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Should we use possession or can we consider nouns as adjectives?
I very often come across different words which I need to use as nouns or as adjectives. For some words I can look up in a dictionary whether they can be an adjectives or not. But many of them are not ...
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“the execution of” vs “execution of”
Please, have a look at the following sentences:
Executing agency (also referred to as "executing entity") shall mean the entity responsible for execution of UN-Women programme activities as ...
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Which part of speech is "left" in "now there are only 5 cars left"?
I've always thought (perhaps, erroneously) that if there is some ambiguity in determining whether the given word is an adjective or a past participle, you need to look at whether the "source" of ...
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Use of conjunctive adverb with participle clause
I have written a sentence by using participle clause
any contribution cannot be erased from the mind, therefore being essential for being successful
But my teacher is saying that "therefore being ...
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'Past Participle Verb Form' vs 'Past Participle Adjective'?
This room [is cleaned] every day.
The window [is broken].
In the first sentence, we have a 'Past Participle (Verb)'.
In the second sentence, we have a 'Past Participle Adjective'.
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Gerund Phrases after adjectives
In this sentence, "It's difficult being an architect", is "being an architect" a gerund phrase and, if so, is it the subject?
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Tense Usage in Personal Passive Voice Construction
Example Sentence:
They believed the bridge was constructed badly.
⇒ The bridge was believed to [be/have been] constructed badly.
Which should I use in this case, "to be" or "to have ...
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Breathed deep vs. breathing deeply
He looked at the stone figures all around them, breathed deep in the chill of silence of the crypt. (A Game of Thrones)
I think he should have put breathing deeply instead of breathed deep, for two ...
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"which" acting as relative pronoun standing for verbal phrases?
1: Metal will bear beating with a hammer, which a stone will not.
2: He can write a letter in English, which I cannot.
In these examples does "which" act as a relative pronoun and stand for ...
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Punctuation in 'each gore consists of horizontal segments, or panels'
I'm preparing for academic IELTS by writing some essays and then correcting those using a grammar correction app.
In the following sentence,
In its turn, each gore consists of horizontal segments, or ...
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to-infinitive: result or purpose?
When you say, "I opened the box to find his letter inside," which of the following does it mean?
A: I opened the box and (as a result) I found his letter inside.
B: I opened the box in order to look ...
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the use of import (important) not "of import"
I have had a lot of trouble finding an answer on this, mainly because searching for import obviously has far more results for the other meaning.
The few results I have found always give examples of ...
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“being raised” followed by a verb
While reading David Crystal's Sounds Appealing, I came across the following sentence.
There was a Pronunciation Unit that dealt with queries (such as how to pronounce the name of a foreign place or ...
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Correct name: card-parser or cards-parser
There is a program that parses site pages with information about cards (there are many of them on the page). The program can be called card-parser or cards-parser. Which option is preferred and why?
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Why is ( the better the job ) = the correct choice?
Why is ( the better the job ) = the correct answer ?
The more I know, ....... I will get.
the better job
the better the job ( the correct choice )
more job '
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