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• How have you used the OED in your lessons?

  Announcement Using the OED in schools

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• Making the most of the Oxford English Dictionary in the classroom

  Announcement Using the OED in schools

  Started by Simone March 27 23 0 0 points
• Words at Work

  Announcement New words and word trends

  Started by Simone January 31 232 0 1 point
• Member Guidelines

  Announcement Closed General

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• Getting the most out of this community

  Announcement Closed General

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• How to start a great discussion

  Announcement Closed General

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• Participles for time and reason

  Accepted Answer Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 29 18 1 0 points
• Me either, Me too

  Answered Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 28 47 3 0 points
• "I" in past, present and future tense

  General

  Started by Prlorence March 28 9 0 0 points
• Huge News for Refrigerators Everywhere

  Question General

  Started by rrodriguez46 March 27 15 0 0 points
• Oxford of English Dictionary (OED) Query

  Origins of words and expressions

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 26 20 3 0 points
• Difference between has + v3 and is + v3

  Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 26 20 1 0 points
• Mysterious absences from the online OED

  Definitions of English words and phrases

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 25 9 2 0 points
• Old use of modern words?

  Accepted Answer Definitions of English words and phrases

  Most recent by jkerr605 March 23 17 3 0 points
• Put Up?

  Definitions of English words and phrases

  Most recent by Antaryamin March 23 68 2 0 points
• Grammatical Mistake in Your Definition

  Definitions of English words and phrases

  Started by Antaryamin March 23 9 0 0 points
• Figures of Speech...

  Answered Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 23 195 2 0 points
• Non-finite clause

  Answered Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 23 83 2 0 points
• postestimation

  Answered Translation

  Most recent by HarryAudus March 23 96 1 0 points
• Is "come a time" used in this context considered to be bad grammar?

  Answered Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by HarryAudus March 23 41 1 0 points
• Is this sentence OK for a Catalogue heading?

  Answered Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by HarryAudus March 23 44 1 0 points
• Different use of a word...

  Question Definitions of English words and phrases

  Started by jkerr605 March 23 5 0 0 points
• Food writing - capitalization of pavlova

  Spelling and pronunciation

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 22 10 1 0 points
• Which of these sentences is correct? (verb tense)

  Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 22 52 3 0 points
• Is there an archive of Word-of-the-Day words that we can access?

  Question General

  Started by civitas March 22 9 0 0 points
• What does 'throwing up its hands at its own audience' mean?

  Translation

  Started by shadowgun1102 March 22 17 0 0 points
• Punctuation for Ship's Names

  Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Started by Midge78 March 21 17 0 0 points
• Semantic satiation

  New words and word trends

  Most recent by mytamhuyet March 21 14 1 0 points
• Would this be understandable in English?

  Answered Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 20 30 1 0 points
• What is a service?

  Answered Definitions of English words and phrases

  Most recent by mohanskin March 20 19 1 0 points
• Hi

  General

  Most recent by mohanskin March 19 74 5 0 points
• have been to/have gone to

  Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 18 72 3 0 points
• Passive voice

  Grammar, punctuation, and usage

  Most recent by DavidCrosbie March 18 50 2 0 points
• Where's the verb???

  General

  Started by nhungthientai March 18 12 0 0 points