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is study or was study or studied

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idiom for saying “by virtue of their $nothing [anticlimax]”?

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Is it fine to omit the indefinite article after the colon sign from the title of a scientific paper?

articles indefinite-article academic-writing

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Why does Gordon Ramsay use “in ten minutes” instead of “for ten minutes"?

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What is the subtle difference between “I hope” and “I'm hoping”?

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How to report the behavior of the user of the program in a scenario?

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“Come back up” or “Let me back up”

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What does “in-thought” mean here?

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What makes the phrase “to be continued.” idiomatic?

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Using the proper tense in a comparsion

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Which one is correct? “Why is art a culture” or “Why art is a culture”?

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What is the pronunciation of “gn”?

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What does the “naughty word” refer to in the sentence?

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Got swapped or Got exchanged

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