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What are the criteria for surviving to public beta?

Good news, after seven days of private beta, ELL is now in public beta.
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Free access to the OED in the Americas (13-19 April 2014)

This is more of an announcement than discussion but this may be useful for people here and EL&U: National Library Week All OUP Online products are free April 13-19th To celebrate National Library Week …
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What are tags good for?

If you're particularly interested in something (e.g. slang) you can mark a tag as a favourite. Such tagged questions are foregrounded and show up with a highlight helping you find interesting question …
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What is Ngram and what is it used for?

Most simply, Ngram charts show how often words and phrases are used in books over time, and often compared to other words or phrases. For example, you can check how common "double digits" is compared …
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