Questions tagged [sentence-structure]
A complete sentence contains at least a subject and a verb, with all of the words being used in the sentence arranged in such a way that they express a complete thought.
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Why are articles sometimes NOT used before common nouns?
Take a sentence like:
'Excellent lady that she was, Lady Gigabytes invited us over for dinner.'
Or:
'Lady Gigabytes (excellent lady that she was) invited us over for dinner.'
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He considers it important to cooperate. vs. He considers it is important to cooperate
I have a friend studying for an English test and she asked me to explain something to her.
In her textbook, the sentence
"He considers it is important to cooperate." - is marked incorrect, ...
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Is "on a spring midnight" correct?
I think I have seen people use "on a summer night", but I don't know whether "on a spring midnight" is correct or not. I hope I can find the answer here
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Usage of "his + Ving"?
I'm completely fine with both these sentences:
I am sure of my brother's passing the exam.
I am sure of my brother passing the exam.
So I suppose it's OK to use "his + Ving" or "him + ...
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challenges "facing" or "faced"?
Among the annoying challenges facing the middle class is one that will probably go unmentioned in the next presidential campaign: What happens when the robots come for their jobs?
I can't understand ...
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Use of "May I be" for exclamation
In the language I speak when we see someone getting a lot and we don’t get that much, to speak to God in a sweet way, we say a sentence whose literal meaning in English is:
May I be sacrificed for ...
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What is the grammatical function of "circumstances as they are" in this sentence?
I find this sentence in an online article strange and even jarring for several reasons.
With limited provisions, he awaits reinforcements, but circumstances as they are, is believed lost to the ...
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interrogative and affirmative sentence constructions
Say we have the following sentence :
The further information I need is to know in which building is the
class held.
Is it grammatically correct to place "is" where it's placed in the sentence, ...
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"Government-issued" vs. "issued by the government"
I have a sentence improvement question :
For a week last month, the team's 20 players were stranded because the government-issued passport is not up to international standards.
I am confused ...
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What kind of grammar (structure) is used in this sentence? "only to be brought low themselves"
I saw the following sentence:
Throughout literature we find recurring tales of forthright people who are outspoken in
condemning illegal practices only to be brought low themselves when they, or ...
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What kind of structure is: "... that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast."?
I can't see where "that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast" is connected in the sentence below.
However, it is precisely because, in an everyday sense, the Internet is seen as a ...
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Is "entitled" a verb or adjective or both in "She is entitled..."?
She is entitled to all luxuries in her life.
What is the voice of the sentence?
If it is passive, which word is the main verb in the sentence?
In this sentence the word "entitled" is used as ...
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How should I understand this sentence with the structure: 'not only, but...'?
In this following context, according to the structurue 'not only, but (also)', should the subject 'kamma' in preceding part, be the same subject as mentioned one, in following part too?
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Sentence structure of "Two X do not a Y make"
Two cuts do not an EV price war make.
Source: Electric vehicles defy price war after Ford and Tesla discounts
The likely meaning is "Two cuts do not make an EV price war." But I've never ...
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Does the use of the em dash work here? Should there be a comma after the second em dash?
Presenting two main aspects of her practice—slow art and language—this exhibition is a coalescence of her enthralment with everyday marvels and her fascination with the intricacies and nuances of ...
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Here how does the word ''where'' play as its role?
in this following sentence, what does the word ''where'' mean?
How should I take the word ''where''?
''How is it ever possible to speak of the annihilation of a self, or soul, or ego, where no such ...
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How to analyze the structure "as by ..."
In the fourth book of New Concept English, there is sentence like this:
It is almost always due to some very special circumstances that traces of land animals survive, as by falling into inaccessible ...
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In "Does it matter how large the selection is that you bookmark? ", how to understand the part "that you bookmark"?
There is a sentence:
Does it matter how large the selection is that you bookmark?
I know it refers to how large the selection is, but I can't understand why that you bookmark can be added after is.
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Are the structures of "with one player less" and "with one less player" the same?
This year we were very unlucky because we played with one player less against Barcelona.
Does "with one player less" have the same stractures as sentences below?
This year we were very ...
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When using a question word order to make a sentence more emphatic, should the sentence be affirmative or negative?
Which sentence is correct?
"We talked on the phone for hours. Man does she like me!"
Or
"We talked on the phone for hours. Man doesn't she like me!"
Just to clarify, the intent is ...
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How to shorten the sentence with paralell words?
Today I want to write a sentence with the full version is:
"We use the same set of control variables as in our main regression that is controlling for firm-fixed effects and industry*year fixed ...
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“Around here somewhere” or “Somewhere around here”
Imagine someone has lost something and he/she is anxiously looking for it everywhere. you as a witness of the whole story decide to cool them down. You are going to ask them not be worried just ...
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Can "mislead" be accompanied by "that-clause"?
"The fallacy of false choice misleads that the choices which have been made explicit exhaust the sensible alternatives."
Q1. The structure of the above sentence is "Subject + misleads ...
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What kind of grammatical construction is "He looked up at me, his harsh face expressionless"?
What kind of grammatical construction is this? Is it a participle?
He looked up at me, his harsh face expressionless.
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What's grammar of "the reasonable satisfaction of both parties " in the text?
Express terms are set out and stipulated expressly in the contract.
For example: The Seller will within a period of 6 months from the date
of delivery of Goods, where Goods which are proved to the ...
