worldSquorlple@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square8fedilink
Favrion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is the name of the phenomenon in which you confuse a noun with one of its verb tenses? (Example below.)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the name of the phenomenon in which you confuse a noun with one of its verb tenses? (Example below.)plus-squareFavrion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
Damaskox@kbin.social · 1 year ago"woo"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-square"woo"plus-squareDamaskox@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
Doctor8@infosec.pubEnglish · 1 year agoEnglish needs a word for the inclusive or, and I'm down for committing robbery against one of our top victims.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down13
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareEnglish needs a word for the inclusive or, and I'm down for committing robbery against one of our top victims.plus-squareDoctor8@infosec.pubEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
Kalcifer@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-21 year agoIs it correct to use the present participle to describe what something does rather than only describing/modifying its current state?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareIs it correct to use the present participle to describe what something does rather than only describing/modifying its current state?plus-squareKalcifer@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square7fedilink
Crul@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-21 year ago"much more images" / "many more images"? [SOLVED: "many more images" is correct]plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-square"much more images" / "many more images"? [SOLVED: "many more images" is correct]plus-squareCrul@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square12fedilink
Granixo@feddit.clEnglish · edit-21 year agoExplain yourselves 🇬🇧🇺🇸plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareExplain yourselves 🇬🇧🇺🇸plus-squareGranixo@feddit.clEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square11fedilink
stravanasu@lemmy.sdf.orgMEnglish · edit-21 year agoAntonym to "procedural"?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareAntonym to "procedural"?plus-squarestravanasu@lemmy.sdf.orgMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square7fedilink
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoI'm tired of linking to this great book on the atrocity of the English languageplus-squarewww.amazon.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down113
arrow-up1-5arrow-down1external-linkI'm tired of linking to this great book on the atrocity of the English languageplus-squarewww.amazon.comsome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
wmrch@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy would you say that?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down12
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareWhy would you say that?plus-squarewmrch@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
