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4510From Google Translate English Heart - Latin Translations of heart noun FreDMaA-3/1/2019
4509Latin, perhaps?Tom Clarke-3/1/2019
4508You want a mystery? In medicine "Perfusion" is abbreviated "Q&quDMaA-3/1/2019
4507Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary thewritelifeTom Clarke13/1/2019
4506I was making a general observation. It was misplaced. Back on topic, does anyoValuepro-1/17/2019
4505Who put those commas there or am I missing a joke? BTW, thanks for the response diegosan-1/16/2019
4504I don't think it is something that it at all a major story. Its not very impTimF-1/16/2019
4503Perhaps Pompeo should focus more on other things, but the same can be said for CValuepro-1/16/2019
4502Pompeo cracks down, on improper use, of commas at State Department By Michelle TimF-1/16/2019
4501merriam-webster.com I think you can use either in this case. According to thatTimF-11/4/2018
4500From a book I am reading: "He was vice commander at the SAM, Brooks Air Fordiegosan-11/4/2018
4499How and why did silent letters emerge in English? Kory Stamper, Lexicographer &TimF-10/24/2018
44984 Unofficial Rules Native English Speakers Don't Realize They Know By Arika TimF310/24/2018
4497"Again, this is happening right now, right here." I seem to recall leValuepro-9/24/2018
4496Add to it when they say, “Again,” as if they’ve just said something and are repeSmoothSail-9/23/2018
4495Add "...right there", and "...right here", as in, "TakeValuepro-9/23/2018
4494Maybe I'm getting more sensitive to it, or it's an increasing evidence oValuepro-9/23/2018
4493[youtube video] youtube.comTimF19/12/2018
4492In Changing China, Being 'Suicided' Or 'Harmonized' March 19, 20TimF-7/20/2018
4491This sounds like a variant of Pigeon/Pigin English, which my father learned in NValuepro-7/20/2018
4490The Government Campaign to Get Rid of Singapore’s Unofficial Language Singlish, TimF-7/20/2018
4489The evolution of Eurish by Tyler Cowen February 13, 2018 OverTimF-4/14/2018
4488How Capicola Became Gabagool: The Italian New Jersey Accent, Explained by DTimF14/11/2018
4487Did you hear about the woman named Diana who accidentally killed her CPU collecTimF-9/21/2017
4486theoatmeal.comTimF-6/23/2017
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