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Time is a woman
This has bugged me for years. I really like the song "We are tonight" by Christian Burns, but in the song there's a line:
Time is not our friend
but she's the only thing we need
He could ...
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Words with a permanent definite article
I know that English has some words which always use "the" article like: the past/present/future, the truth, the same, the process, the end, the way, the (name) language, the (name) religion ...
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how much vs. how much + uncountable noun
I wondered how much sugar was in the coke.
how much sugar : an interrogative and subject
I wondered how much sugar in the coke was.
how much : an interrogative
sugar in the coke : a subject
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Should "and guess what" be in commas?
"It also sparks, and guess what?" (My example sentence.)
"After years of wearing holes into bodega linoleum, Mom and Dad retired, and guess what? They began spending the money they had ...
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The use of subjunctives and conditionals in a sentence
I came up with the following sentence:
The upstream is set to <start-point> regardless, be <start-point> a local or remote-tracking branch or should the branch names match or not.
In ...
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Is 'He used to play any sport' correct?
I do know that 'any' is used for questions and negations nevertheless sentences like 'Parma loaned Laursen out before he would play any games for the club.' made me wonder if this sentence would work, ...
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We won't/ don't make so much waste if people don't use/use single-use plastic
I am in doubt regarding the next grammar exercise, to my ears the sentence 'We don't make so much waste if people don't use single-use plastic' makes sense as a zero conditional sentence,as both verbs ...
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Combine the pair of sentences making one of them into a Relative Clause
I visited a city. The city was known for its historical landmark.
Combine the above pair of sentences making one of them into a Relative Clause.
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Confused by using articles in the UDHR
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national ...
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Does "can" here sound natural to native English speakers?
I am trying to write a conversation for my military novel, but I am not sure if using "can" here sounds natural to native speakers.
A: The enemy is retreating.
B: No, they are waiting for ...
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The cake has burnt ON/AT/FROM the top
Someone is baking a cake, and when the cake comes out of the oven, she sees the surface has turned black while the rest looks good. So, when telling about should she say:
The cake has burnt on the top....
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That the train is delayed may well be
That the train is delayed may well be.
Is this sentence grammatical or idiomatic?
If so, the 'to be' means exists? There is no complement.
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"It is too far down." VS "It is a long way down."
Imagine someone is trying to get down into the center of a volcano crater, and he is now standing around the edge of the crater. So, in order to mean the center is too far below where he is now, I ...
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In the nature or in nature
" the picture shows the process of producing carbon in the nature/ in nature"
Which one is correc? I thought it's in nature, but my teacher said it's in the nature.
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This is the house I live. vs This is the place I live
This is the place I live. (O)
This is the house I live. (X) > This is the house I live in. (O)
This is the place I live in. ?
Q1. Why 1 is correct but 2 is wrong?
Q2. 'the place' in 1 means ...
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If I buy some apples [closed]
Does this sentence in bold sound grammatically and semantically natural in the context below?
A: Do you know where to buy some apples?
B: Why?
A: They have some of the best apples in the world here, ...
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Is there a difference between " working" and "I'm working"?
What are you doing?
Working/I'm working
Is there a difference between " working" and "im working"?
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Is 'I don't want to have anything to do with them anymore, she told' correct?
I read on one oxford book that you always have to have an object (pronoun,noun) after the reporting verb tell, nevertheless I have heard native speakers say something along the lines of my example. I ...
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We would have known when they came back. | Does this mean "We didn't know when they came back"?
A man is telling about how his brother drowned in the sea when they were both young, and how his parents pretended that he never existed. Here is a small part of the conversation:
TV presenter: When ...
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"3 DOORS down from me." VS "3 BLOCKS down from me."
When giving directions, I sometimes hear the word "blocks" and sometimes "doors" being used. For example:
My neighbour was 3 DOORS down from me.
My neighbour was 3 BLOCKS down ...
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See followed by an infintive and gerund
Everyone has seen plants __________.
a. grow
b. to grow
c. growing
d. to growing
Which is the correct answer and why?
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"feel" meaning "receive physical sensations"
"I felt that someone touched my shoulder."
Is this sentence grammatically acceptable? I know it is better to say, "I felt someone touch my shoulder." in order to sound more natural,...
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"Where will She/Sara be tomorrow"? Or "Where will be She/Sara tomorrow"?
When we make "WH" questions, we can put the subject after the auxiliary verb, as in "Who will the President be?” or after the main verb “be,” as in "Who will be the President?”
My ...
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stylistic usage replacing conjunctions with commas
She was bright and beautiful, not offended by her detractors. (and)
She was attractive, some say beautiful.
Would the dropping of conjunction (and)** be stylistic choice**, and 2 despite requiring a ...
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two prepositional phrases modifying the same verb
When we have 2 prepositional phrases modifying the same verb, mainly the sentence:
“After their vanquishing, the Sumerians will be victorious in 15 years” (it’s part of an ancient Sumerian poem I read ...
