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This tag is for grammar questions, but only if you're not certain what other tag to use. If possible, tag as tense, verb, articles, prepositions, or some other more specific tag or tags instead.
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Being+Adjective/Noun
The differences are small and may not matter in most circumstances.
I note that You're being perverted is ambiguous: it could mean someone is perverting you or - as I will assume here - that You are a …
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Is there any difference in the following sentences?
To complete the answer to the revised question:
Your first sentence could be used as a clause in a context exemplified by "In this theory, path and trajectory are referred to two different concepts: p …
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Last part of the sentence "the most"
the most is acting as a comparative adverb, a superlative adverb.
See
British Council
We make comparative and superlative adverbs using the same rules as for comparative and superlative adjectives. F …
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"during cleaning the room" is grammatically wrong?
Oxford Learners
Gerund: a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb (that is, ending in -ing)
for example: travelling in the sentence I preferred travelling alone.
According to Google ng …
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Does the following sentence make any sense grammatically?
I think it difficult to use modal verbs (could, should, might ...) in this way. If you wish to keep the “having to ...” construction, you could express the thought differently by not using the modal s …
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Difference between "on display" and "in a display"?
The difference are small and the overlaps significant.
Among the many uses of on is
Cambridge
on: preposition (EXISTING)
used to show that a condition or process exists or is being experienced:
The m …
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Response to ‘Where’s your luggage?’
Luggage = all the cases, bags and items that you have with you on your journey
Cambridge Dictionary
It is therefore a plural. You cannot have one luggage. You might have one suitcase, but you have som …
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"X rode Y to school" - is this grammatically correct?
The manner in which Haldi was given the lift (an assisted journey) by Smiley was that Haldi rode Smiley. Constructs such as "He rides a horse" or "she rode a bicycle" are in common usage and this exam …
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Are the tenses used incorrectly?
I believe the construction to be correct. It may be recast as one of the following:
“As I am working ... he is calling ...”
“As I work ... he calls ...”
“As I am working ... he calls ... …
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What’s that supposed to mean vs what does that suppose to mean vs what’s that suppose to mean
If I write “Life is a bowl of cherries”, the meaning is not immediately clear to you. You may imagine that I have a hidden meaning.
But you are not sure of my meaning (I may just mean “Life is simple” …
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