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Arlen Beiler
  • Member for 13 years, 11 months
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  • Lititz, PA
44 votes
3 answers
324k views

What's the difference between a gerund and a participle?

18 votes
3 answers
18k views

Does a gerund always end with "-ing"? If so, why?

12 votes
3 answers
29k views

Why are words ending in "-um" and "-us" pluralized to end in "-a" and "-i", respectively?

10 votes
3 answers
39k views

Etymology of "history" and why the "hi-" prefix?

7 votes
5 answers
315k views

What are the following words called: Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been?

6 votes
5 answers
3k views

What is the etymology of "replenish"?

3 votes
3 answers
1k views

Redundancy in American Usage

3 votes
2 answers
2k views

Etymology of "evangel"

2 votes
4 answers
50k views

Difference between "synopsis" and "plot"

1 vote
4 answers
12k views

"pre-" and "post-", but what about "suf-"?

0 votes
7 answers
9k views

Full stop, double stop, period and colon

0 votes
0 answers
142 views

What is the exact syntax format of "substitute this for that"? [duplicate]