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Why are there no organisms with metal body parts, like weapons, bones, and armour? (Or are there?)

evolution biochemistry physiology speculative bioinorganic-chemistry asked Jul 25, 2013 at 2:44

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“L’on y danse”: why the article “l’ ”?

pronoms articles euphonie asked Sep 8, 2011 at 2:15

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What would Kant do when two categorical imperatives conflict? Could he ever justify lying?

kant ethics rule-ethics asked Jun 10, 2011 at 1:46

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Why do ablatives of the 3rd declension sometimes end on -e, at other times on -i?

ablative singular 3rd-declension ending morphology asked Apr 5, 2016 at 2:36

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Does America have its Versions of U- and Non-U English?

vocabulary american-english formality list-request sociolinguistic asked Apr 12, 2011 at 17:23

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Where did Spanish get its /x/? Arabic influence?

phonology historical-linguistics phonemes consonants spanish asked Feb 17, 2012 at 12:23

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What is the origin of the -a in words like "collega, advena"?

etymologia morphologia suffixes declinatio-prima asked Jan 14, 2018 at 1:37

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Is it CoViD? Or COVID? Covid? How should the word be spelled?

orthography writing-style capitalization abbreviations acronyms asked Mar 24, 2020 at 17:52

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Are there any other neuter words of the second declension that end on -us than "virus"?

declinatio morphologia ending neuter second-declension asked Jul 3, 2016 at 23:29

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Wie sprechen die Salzburger den Namen ihrer Stadt aus?

regional pronunciation austrian asked Jun 1, 2011 at 3:46

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An Update to our Community and an Apology

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How does the "Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop..." joke work?

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We need "assume good intent" back in the Code of Conduct

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How long can Moderator Resignation notices be featured?

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Official FAQ on gender pronouns and Code of Conduct changes

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Why is there paternal, for fatherly, fraternal, for brotherly, but no similar word for sons?

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Why should the first person pronoun 'I' always be capitalized?

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Why use "need not" instead of "do not need to"?

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Why do Wh question words in English so consistently map to Q words in Latin?

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"There is/are more than one". What's the difference?

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"firstly ... secondly ..." or "first ... second ... "?

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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"?

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Is there an alternative adjective to 'written' with an -al suffix?

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Politer word to refer to a 'cleaner'

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Why do we say "was supposed to" for "should have"?

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Why are some possessives formed with “of ” but not apostrophe-“s”?

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Is there a reason behind the ordering of letters in the English alphabet?

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Explanation of "must needs"

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Accusative equals nominative for neuter words – how universal is this and why?

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How do the rules of English inform understanding of one of our language's most disputed sentences?

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Why does the multi-paragraph quotation rule exist?

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If I farm, I'm a farmer. But if I guard, I'm a guard?

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What is the difference between an apocalypse and a cataclysm?

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"X times as many as" or "X times more than"

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Using a comma before "but"

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What follows next in the sequence "unary, binary, ternary..."?

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"supposed to" or "suppose to"?

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Is "misconfigured" a word?

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Are the rules regarding absolute adjectives too absolute?

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When did homosexuality become unacceptable in Europe?

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