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This tag is used for questions about the proper construction of sentences.
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How do English-speaking kids loudly request something?
Depending on the flavor, Americans might call them Fudgesicles or popsicles or ice-cream bars.
American children would not use any variation of I strongly demand a ...
These would be common, from mo …
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My dictionary has a definition for the word "teen," but I am not sure how to describe it in ...
@Tromano pretty much answered this, but I wanted to hammer on one point that he mentioned in passing:
The OP writes:
I have never used the word "teen" in a sentence, so I looked it up in the dict …
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is it correct to say "today is rainy" or it is "today, it's rainy"?
Either is grammatically acceptable.
I would be more likely to use "Today, it's rainy." when I am comparing the weather on different days.
What a crazy week. Monday it was hot, with blue skies …
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