Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/November 2019

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November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 2

1. English language question

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 6

1. Arabic alphabet

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 10

1. Past tense, "I happen to..."

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 11

1. Per cent or percentage??

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 12

1. Uyghur detection camera
2. American Sign Language

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 15

1. Architectural term

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 17

1. Foreign language translation

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 18

1. acronyms and initialisms
2. ...In the woodpile
3. Names for the number 20
4. Tommy

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 19

1. IPA for ORCID
2. Capitalization of Latin titles in English texts

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 20

1. Swedish broadcaster's newly found practice in airing non-Swedish TV series
2. Latin epigram translation
3. Not on your Nellie

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 21

1. Professional services that need more than 2 languages

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 22

1. Double negatives in Hollywood movies
2. Madame Chairman

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 23

1. Why is this OK? To use a singular noun after a number greater than one
2. Catalepsie de la reine de Huahine

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 25

1. -er and -or

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 26

1. Messager de Tahiti

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 28

1. Say, what are these words called?
2. Pickle

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 29

1. Usage of narrative
2. Plural of gas
3. Negative given names

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 November 30

1. How do you say Mountain Lion in Yaghan/Yámana?