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Which one is correct: built or to be built
Which of these is correct?
1.How do you want your house to be built?
2.How do you want your house built?
I think 1 is correct because it is the house that will be built(someone will build it). But I ...
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Can I use compound sentences and relative clauses in complex sentence?
Can I use compound sentences and relative clauses in complex sentence?
Although Mr. McConnell waited until weeks after Mr. Biden was declared the winner to recognize the outcome, his actions were a ...
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Is it correct to say "It is the only way you see things that you have no idea occurred."?
Is it correct to say " It is the only way to see things that you have no idea occurred."?
I guess there is supposed to be a preposition ‘about‘ or ‘of' after 'you have no Idea', which I ...
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"the Wonder Wheel, a Ferris wheel that looked" VS "the Wonder Wheel, a Ferris wheel, that looked"
Above all, we boarded the Wonder Wheel, a Ferris wheel that looked as tall as a seven-story building. (From an ACT test)
I know "a Ferris wheel that looked as tall as a seven-story building"...
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"are specified" or "have been specified" would be grammatically correct?
Which one is correct?
The conditions of deformation and calculation of the soil – pipeline system are specified?
Or:
The conditions of deformation and calculation of the soil – pipeline system ...
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What is the phrase "suggesting ways to structure the competing considerations" modifying?
"In such cases, attending to the modes of moral reasoning that we characteristically accept can usefully expand the set of moral information from which we start, suggesting ways to structure the ...
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Should I use "that" after "whatever"
Which is correct or better:
Anyways, I hope they do whatever that is for the benefit of them and the region.
Anyways, I hope they do whatever is for the benefit of them and the region.
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Give an example sentence: (Correct?)
Is this sentence correct?
Give an example sentence:
I'm not sure whether there is a phrase ' example sentence' or not.
I always use:
Give an example:
or
Give a sentence as an example:
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“Why it means so much to me?” or “Why does it mean so much to me?”
"Why the hell it means so much to me?" or
"Why the hell does it mean so much to me?"
Which is correct and why?
If wrong, is the first phrase at least informally acceptable?
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Is this sentence anastrophe?
I came across the sentence
Pretty soon along came some people.
However I wonder if
Some people came along pretty soon.
is correct. Is this sentence anastrophe?
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Can someone explain the structure of this sentence for me?
I've come across this sentence while reading an economic report:
"Stocks climbed on optimism Mexican tariffs will be avoided."
And got confused about the structure of this sentence. I'm not really ...
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So+simple past verb+subject?
What is the grammatical structure and meaning of the bolded sentence:
“Critical thinking” was the watchword for what the better teachers supposedly taught in the better schools. So ran one account. ...
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such lots of OR so lots of
which is the correct structure and why?
I found it while I was reading Cambridge Grammar in use intermediate on page no. 204
it says 'such' should precede 'a lot of'. so can we use 'such' before 'lots ...
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Do both these structures create the same meaning: ".... would not have been able to do ...." VS ".... couldn't have done...."
The following sentence is from a text about a new genetic testing method which reveals whether a tumor is cancerous or not, without having to apply chemotherapy. BBC - Genetic testing spared baby ...
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Do the provided sentences exhibit a reduced adjective clause structure?
Perseus then flew to the realm of Atlas whose chief pride was his garden
"filled with golden fruit".
Those in favor of a milder approach to the drug problem point to the poor results
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secure at least 1 m from the floor?
I want to make a instruction for vertical ladder installation (Securing a ladder to a wall firmly with screws or something) Information I want to put in the sentence is:
Secure one spot (less than 0....
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How have we the impertinence to
How have we the impertinence to make these wild creatures forego their nature for ours, which at best they can but imitate?
Does Virginia Woolf mean “How can we be so impertinent to make..”? Or “How ...
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Preposition "of" used after noun/pronoun in the middle of a sentence
Would the use of the preposition "of" in the middle of the following sentence (I imagine I'm using the passive voice for emphasis) be acceptable?
That's the only way you know X (of) because ...
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how to understand complex sentence using as?
He doesn’t sound nearly as eager to make small talk with this guy as he was with me.
How to parse and understand the above sentence?
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What roles do these parts play in the following sentences?
What roles/elements/components (e.g. subject, ...) of a sentence do the parts in bold play in the following sentences? I am asking about the terminology of the components of a sentence.
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Not even .. could cope with .. VS Even ... could not cope with
There is a sentence where the not is put ahead:
Not even a 20-year-old could cope with the chairman’s jam-packed schedule.
Why not express it as:
Even a 20-year-old couldn't cope with the chairman’...
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Can we say "you almost got us lost"?
We can say "get ready" and "get something ready"
For example, "I got ready" and "I got my file ready".
When checking the adjective "lost" in ...
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Are these sentences interchangeable: "She has her arm in plaster." AND "Her arm is in plaster."
Mom's neighbour saw me and asked me about my mom. "How is she"? And I want to say they put her arm in plaster because she fell the other day. So I thought I can say this in 2 ways:
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What is the meaning of "to direct support on" here?
Being reading a book on Programming Languages in Computer and face the following highlighted section:
The set of predefined value types excluding decimal are known as
primitive types in the CLR. ...
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Can subjective and experimental literature be extended?
Considering the extended subjective and experimental literature of the
published studies in valid international datebases and the fact that
this kind of attitude toward the research in this field ...
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