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July 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 3

  1. Distinction between loanwords and shared vocabulary
  2. Has v. have
  3. The little-known gerundial infinitive

July 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 4

  1. Chinese (?) translation request

July 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 6

  1. Delightful German word
  2. number of ASL users compared to other sign languages

July 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 7

  1. Latin question

July 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 8

  1. Spanish 'last name, first name' order - for bibliography
  2. Singular nouns in plural form

July 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 9

  1. her can be used on him and his and here's why
  2. Medieval European traveler communication in China

July 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 11

  1. Turkish almost-homographs with i and ı
  2. Were the Simpsons ever dubbed in Commonwealth English?

July 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 13

  1. Pronunciation of name "Szilassi"

July 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 14

  1. idiom: __ as a boatswain's __
  2. Point blank range

July 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 16

  1. Literature about the Japanese writing system

July 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 17

  1. French verbs

July 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 18

  1. Administer
  2. Should/would
  3. "Would" as a form of past tense

July 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 19

  1. Is there a word for this?
  2. Mr. Cab Driver
  3. Secret celebrity weddings

July 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 20

  1. Accents in England

July 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 21

  1. Why does Wikipedia use Latin letters ?

July 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 22

  1. Expression

July 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 23

  1. Might ought to?

July 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 24

  1. Obstruent and /h/

July 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 25

  1. Politically correct synonym of "mulatto"?

July 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 28

  1. Poetic names of Japan
  2. Mixed R2L and L2R text
  3. Origin of the given name Lefong
  4. Accents in England

July 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2022 July 31

  1. American pronunciation of family name Weis
  2. Pronounciation of Jane Goodall