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This/That for things that have just been mentioned
I have a question related to the use of the determiners "this" and "that". In fact, I searched this forum, and none of the threads provided me with the answer.
There are two ...
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Relationship between two adverbs modifying the same verb
If 2 adverbs of time are modifying the same verb, how do these adverbs affect each other in meaning?
For example:
“After their defeat in the match, they will be victorious in a few matches”
Do the ...
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Any difference between "one's lower back" AND "the small of one's back"?
He approached me from behind and he touched the small of my back.
"the small of one's back", which I had never heard, has just reminded of another word for the same part of the body, which ...
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is it "she has been right the whole time" or " she was right the whole time"?
I want to know what to use if I were to imply that what someone used to say has always been right and correct, even though we never accepted it.
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income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature [closed]
Let me show you the sentence below.
income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature:
I don’t understand the sentense because it is omitted.
I apply to know the ...
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The use of "whether"
Let me show you a sentence below.
At issue is the hotly debated topic of whether coffee is good for you.
In the sentence, How do the word whether work? And Why the of can connect the whether?
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When you just finished watching a movie, do you have to say "I loved it" or is "I love it" also correct?
I hear if someone just finished watching a movie, they say "I loved it.".
So far so good.
But I wonder is the past form (I loved it) just a preference or do you necessarily have to put it in ...
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as Hume and Smith defined it
That people need other people is hardly news, but for Rousseau this dependence extended far beyond companionship or even love, into the very process of becoming human. Rousseau believed that people ...
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Is the "which" here grammartically correct?
The RNA techniques have strongly suggested that although the true bacteria indeed form a large coherent group, certain ______ are also prokaryotes and which resemble true bacteria, represent a ...
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Does this sentence need "it" to make sense?
I woke up with a stiff neck. It hurts to move [it]"
Should I add "it" in the sentence above?
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"Would you rather have me GIVE you that money?" OR "Would you rather have me GIVING you that money?"
From a TV show.
Would you rather have me give you that money right now? Dr. Phil (see:21:10-21:14)
A few days ago, I saw a very similar structure being used in another sentence:
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Is "For the very reason why he had chosen the lighthouse had become almost instantly a reason for going somewhere else" a mistake?
In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World there is a sentence that seems to be a linguistic mistake. Am I right?
"When morning came, he felt he had earned the right to inhabit the lighthouse; yet, even ...
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How do the how work? [closed]
everyone.
I am a beginner at English.
I have a question.
“Computer have changed how we live.”
What type do how is?
Tell me, please.
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Any difference between: "I'm sorry that this happened." AND "I'm sorry that this EVER happened."?
I know the meaning of ever meaning "at any time" used in questions and negative sentences. For example. "Have you ever done this or that"?
However when it comes to affirmative ...
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Comma before "and"
I am confused.
Looking at Cambridge dict. and even "British Council", there it says:
for Example - "She has a sister, a dog and two brothers" without a comma before "and",...
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You are so lying. | Can "so" be used with verbs to mean "shockingly too much"?
I heard this on TV, a woman got very angry with a girl after the girl said something about her. The woman was shocked to hear that, wide opened her eyes and said to the girl:
"You are so lying.&...
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"I'd gone up through the doses." VS "I'd gone up the doses."
On TV, someone told about how she managed to lose weight by using a medicine, what she had gone trough, etc. At one point she said:
I'd gone up through the doses and reached my target on 10 ...
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What is the grammatical construction of "have something hanging out"?
I haven’t heard any negative comments although some people think he’s really tired and has it hanging out from exhaustion.
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/21/dog-has-tongue-so-long-it-trails-on-...
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"He lets them past." vs "He lets them pass."
This was used when telling about how an elephant walked on the road, and the bus had to stop, and the driver had to give food to the elephant, after which the elephant got out of the way, so the bus ...
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so/as does Jim and Tom OR so/as do Jim and Tom
I like it so/as does Jim. This sentence means I like it and Jim also likes it.
I am wondering that if there are two other persons also like it what should I put after so/as.
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May I say "I can't have more" to mean "I've had enough","I can not tolerate anymore"?
May I say "I can't have more" to mean "I've had enough","I can not tolerate anymore" ?
Like: The weather here is so wet, I can't have more.
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Why "contained" as a past form is not correct here?
Canada's constitution, enacted in 1982, contains just one of the six constitutional features that enhance judicial independence, as identified by legal scholars Sarah Bennett and David Thompson. After ...
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tomorrow morning vs. tomorrow's morning
I found a topic that appeared kind of difficult for me to summarize. What's the key difference between "tomorrow morning" and "tomorrow's morning" or "night sleep" vs. &...
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Does this sentence in bold sound natural to native English speakers? [closed]
“He’s a very smart high school freshman. If he studies hard enough, he can go to Harvard in 2027.”
Does the sentence in bold sound natural to native English speakers?
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"see with right/left eye" OR "see out of right/left eye?
He has not been able to see out of his right eye for the past four months, and his left eye is "not the greatest" BBC - Elton john
see out of his right eye caught my attention, because I ...
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