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Grammaticality refers to whether something obeys the rules of English grammar.

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Present perfect or not?

For your first example, I would prefer your first form of the sentence, although you could also probably say, "You need to call me whenever you receive my parcels, because that is the only way fo …
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How to say "on page x and the following pages"?

Your second example is better than your first example, IMO. You could say "[...] can be found on page x and on. which would mean the same thing (although "and on" could possibly be taken to mean …
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Is it grammatically correct to remove "The" from the beginning of a photo title?

You can give a photograph whatever title you want. Nobody would think twice about a photograph with or without the word "the" in the beginning. As far as capitalization goes, the standard would be t …
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"We plan" versus "we are planning"

There is really no semantic difference between the two sentences.
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You're a selfish, aren't you?

It's not gramatically correct, and I don't think a native speaker would say that, even if it were fixed. It comes across as somewhat rude, but not particularly forceful because of the question. If som …
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Present perfect or simple past?

Over four hundred years ago is an unspecified time, but the actions are completed, so they use simple past.
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