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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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If a product is not yet released and no one has bought it, do you say "it will be safe for t...
This is a somewhat interesting case in which the definite article is optional, but the meaning does not really change. I would prefer to omit "the" in both cases, but they are not exactly wrong.
When …
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Plural or not when enumerating
Saying "reviewers #1 and #2" is grammatical in a more straightforward way, and this is how I would phrase the sentence. However, I can imagine that some native speakers might say it either way. "#2" c …
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Not Unless or No unless
Neither of those responses are complete sentences, so in both cases there are implied words. Both "not" and "no" could be correct depending on what words are assumed to be omitted from what would be a …
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How to put one direct speech into another direct speech?
Usually this is done by putting double quotes around the large quoted section with single quotes around the smaller inner section. You example would be written:
“When I was a little boy I had a br …
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Owing to be or owing to being?
The correct sentence would be:
She is intelligent owing to her being a teacher.
Here "being" is a gerund. It would be simpler to say, "She is intelligent because she is a teacher." However, beco …
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"take the bar with shoulder-width apart" or "grip the bar shoulder-width apart"?
The first sentence is grammatically correct, and it actually means something slightly different from the second sentence. "Take the bar with a grip shoulder-width apart" actually tells the listener to …
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Can I put two dependent sentences into one subordinating conjunction?
Yes, this is correct:
After I finished doing my homework and my mom came home, we went out for dinner.
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Your money is tight or Money is tight on you
"Your money is tight this month." makes sense, but this euphemism is most commonly phrased about money without a specifier, then applied to the relevant entity. It would be more common to say, "Money …
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Have/Had met before
As FumbleFingers stated in the comments:
Both are fine. The only difference is that syntactically, "if I have met him" (or more precisely, the word before) is relative to time of speaking, whereas …
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Is there an odd word in this sentence?
The sentence is correct, but I can see why it might look odd. The definite article is used because "scientist" and "engineer" both refer to one specific person, Johannes Gutenberg. Consider the simple …
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Difference between "anyone" and "anyone else"
In your context, the two have the same meaning. The difference only matters in certain contexts, but "anyone else" explicitly excludes some person or persons, who presumably would otherwise meet some …
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"Why does it not work" Vs. "Why is it not working"?
Your understanding of present progressive vs simple present contains the answer to your question. Usually, the broken state of a malfunctioning device is not confined within the current moment. Even i …
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Dropping auxiliary verbs when asking questions
Dropping the auxiliary verbs is nonstandard but somewhat common. "How you doing?" is a particularly common idiomatic case. The use of "got" is also a bit nonstandard. A more formal sentence might be " …
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Is 'still wasn't able to' correct in this context?
I still wasn't able to lift it and I still was unable to lift it are equivalent.
Stylistically, some might prefer matching the form used in the previous sentence, but there is nothing ungrammatical a …
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Breaking down a sentence and an attribute clause
"Which" can serve as a pronoun referring to something else or as an adjective specifying a noun. The difference is analogous to the difference between saying "That was fun" and "That ride was fun". In …
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