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  1. What does NOOT mean? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 26, 2016 · “ Noot Noot ”: is the sound made by the titular character from the British-Swiss children’s TV series Pingu. Due to its frequent utterance throughout the series, the soundbite of the …

  2. word usage - 'It is, isn't it' OR 'it is, is it not?' - English ...

    My girlfriend and I are having an argument about whether these two phrases mean the same thing: 'It is, isn't it' 'It is, is it not?' I argue that the first is affirmative. Meaning that it would...

  3. Punctuation for the phrase "including but not limited to"

    Oct 1, 2013 · When using the phrase "including but not limited to", how should it be punctuated? When used in the following (no punctuation): There are many activities including but not limited to run...

  4. Why do they say "may not" for things which people shouldn't do

    Aug 12, 2014 · I have seen in so many place where they would have mentioned "You may not.." etc for the things people shouldn't do. For eg: in companies where USB is not allowed, they will mention like …

  5. "currently not" or "not currently" - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    What's the correct order: Lessons are not currently being offered. or Lessons are currently not being offered.

  6. What is the proper usage of "not only... but also"?

    Sep 7, 2010 · In the bottom one, this is how I would form it: Thanks to his remarkable performance on the SAT, he was not only accepted into Harvard, but also given a full scholarship.

  7. word order - "Why is this not" versus "why is not this" - English ...

    Mar 16, 2011 · The usual order is "Why is this not [ready yet]?" Inverting it to "Why is not this [rose in bloom]?" might be possible in poetry, but it sounds awkward at best in everyday usage. Note: …

  8. "What about you?" versus "How about you?" - English Language

    From my point of view, if the difference between what about and how about in general is slight, the difference between what about you and how about you is even slighter. They are certainly …

  9. "We're not" vs. "we aren't" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Mar 5, 2012 · Given these are primarily spoken forms, and that ordinarily we're only going to apply one of the two possible contractions, I imagine we tend to just apply the first one because it comes first - …

  10. What is the difference between "Don't be..." and "Be not..."?

    Oct 22, 2017 · The grammatical difference is that “be not” is using be as a “double identity”verb helping verb and linking verb, just the same as when we say They are not at home . Here” are” is used as a …