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Preposition: Language acquisition (among/of/by) students

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A beginner programmer or a beginning programmer

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It is + inverted clause

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Present/past perfect when the object is a dead person

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“Tomorrow and the day after”

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“crossing the boundaries of …”

word-usage phrase-usage

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experience at/in/on high school levels

prepositions in-on-at

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Choosing between present and past participle phrase

phrase-usage

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Collective noun + sing./pl. verb

subject-verb-agreement grammatical-number

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Simple past vs past progressive in as/while-clauses

tense

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I have … I gave … time relationship?

past-tense present-tense

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Article: Difference between “I have a right to …” and “I have the right to …”

articles

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“Bring somebody to his knees”

word-order

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“. . . at/in the ending of the movie”

prepositions

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a/the beautiful girl who goes by the name of Jane

articles

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Counter-factual: Always subjunctive or sometimes indicative?

subjunctives

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Help me parse this sentence

syntax complements free-relative-clauses

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“Which would have turned five years next month”

tense phrase-meaning

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The question is, should the 'should' in this sentence be capitalized?

punctuation capitalization

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Preposition: Pay attention in your studies

word-usage prepositions

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anchored + by/in/on/to

sentence-construction prepositions

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Ambiguous to-infinitive: “Obama rejects G20 pressure to abandon Syria air strike plan.”

sentence-construction ambiguity

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Shouldn't there be a preposition 'like' in “She looked every bit a princess.”?

sentence-construction prepositions

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Should I say “genius at birth” or “genius by birth”?

word-choice prepositions

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in one ear and out the other

grammaticality

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26 Questions

Plural subject + Linking Verb + Singular predicate nominative

Preposition: Language acquisition (among/of/by) students

A beginner programmer or a beginning programmer

It is + inverted clause

Present/past perfect when the object is a dead person

“Tomorrow and the day after”

“crossing the boundaries of …”

experience at/in/on high school levels

Choosing between present and past participle phrase

Collective noun + sing./pl. verb

Simple past vs past progressive in as/while-clauses

I have … I gave … time relationship?

Article: Difference between “I have a right to …” and “I have the right to …”

“Bring somebody to his knees”

“. . . at/in the ending of the movie”

a/the beautiful girl who goes by the name of Jane

Counter-factual: Always subjunctive or sometimes indicative?

Help me parse this sentence

“Which would have turned five years next month”

The question is, should the 'should' in this sentence be capitalized?

Preposition: Pay attention in your studies

anchored + by/in/on/to

Ambiguous to-infinitive: “Obama rejects G20 pressure to abandon Syria air strike plan.”

Shouldn't there be a preposition 'like' in “She looked every bit a princess.”?

Should I say “genius at birth” or “genius by birth”?

in one ear and out the other