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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How do Americans address this location? (The red part on the attached image) [duplicate]
Does the following address sound idiomatic to you:
13 – Fifth street - Independence Avenue – Apt 8 - 4th floor
Istanbul – Turkey – (Zip code)
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tasks that one wants somebody to perform
We completely understand the tasks that you want our company to perform within the specified period.
We completely understand the tasks that our company is expected to perform within the ...
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'The dog ran out / of the office' or 'The dog ran / out of the office.' what is your choice?
I'm not a native English speaker. We have some discussion about spoken English.
A. (The dog ran out) / (of the office).
B. (The dog ran) / (out of the office).
I know A and B have the same meaning, ...
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Is there anything missing in this sentence?
The Bolded part of this sentence is confusing and I suppose it is a mistake:
Governments have the right – and the duty - especially in a crisis, to inform their nationals of the difficult ...
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Removing "a big" before using the word "fan"
I have heard someone says, e.g:
I am a big Elvis fan.
I am a big Obama fan.
But how it would be if someone tends to remove the determiner 'a' and the following adjective 'big'? I mean does it sound ...
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We are proud to announce
How do you natives say the following sentence; I guess it should be said in another way, but I do not know how:
We are proud to announce our readiness for manufacturing any type of toys.
PS: I need ...
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Rephrasing a sentence
Could you help me with rephrase the hightlighted sentence, which I am not sure I understand it correctly.
Psychology as the behaviorist views it is a purely objective
experimental branch of ...
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How to ask "Who pays today?"
I want to express a sentence.
The meaning is that we hope that someone will pay the bill for today's dinner or drink or something.
In response, someone will say "It's on my treat" .
I want to know ...
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"You have really nice hair" or "Your hair is really nice"?
What is a more common and natural compliment, "Your something is..." or "You have..."? For example "You have really nice hair" or "Your hair is really nice"?
The issue is that I sent a message to girl ...
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Grammar of the sentence
Is this sentence construction right?
"You were intensively involved in doing a project or a research work during that semester, and hence was not focusing much in your course work"
Should the ...
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A complex sentence that I couldn't understand
It(Turner Prize) was established in 1984 to celebrate new developments
in contemporary art and is given to a British artist under 50 who
judges believe has put on the best exhibition of the last ...
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dependent words are far from a subject in the sentence
In the previous year, the travel expenses were also incurred as [when] the works were provided, in whose cost they were included.
The words 'in whose cost' modify 'works', but they are located far ...
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What age are you?
Is the question of "what age are you" idiomatic,common or does it sound naturally in the meaning of "how old are you"
Can we say this structure could be used for materials as "how age is it"?
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"the more you help people out , the more you will be happy " [closed]
Is my sentence structure correct for this sentence..
and can I say this sentence in different way but imply the same or similar meaning..
The more you help people out , the more you will be happy
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Meaning: "Angular is what HTML **would have been had it been** designed for applications"
I was reading the Angular.js documentation when I saw this:
Angular is what HTML would have been had it been designed for
applications.
I've never seen a construction like this and I can't get ...
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How to identify if a sentence is in the Passive or Active Voice?
Examples:
"A car was parked outside of the gate."
"My work volume is increased"
"He was arrested"
"He was informed about this"
“My heart was broken”
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"Dracula when I saw was the last movie." Why is this sentence wrong?
I have heard the following answer from native speaker.
The first time when I drove was at driving school.
So I applied that to write a sentence like this.
Dracula when I saw was the latest/last ...
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80% of mobile recharges on girls' phones are done by their boyfriends - How do I say that?
In eight out of ten cases, mobile recharges (top up recharge) on girls' mobile phones are done by their boyfriends. Now, I want to tell this in this way...
80% of mobile recharges on girls' phones ...
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A comparison between the structures "would rather" and "would prefer"
I know that "i'd rather", like "I'd prefer" is used for specific situation and not general ones. On the other hand I know that the second sentence below doesn't work here. But the ...
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I am better than you or I am better than you are
Which one of these two is correct? Is it necessary to write 'you are' instead of only 'you'?
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How criticize for not doing something?
I have seen both following structures for criticizing people for not doing something; but do they really mean the same; if yes, which one is more common among AmE speakers?
You could help me –...
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What does this mean? Especially the word “ahead”
I had dates ahead that I disliked to cancel.
If there were no “ahead”, I would assume it means there were dates the speaker wouldn’t like to cancel. With “ahead”, however, I can't clearly understand ...
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India Prime Minister Vs. Indian Prime Minister Vs. India's Prime Minister
I have read all of them and they all tell the same thing. The Prime Minster of India. But then, which one is better to use. To me, grammatically, all mean different!
India Prime Minister -what sort ...
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Structure: Consecutive Clauses
A question about the sentence structure of this:
In 1997, black bears broke into more than 600 cars in the park, searching for human food as they tore open the doors of Toyotas and Hondas, ...
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While quoting someone's statement, does the placement of "S/he said" matter?
