Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/August 2016

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 * 1) Which case is more closer to this title?

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 * 1) Translation from Yiddish
 * 2) Mending problems

= August 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 4


 * 1) Giyse
 * 2) A comma question

= August 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 5


 * 1) To be to be
 * 2) Can you check my English grammar on this article please!

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 * 1) Alfred Richard ORAGE
 * 2) Japanese translation

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 * 1) Difference in use

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 * 1) Is "White Indian" the name of a language?
 * 2) Can the word "altogether" be used in this sense, and if not, is there a word that can?
 * 3) My enemy's enemy is my friend
 * 4) Arabic translation?

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 * 1) David Collenette

= August 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 11


 * 1) classic literature for advanced learners (brazilian)
 * 2) baaaad
 * 3) First names starting with "De"
 * 4) Brief linguistic overview of major world languages (Book)
 * 5) Chernozemic vs chernozemic

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 * 1) Canonical number of chapters?

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 * 1) Japanese alphabets
 * 2) Anybody with access to The Times

= August 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 15


 * 1) Which is correct, or preferable, and why?
 * 2) Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
 * 3) Using the word post box to mean p.o. box?

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 * 1) Is the Hindi use of "Hum" (we) to mean "Main" (I) more common for males than for females?

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 * 1) Distance between different  registers

= August 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 19


 * 1) "Is-is"?
 * 2) Dalian as a first name
 * 3) Wu and Bomoh?
 * 4) What say you?

= August 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 20


 * 1) Origin of the name-form 'Geloan' with an O

= August 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 21


 * 1) What about that?

= August 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 23


 * 1) Help with Medieval French for Margiris
 * 2) What does he say?

= August 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 24


 * 1) Batshit crazy?

= August 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 25


 * 1) Parallel language development

= August 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 26


 * 1) Growth of Spanish in Texas
 * 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5xIIgesvk
 * 3) Pronunciation of Weinstein
 * 4) Statistics on Canadian spellings by individuals?

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 * 1) Damson Plums
 * 2) Grammatically correct
 * 3) Etymology of Katowice

= August 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 28


 * 1) Super ultra hyper
 * 2) Technical difference
 * 3) traditional Chinese greeting
 * 4) questions quoting statements

= August 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 30


 * 1) Nineteenth-century nautical(?) terminology

= August 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 31


 * 1) Hyphen
 * 2) Double negatives
 * 3) No hay salvavidas trabajando
 * 4) Are the following two sentences grammatical?
 * 5) Degree of Formality When Addressing an Organization
 * 6) Does "could" still mean "could"?