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This tag is used for questions about the proper construction of sentences.
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Can I use "here" as depicted in the question?
I can write a simple sentence such as:
A hotel is there in the middle of the Thor desert in India.
Slightly rearranging I can write:
There is a hotel in the middle of the Thor desert in Ind …
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Joining phrases with prepositions
As long as your complete sentence bears the complete meaning, it should not be a problem. However, there are some mistakes which I cleared in the modified sentence.
I am pleased to submit our manu …
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Will you mind [mine/my/me] interrupting you?
Suppose a person is speaking and if I want to interrupt him, what can I say?
1)Will you mind mine interrupting you?
2)Will you mind me interrupting you?
3)Will you mind my interrupting you?
What is …
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Confusion with an answer to a test question
(3) is never supported by the passage. Read clearly. The passage states, as a gist, the following points:
(1) Women were hired during the war in manufacturing jobs.
(2) The number of women working in …
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Which of the questions is correct? [closed]
I have given my view why I think each of them may be correct.
1) Why is the young Joe right handed but the old Joe left handed?
In example 1, I think there is no need to add "is" two times ie."y …
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Is it correct to use "....my such thinking.."?
The following conversation took place with one of my friends while discussing about a theory.
Me: I am right (about some theory).
Friend: No, you are wrong.
Me: (After giving it a deeper thought) W …
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Is the following sentence conveying what I want to express?
I can't think of any better wording to express the sense I want to convey.
To whatever extent, this thing seems unimportant to you, we need to rethink seriously about it.
The sentence wants to c …
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Is "rain is falling" entirely wrong?
I thought it was a custom in English to write "it is raining" instead of "rain is falling". Still I don't know why the second construction is wrong. Yet I found a song called Rain is Falling, so I'm c …
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When converting a statement to a question, where in the sentence should I put "to be"?
For example, take a statement like this:
You have no idea what the thing is.
If we ask it as a question, where should the is go?
1) Have you any idea what the thing is?
2) Have you any …
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