Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/August 2016

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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 1

1. Which case is more closer to this title?

August 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 3

1. Translation from Yiddish
2. Mending problems

August 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 4

1. Giyse
2. A comma question

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 5

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

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 6

1. Alfred Richard ORAGE
2. Japanese translation

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 7

1. Difference in use

August 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 8

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?

August 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 9

1. David Collenette

August 11

Wikipedia: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

August 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 13

1. Canonical number of chapters?

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 14

1. Japanese alphabets
2. Anybody with access to The Times

August 15

Wikipedia: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?

August 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 16

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

August 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 18

1. Distance between different registers

August 19

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 20

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

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 21

1. What about that?

August 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 23

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

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 24

1. Batshit crazy?

August 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 25

1. Parallel language development

August 26

Wikipedia: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?

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 27

1. Damson Plums
2. Grammatically correct
3. Etymology of Katowice

August 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 28

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

August 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 August 30

1. Nineteenth-century nautical(?) terminology

August 31

Wikipedia: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"?