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Looking for a dictionary with standard American English example for foreign learners

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Don't use correct grammar topic

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yesterday ahmeturganci 101

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How can I improve my downvoted answers?

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Contributor's Guide to English Language Learners

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Software to check pronunciation automatically?

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modified Nov 12 at 23:25 Lambie 22.2k

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Can I offer a bounty to get ELL users to write an answer explaining why my “downvoted answers” (will be linked) are wrong and how I can improve them?

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modified Nov 12 at 21:09 J.R.♦ 107k

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Why was my question deleted?

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modified Nov 5 at 15:03 J.R.♦ 107k

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Closing questions from new users

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modified Oct 29 at 16:33 ColleenV♦ 11k

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Isn't it reasonable to assume English learners intuitively understand colloquialism and wordplay?

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answered Oct 25 at 2:31 Ben Kovitz 25.3k

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I comment “What do you think and why?” to a question “Is this correct?” - and someone posts an answer “No - this is incorrect because . . .”

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modified Oct 23 at 10:08 J.R.♦ 107k

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Resources for OCR / transcription errors

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asked Oct 18 at 13:13 FumbleFingers 49.6k

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For some odd reason we have an “english” tag… Should we request that it be blacklisted?

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answered Oct 14 at 21:07 Shog9♦ 101

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Resources for learning English

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modified Oct 14 at 8:53 Laure 4,773

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REQUEST: Posting a supplementary audio clip

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modified Oct 12 at 19:23 Araucaria 25.1k

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Is there a personal search bar option (to look for a specific question in a particular user's account)? If not, can we have one?

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modified Oct 3 at 7:18 Em.♦ 41.9k

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Can we ask question regarding the song lyrics?

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modified Oct 2 at 11:06 J.R.♦ 107k

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Answer deleted?

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answered Sep 30 at 1:59 Em.♦ 41.9k

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Why is transcription requests prohibited here considering an another user's request gets 6 uvpotes?

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modified Sep 30 at 0:15 Em.♦ 41.9k

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Can I post the same answer on a duplicate question?

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modified Sep 29 at 11:58 ColleenV♦ 11k

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Why ONLY some questions asking lyrics meaning are off topic and not all?

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modified Sep 25 at 18:30 J.R.♦ 107k

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How to handle Stale questions with both close votes and bounty?

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answered Sep 25 at 11:00 J.R.♦ 107k

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How to handle inaccurate comments

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answered Sep 23 at 15:58 J.R.♦ 107k

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Why can't I accept both answers?

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answered Sep 23 at 15:55 David Siegel 16.8k

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Whats the name of this website I need to find some statistics about the use of help to

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answered Sep 5 at 17:49 userr2684291 2,895

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Just Proposing To Implement Multi Best Answer Function [duplicate]

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asked Sep 4 at 20:06 Kentaro 1,826

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What sites and resources can I search before asking here?

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asked Sep 3 at 20:04 sanyash 121

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Should “How To Ask” be updated to emphasize a need for context

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modified Sep 1 at 17:01 Community♦ 1

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Tags for “countable-nouns”, “uncountable-nouns” and “countability”

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modified Sep 1 at 11:15 ColleenV♦ 11k

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What's the policy on using profanity in answers (where appropriate)?

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modified Aug 30 at 18:52 ColleenV♦ 11k

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Please, everyone… details. Please

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modified Aug 29 at 10:13 whiskeychief 3,707

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Why don't mods delete this comment?

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modified Aug 28 at 22:45 ColleenV♦ 11k

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Embed an audio player

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modified Aug 27 at 18:27 ColleenV♦ 11k

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How can I improve my answers?

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modified Aug 26 at 20:28 ColleenV♦ 11k

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Someone is deleting my comments

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modified Aug 26 at 11:37 Mari-Lou A 17.2k

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A reference for “many sentences with meaning”

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answered Aug 11 at 22:41 Kentaro 1,826

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demand on research or context for a question

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answered Aug 10 at 21:56 J.R.♦ 107k

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Cite your sources!

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modified Aug 8 at 21:13 J.R.♦ 107k

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Comments are constantly disappearing

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answered Aug 6 at 21:51 Kentaro 1,826

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Can one ask questions in a different language?

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answered Aug 2 at 3:14 Jason Bassford Supports Monica 27.4k

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What is the red dot next to something in the review queue?

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modified Jul 30 at 11:17 ColleenV♦ 11k

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Should backticks be used or quotation marks while formatting?

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modified Jul 25 at 14:20 ColleenV♦ 11k

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How to provide context If something randomly comes into your mind?

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answered Jul 21 at 16:34 Andrew 84.4k

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Font too light?

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modified Jul 18 at 14:56 Araucaria 25.1k

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ELL's Greatest Hits Page

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modified Jul 3 at 16:35 ColleenV♦ 11k

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Which is “the ultimate” reference for the English language? Is there any “ultimate” reference?

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modified Jun 20 at 9:56 virolino 7,659

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When should I upvote?

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Why is this particular stackexchange site so cut-throat?

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modified Jun 13 at 14:36 Andrew 84.4k

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