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Contributor's Guide to English Language Learners

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Reference for decomposing English words

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Idiomatic American English resources

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Grammar Book Recomendation [duplicate]

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To move my question to English Language & Usage

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New user asking multiple low quality questions about the same source material

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Is the 'mathematics' tag really necessary?

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Flag declined. Low Quality Question removed from Review Queue

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You got anything original to say?

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Mods Binging on Reviews. Leave some for the rest of us?

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A message to ColleenV

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What should we put in [writing]?

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When would I be able to create a tag? Is there a reputation requirement?

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Bilingual dictionary that explains the meanings of words, not just equivalent words

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2020 Community Moderator Election Results

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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

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Is there a good duplicate target for “What's the difference between the infinitive and the present participle?”

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Impose a sentence on [sentence] (again)

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Formatting Sandbox – Please test stuff here

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DO NOT FEED THE BEARS

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Nominations and current moderators in 2020

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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection

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The American English learning counterpart of 'Cambridge English in Use'

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More advice than asked for

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Why does the wrong grammatical term have to be preserved?

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My Suggested Edits intend to improve accuracy was considered as “does not make the post even a little bit easier to read”

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Why is my username user20445 in this SE site while in all other SE websites it is “aminabzz”?

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Community Promotion Ads — 2020

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Resources for learning English

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