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Grammaticality refers to whether something obeys the rules of English grammar.
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"I should not be alive, if it wasn't for a reason"- Is the "was" appropriate here?
I should not be alive, if it wasn't for a reason.
I think, this "was" should be "is" as the speaker is still quite alive and speaking the sentence. Am I incorrect in this interpretation?
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"Isn't it time you stopped acting the goat"- Is this correct grammatically?
Another question from Tintin's Flight 714. At a particular time, Professor Calculus started acting very foolishly in front of some respectable people. So, Captain Haddock, Calculus's friend, whispered …
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Should I use part participle form of every verb that follow "would have"?
I wrote a sentence on my own jokingly.
How cool would it be, if I could have infiltrated the Kremlin, steal the Tsar's throne and return to my peaceful home unharmed
Regarding that sentence my …
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Necessity of using "had had" when a single "had" could have sufficed?
If Sir John had had the slightest idea what was going to be the devastating effect of his son's handsome looks upon a certain beautiful courtesan and the tragedy which would ensue, he might have ha …
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Is it wrong to say "You are smarter than me"?
You are smarter than me.
You are smarter than I am.
Is there any difference between these two? One of my friends told me first sentence is wrong, but the second one is correct. But he could not expl …
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Analysing the "kind(s) of problem(s) are [ones]/[to be]" construction
....kind of problems...
Here "kind" works as a collective noun.
To discuss in general, we should write as:
These kinds of problems are to be avoided.
Reason
Suppose there are a particular type of …
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About the sentence "Do you have any idea"
Like @anderson commented, Use simple constructions when in doubt. Grammaticaly I see no problem in all the three sentences.
The first sentence is just another style of expressing the second sentence. …
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