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arrange a meeting [for] this weekend
Awarded Oct 15 at 11:40
The past of "must"
Awarded Sep 10 at 19:09
To order "the works" in a restaurant
Awarded Aug 5 at 14:26
(am/are/is) being married
Awarded Jan 4 at 7:21
Regret or satisfaction by "couldn't have been better"
Awarded Oct 19, 2022 at 10:46
Why is this correct? "I met you before you had met her."
Awarded Mar 28, 2022 at 4:34
stop (from) doing
Awarded Nov 13, 2021 at 23:16
He did not expect to. vs. He had not expected to
Awarded Sep 1, 2021 at 3:22
Using "hasn't he" in question tags
Awarded Nov 17, 2020 at 7:36
Do we need a definite article in "the water" here?
Awarded Apr 3, 2020 at 0:20
“It has been a tough day” vs. “it is a tough day”
Awarded Feb 1, 2020 at 17:00
"I should go" vs. "I should be going"
Awarded Jan 13, 2020 at 13:15
no *the* in "from beginning to end"
Awarded Oct 2, 2019 at 0:40
"Are they?" vs. "They are?"
Awarded Aug 10, 2019 at 0:20
To sleep your way to the top
Awarded Jul 26, 2019 at 15:55
"This book *reads* very well."
Awarded Apr 23, 2019 at 10:20
"If you were to do" compared to "If you did"
Awarded Mar 2, 2019 at 10:50
"would prefer to have" v. "would have preferred to"
Awarded Jan 19, 2019 at 13:25
"You iron clothes if they are […]"
Awarded Dec 12, 2018 at 16:40
"I had not noticed." but "I did not know."
Awarded Apr 27, 2018 at 19:07
"She will be visiting" vs. "she will visit"
Awarded Nov 25, 2017 at 10:03
He mustn't / couldn't have been hungry
Awarded Oct 30, 2017 at 3:43
"It works" vs "It is working"
Awarded Aug 7, 2017 at 6:39
Do we need 's in "I'm a friend of Stephen's."
Awarded Aug 1, 2017 at 21:21
"See somebody do" and "see somebody doing"
Awarded May 28, 2017 at 3:30
"be able to" in the past and future
Awarded May 18, 2017 at 17:28
Why is 'enjoy to [verb]' incorrect?
Awarded Feb 18, 2017 at 8:31
to afford *doing* something
Awarded Oct 25, 2016 at 16:28
Does "always" go with Perfect Tense?
Awarded Sep 13, 2016 at 11:57
What *one too many* means in "you've read one too many stories"
Awarded May 27, 2016 at 2:30
Some complex passive voice sentences
Awarded Feb 15, 2016 at 7:05
interested in hearing / interested to hear
Awarded Feb 2, 2016 at 23:05
Why not 'heading' in "Where are you headed?" [duplicate]
Awarded Oct 6, 2015 at 14:32
Does *first of all* always go with *second of all*?
Awarded Aug 2, 2015 at 16:53
What does it mean "I've been meaning to phone Jane"?
Awarded Jul 19, 2015 at 17:28

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