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“Eat” is to “feed” as “drink” is to what?

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Why is there no plural indefinite article?

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Where did the expression “my two cents” come from?

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Why are “sugar” and “sure” pronounced with an SH?

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“A whole nother” way of looking at things

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The bug dies hard

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Will a small cut heal faster when “aired” periodically, or should it always be bandaged?

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Why is it true that “I before E, except after C”?

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Where did the “ue” in “tongue” come from?

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How did “sinister”, the Latin word for “left-handed”, get its current meaning?

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