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Is 'stakehold' (used as a noun) an acceptable word, even though no major dictionary lists it?

word-usage asked Sep 6 '18 at 17:23
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Need a reputable source for the formula for the shape of Earth's horizon

projections simulation asked Jan 29 '16 at 19:14
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a [box [of apples] ] vs [a box] [of apples]

syntax determiners noun-phrases constituent asked Feb 16 '16 at 22:08
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What is blocking a deictic use of 'it' in this example?

pronouns deixis asked Apr 1 '17 at 16:47
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Unexpected 'switch' of partial derivatives when differentiating InterpolatingFunction

differential-equations calculus-and-analysis bugs interpolation finite-element-method asked Mar 8 at 7:57
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In 'The hat is red', how do we know that 'is red' is a constituent?

constituent asked Mar 17 '17 at 13:40
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What is the literary effect of dropping articles from titles?

title style asked Oct 21 '18 at 20:03
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Grammatical function of 'shuffling' in 'He came shuffling out'

verbs adverbs present-participle asked Feb 20 '16 at 4:52
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Does anyone know if there are plans for a 'successor' to Huddleston and Pullum (CamGEL or CGEL)?

english grammar asked Sep 15 '18 at 23:12
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'Ago' and 'on' vs. 'in'

english parts-of-speech prepositions adverbs ellipsis asked Apr 6 '18 at 0:10
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Is there a single word for both “atom” and “ion”?
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If a picture of a screen is a screenshot, what is a video of a screen?
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What does “unanimously disagreed” mean?
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What is the meaning of the word “cop-flat”?
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“watching the television” or “watching television”?
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The grammaticality and function of “people ages 20 to 30” (as opposed to “people aged 20 to 30”)
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Help me to explain this sentence's grammar
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Verbs after 'as well as'—is this Merriam-Webster example wrong?
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Why don't we say “We're going eating”?
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Origin of ending a sentence with a preposition-German separable verbs?
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Is “commerical” a valid and different word from “commercial”?
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Where should “never” go in “Harris Should Have Never Run for President”
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How to express temperatures greater or less than
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What is an adjective for somone who displays ‘fake’ gravitas?
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What is the literary effect of dropping articles from titles?
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What is the plural for “Egg in a hole”?
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How did “to wish that” come to hate the present tense in the subordinate clauses it governs, and why is it alone in this?
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What do you call people who give out awards, certificates and trophies?
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Where does the mathematical use of the word 'root' come from?
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Missing part of an idiom or expression I heard “Have you lost the [something] you were born with”
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Should one use “an” or an “a” before an acronym beginning with the letter H?
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one or [the] other in American and British English
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“overweening swagger” vs. “overweening pretension”
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Why do we call it a “positive definite matrix” rather than a “positively definite matrix”?
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