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This tag is used for questions about the proper construction of sentences.
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How can I revise the sentence: "the hunter was waiting so that the leopard goes..."? It soun...
Typical collocations with wait are to wait for or wait until in the sense:
to stay somewhere or not do something until something else happens, someone arrives etc. (LDOCE)
You can either wait for so …
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Difference between 'Is came/has came/ came'
The difference isn't in meaning. Adding the verb to be, i.e. "is" in your example makes the sentence ungrammatical.
The proper verb to use here is come in the past simple, which corresponds to your …
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Talk with/ Talk, Want to/ Want,
You are dealing with three separate things here:
Ending a sentence with a preposition (in general):
There are some who claim that this practice is ungrammatical, but this is not true. This "rule" co …
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Using "is" and "are" with Verb
As ultrasawblade said:
be (auxiliary) + past participle (of the main verb) = passive voice.
In the passive, the person or thing that the action was done to becomes the topic or theme. (CDO Engl …
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Polite way of asking for response as soon as possible
The formulation you quoted is not clear - the problem is not in the grammar of if, but in the misused vocab. Your formulation where you explained what you meant:
since the question is simple enoug …
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"Many discuss the topic {that/of/on} whether medicine..." - which word should I use?
At first none of the examples sounded good to my ear, but after I looked it up it seems that the 2nd and the 3rd are correct.
Many discuss the topic that whether medicine has true benefit on our …
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can I say consult with doctor?
The first sentence sounds correct. Word consultation is regularly used for this purpose.
To consult means:
to ask for information or advice from someone because it is their job to know something
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