English Language Learners

Tags

A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.

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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.
41 asked this week, 172 this month
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for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about what a word means. If the question is about the meaning of a word that can't be understood outside its phrase or sentence, the "meaning…
23 asked this week, 78 this month
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for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the meaning or correctness of a word in a sentence. Give as much context as possible.
20 asked this week, 85 this month
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for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the meaning of a word, or a phrase, in a specific context. Be sure to give as much context as possible.
12 asked this week, 81 this month
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for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the several possibilities available for a particular meaning, and which one of them would be the most appropriate.
23 asked this week, 62 this month
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a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause.
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used for questions about the proper construction of sentences.
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For questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the meaning of a single word. It is best to include details about where you found the word, and any definitions that you have found that don't make…
16 asked this week, 36 this month
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for questions seeking a word that fits a meaning. If you actually seek a phrase, or don't care, see the "phrase-request" tag.
10 asked this week, 32 this month
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for questions about the meaning and usage of a particular phrase, for which a dictionary cannot answer.
7 asked this week, 43 this month
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for questions about meanings of whole sentences rather than phrases.
12 asked this week, 37 this month
× 2002
location in time by grammatical forms and constructions rather than by semantics.
7 asked this week, 29 this month
× 1974
Grammaticality refers to whether something obeys the rules of English grammar.
6 asked this week, 31 this month
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for questions about the difference in meaning between certain phrases or sentences.
11 asked this week, 37 this month
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used before a noun to indicate if the noun is something particular (the) or a member of a class (a/an).
8 asked this week, 24 this month
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for questions about how to use a particular phrase. If your question is a request for a phrase to use, you should use the "phrase-request" tag.
5 asked this week, 17 this month
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a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
5 asked this week, 34 this month
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for questions seeking a phrase that fits a meaning. If you are looking for a word, or don't care, see the "word-request" tag too.
11 asked this month, 255 this year
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for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about set phrases with unusual meanings that can't be properly understood just from the separate words in them.
10 asked this month, 279 this year
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for questions about the usage of the past tense in English.
5 asked this week, 13 this month
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A complete sentence contains at least a subject and a verb, with all of the words being used in the sentence arranged in such a way that they express a complete thought.
342 asked this year
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For questions about how certain words, phrases or grammatical aspects are typically used.
21 asked this month, 231 this year
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a word that describes a noun. In English the adjective usually (but not always) precedes the noun it describes.
6 asked this week, 14 this month
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for questions which a dictionary cannot answer asking the meaning of a particular expression.
12 asked this month, 369 this year
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for questions about a body of words. It should not be used to inquire about the definition of a specific word.
15 asked this month, 163 this year
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a special type of auxiliary verb, used mainly to express ability, likelihood, permission, and obligation. These include 'will', 'would', 'can', 'could', 'shall', 'should', '…
6 asked this month, 147 this year
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for questions specifically related to the English language as spoken and written in the USA. If you are interested in a difference between American English and British English, please use …
7 asked this week, 22 this month
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For questions about differences in meaning or use between related words or words with similar meanings
233 asked this year
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For questions about use of the present perfect, a verb construction which implies a present state arising out of a past eventuality.
7 asked this week, 18 this month
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a word that modifies an adjective, adverb, phrase, or sentence, expressing some relation of manner, or quality.
22 asked this month, 208 this year
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For questions about "The", the only definite article used in English.
6 asked this month, 181 this year
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a group of words that make a unit of syntax with a single grammatical function.
11 asked this month, 236 this year
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for questions about the correct order of words in a phrase or a sentence, or how changing the order affects the meaning.
135 asked this year
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the term used for constructions in which the subject of the verb is the patient of its action.
6 asked this month, 120 this year
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for inquiries about the grammar and phrasing of questions. (If your question is about anything else, do not use this tag.)
11 asked this month, 144 this year
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For questions about constructions which associate a hypothetical or imagined 'condition' with a 'consequence' which is inferred to be true if the 'condition' is true OR predicted to occur if the 'cond…
111 asked this year
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