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for questions emphasized on reasoning, "verbal reasoning" in particular.
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For questions pertaining to the meaning and/or use of symbols other than punctuation in English
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for questions about content clauses. One of the most common content clauses is that-clauses let by "that" in the patterns of "verb + that-clause" or "it is ... that-clause". Indirect quest…
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Word order questions about prepositions "tagging along with" "wh-" pronouns (like "who", "which", or "what"), but not tagging along with other pronouns (like "that").
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for questions which distinguish between uses of *wh-* forms in questions, with subj-aux inversion, and relative clauses, where there is no inversion.
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For questions involving the use of MAKE in a causative sense, as in "The Devil made me do it" = "The Devil caused or compelled me to do it".
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For questions about the representation of speech sounds with phonetic symbols. Note that English Language Learners is NOT a transcription service; those kind of questions are generally off-topic and a…
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for questions about whether to use subject or object pronouns, such as uncertainty about "I" or "me", "she" or "her", "he" or "him", "they" or "them".
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Indefinite pronouns are used when you do not know or do not need to say precisely who or what you are referring to. For example someone, anyone, everyone, anything, or nothing.
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for questions about the present subjunctive in English. A frequently encountered grammar point for learners, the English present subjunctive occurs in that clauses and describes a desired …
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For questions about whether "do" or "make" is correct/idiomatic in a particular context.
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For questions about modals that are constructed by adding auxiliary words instead of using an inflected form. Some examples of periphrastic modals are "have to" and "be able to"; "be going to" is simi…
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for questions about the omission of sounds or syllables, for example "I'm," "let's," "it's." For the omission of entire words, consider the "ellipsis" tag instead.
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An initialism is an abbreviated form of multiple words using the initial letters of those words, but is pronounced by enunciating each letter singly (for example, USDA or UN).
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Unconventional English usage usually found on the web, in chatrooms, short text messages, and so on.
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for newly coined words or phrases that have not yet been accepted into mainstream usage.
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For questions about the types of sentences in English, such as declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.
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this is tag is for questions about genitive constructions such as possessive s'.
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For questions that ask about the difference, the word order, or the usage of ONLY *too* and *also*
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for questions about words borrowed by English from other languages.
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For questions related to words that are created from an associated sound.
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