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Is ‘alright’ all right?

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Disagreements are plenty

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To boldly go

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Bandying the word ‘bandy’ about

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Why heed the language cranks?

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Laying down the lie of the land

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Who’s the boss of English?

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As versus so in negative comparisons

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Centring around a usage disagreement

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Try to get over “try and”

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