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1386:French verb
1348:superstrate
1290:conditional
1236:subjunctive
1163:if he spoke
1056:is to visit
1049:m to report
904:imminence).
660:is going to
652:, the word
647:copula verb
535:near future
462:grammatical
366:Orthography
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249:conditional
189:Possessives
169:Intensifier
154:Determiners
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342:Do-support
328:in English
302:Verb usage
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165:Expletives
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1758:cite book
1604:Eymonline
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1421:form, so
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507:and some
346:Inversion
198:List here
159:List here
146:Compounds
1825:June 15,
1694:June 15,
1668:June 15,
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946:going-to
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138:Articles
119:Acronyms
95:Suffixes
84:Prefixes
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1510:("I am
1504:dw i'n
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1423:je vais
1281:further
1273:Kannada
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1535:Irish
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1415:to do
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