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Is there a word or phrase for the feeling you get after looking at a word for too long?
single-word-requests
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linguistics
psychology
asked Dec 3, 2010 at 18:42
english.stackexchange.com
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"Less" vs. "fewer"
word-choice
uncountable-nouns
countable-nouns
asked Aug 12, 2010 at 20:17
english.stackexchange.com
35
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etymology
idioms
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collective-nouns
terms-of-venery
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english.stackexchange.com
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"Knocked up" to mean "woken up"
british-english
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english.stackexchange.com
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When does a mistake become standard usage?
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english.stackexchange.com
17
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stackoverflow.com
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Sorted vs Sorted out
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american-english
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english.stackexchange.com
10
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Inquiry vs. enquiry
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english.stackexchange.com
8
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How do I turn off the colors in Laravel's PHPUnit task?
php
laravel
phpunit
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asked Jun 3, 2012 at 23:56
stackoverflow.com
8
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How do I copy an image in VMWare?
vmware-vsphere
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serverfault.com
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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
english.stackexchange.com
65
Laravel 4: how to update multiple fields in an Eloquent model?
stackoverflow.com
57
Return empty cell from formula in Excel
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53
What are your "must have", free (gratis), programs?
superuser.com
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stackoverflow.com
28
Laravel setup of migrations using Artisan is failing
stackoverflow.com
25
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english.stackexchange.com
18
When to use “that” and when to use “which”, especially in relative clauses
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17
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16
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english.stackexchange.com
15
How do I turn off the colors in Laravel's PHPUnit task?
stackoverflow.com
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What kind of innovative non-cash financial benefits do I offer to my developers to retain them along with a competitive salary?
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12
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12
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english.stackexchange.com
12
"To call" vs. "to ring"
english.stackexchange.com
11
Mass assignment error when seeding in laravel
stackoverflow.com
11
Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not?
english.stackexchange.com
10
Laravel : Calling functions defined in base_controller from view
stackoverflow.com
8
How to express a list within a sentence?
english.stackexchange.com
8
Neesh or Nitch?
english.stackexchange.com
8
Is there a connotational difference between "Reality" and "Actuality"?
english.stackexchange.com
8
How can I remember the difference between "loose" and "lose"?
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7
Laravel - change the default database connection globally
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7
Hardest tongue twister seen
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6
To swap or not to swap, from CodeIgniter to Laravel?
stackoverflow.com
6
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stackoverflow.com
6
Laravel migration error
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6
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english.stackexchange.com
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