Look at these sentences -
Veronica said, "I'm not gonna give up for sure." OVER "I'm not gonna give up for sure", said Veronica.
A person (a non native) said that putting said Veronica makes a ...
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Why are these words capitalized in Collins Dictionary?
Was reading about the word 'salvation' and came across this example in the Collins English Dictionary:
salvation - the realization that Life, Truth, and Love are supreme and that they can destroy ...
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Are longer sentences supposed to be harder to read?
I ask only about Modern English here, but maybe Early Modern English can be discussed also.
I ask NOT about Old or Middle English or dialects of English which require special training.
This answer ...
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'A decapitated head' from the Huffington Post sounds strange to me
The headlines on the Huffington Post reads
Grandfather Of Australian Boy Pictured Holding 'DECAPITATED' Head In Syria Tells Of Shock
Decapitated? It's used as an adjective here. That seems strange ...
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Is 'after 20 years sober' correct in 'In 2006, after 20 years sober, he checked himself into rehab for alcoholism'?
The piece of news from the Huffington Post reads...
In 2006, after 20 years sober, he checked himself into rehab for alcoholism. He opened up about his struggles with addiction to alcohol and ...
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An example from the Oxford Dictionaries using the preposition 'from' - can it be written differently?
I was reading about prepositions on Oxford Dictionaries and encountered this sentence as an example there.
There’s no necessity to ban prepositions from the end of sentences. Ending a sentence with a ...
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Alternative ways of saying "...., right?"
What are some alternative ways of confirming a point, situation, etc. apart from saying “…, right?” at the end of a sentence to make it a question? (e.g. You are going tomorrow on the 11:30 flight, ...
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Is the sentence "How is <name>" localised to game-specific forums?
I keep seeing people say "How is X", where X is the name of a game or a band. I think the implied question is about the entertainment quality of the thing in question, e.g. "Do you find this game fun?"...
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What kind of structure is this?
Bin‘ali acted as his intermediary with the Islamic State leadership,
whom al-Maqdisi threatened with dire consequences should they fail to
participate.
What does this mean?! And what kind of ...
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Some good alternatives for "I mean"
What are some good alternatives for the phrase "I mean". Or what are some others ways to clear the meaning of what I am saying? For example: "What are you doing? I mean study wise" or "So that is the ...
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Advice on understanding ''advanced'' sentences
By a normal sentence I mean any sentence of the form subject + predicate. Every sentence that is not normal is called advanced. A simplest example of an advanced sentence is, say, Being a doctor, he ...
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It was the same deal that deposed president Viktor Yanukovych BACKED OUT OF in November - I don't understand that part in bold
Source: http://mashable.com/2014/06/27/kiev-ukraine-european-union-deal/
Ukrainians on Friday gathered in Kiev's Independence Square — the epicenter of the months-long clashes that ignited a ...
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100 USD/US$ Over USD/US$ 100
Whilst it's too common in my (and other languages?) to speak (and at times even to write) my currency with construction number + currency name; now, is it, by any means, possible to write/speak that ...
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May I omit the definite article here? Or else it'll be 'the The'
The name of the popular daily is The New York Times. I'm talking about its reporter. May I omit the definite article from this sentence?
I'm talking about Paul, the The New York Times reporter.
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What is the structure and meaning of this strange sentence starting with "it needs no prophet"? [closed]
It needs no prophet to see that aviation is going to raise some extremely difficult legal problems […]
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What is the structure and meaning of this sentence?
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paraphrase "tunnels beneath glacially formed sandy ridges"
Prairie potholes were formed during the most recent Ice Age, when streams flowed in tunnels beneath glacially formed sandy ridges.
I am confused by "tunnels beneath glacially formed sandy ridges". ...
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"Your either for or against him" - what kinda structure is it? [closed]
I have read this on the Internet at many places including Bible and RailForums UK (used by an established author there) in the context of the news of Nelson Mandela's Death.
In most of the cases, it ...
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How should I parse "I was going to wait until ..."?
I found myself parse this sentence differently on different occasions,
(a) (I was going to wait) until (we had finished eating), but my thoughts burst from my mouth: ...
(b) I was going to (wait ...
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What is the structure of this sentence?
http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2013/11/protests-thailand
The king’s 86th birthday is on December 5th, and both sides of the political divide claim legitimacy bestowed by loyalty to the ...
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Explain the verb tense in "All that glitters is not gold"
I am confused by the maxim All that glitters is not gold.
May I know why the word is is used there?
In my known according the English grammar glitters is plural, So after plural we add verb+s.
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What does this "in order to" explain?
I don't understand what this "in order to" explains in the following sentence:
"Focusing on access reveals potential vulnerabilities that could be even more effectively exploited when ...
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I don't understand the structure of this
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
This is a ...
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Why is there a noun phrase after a passive voice?
There was a time when a girl like Cathy would have been called possessed by the devil. She would have been exorcised to cast out the evil spirit, and if after many trials that did not work, she would ...
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