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GKK

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13 votes

7 answers

9k views

Popcorn is the only acceptable snack to consume while watching a movie

present-participles

asked May 22, 2019 at 20:15

11 votes

6 answers

4k views

If I had a daughter who (is/were/was) cute, I would be very happy

word-choice subjunctives

asked Jun 9, 2019 at 7:49

7 votes

2 answers

1k views

Why is 'on' used in these expressions?

word-choice prepositions

asked Dec 9, 2018 at 20:40

7 votes

8 answers

4k views

A dog followed the man into the store

sentence-meaning

asked Jan 18, 2019 at 10:16

6 votes

2 answers

4k views

What is that the specific meaning of "Everyone, but everyone, will be there."?

sentence-meaning

asked Oct 14, 2016 at 15:37

5 votes

2 answers

982 views

Is it wrong to omit object pronouns in these sentences?

grammaticality

asked May 13, 2019 at 14:08

4 votes

2 answers

998 views

He is the first man to arrive here

meaning ambiguity

asked May 15, 2019 at 22:43

4 votes

1 answer

905 views

About the verbs, which can take three or more objects

verbs sentence-structure

asked Dec 6, 2017 at 1:59

3 votes

2 answers

121 views

Is "An arming soldier" the correct word order in this sentence?

verbs sentence-structure

asked Dec 6, 2017 at 11:11

3 votes

2 answers

171 views

Adverial that clause

sentence-construction

asked Dec 30, 2017 at 14:54

3 votes

2 answers

253 views

About the sentence : She is circling a pen on a paper

sentence-meaning

asked Apr 22, 2017 at 23:57

3 votes

1 answer

392 views

Am I glad to see you!

expressions word-order greetings

asked Nov 26, 2018 at 0:11

3 votes

3 answers

1k views

On the expression "sun-down"

punctuation compounds

asked Aug 3, 2019 at 21:07

2 votes

1 answer

231 views

I must say I am lost on what we are talking about here

grammar

asked Aug 4, 2019 at 5:47

2 votes

1 answer

2k views

How would you like your coffee? and How do you like your coffee?

grammar

asked Jul 26, 2019 at 1:51

2 votes

1 answer

309 views

Meaning of "I want you to understand what I said"

meaning

asked Jul 24, 2019 at 5:56

2 votes

2 answers

36 views

Can we analyze "to protect his country's southern border" as the non-finite clause of "the military"?

grammar

asked Jul 3, 2019 at 1:44

2 votes

1 answer

258 views

Meaning of "I am excited to watch the baseball game."

grammar

asked Jul 3, 2019 at 7:49

2 votes

2 answers

38 views

Is this sentence wrong if I change "the" to "my"?

grammar

asked Jul 17, 2019 at 10:20

2 votes

1 answer

1k views

of the form vs in the form

grammar

asked Aug 18, 2019 at 8:14

2 votes

1 answer

63 views

To what is "the reason...before" part is connected?

grammar

asked Sep 16, 2019 at 16:52

2 votes

2 answers

41 views

omitting verbs is and are

ellipsis

asked Mar 3, 2020 at 13:38

2 votes

3 answers

808 views

about All and All of

determiners

asked Dec 23, 2017 at 2:14

2 votes

1 answer

331 views

Can "drink" and "eat" take object complements?

adjectives

asked Nov 10, 2018 at 5:36

2 votes

2 answers

404 views

She managed to wriggle free

expressions

asked Jan 20, 2019 at 10:17

2 votes

1 answer

496 views

Can "boast" take a gerund directly as its object?

gerunds

asked May 23, 2019 at 17:58

2 votes

1 answer

835 views

So that vs that

grammar

asked May 23, 2019 at 21:22

2 votes

2 answers

32 views

With it the play?

extraposition

asked May 25, 2019 at 21:32

2 votes

1 answer

3k views

What is the correct expression "it is up to you" vs "that is up to you"?

grammar

asked Jun 22, 2019 at 7:30

2 votes

1 answer

136 views

Can "to-infinitive phrase" be an apposition of "that"?

appositives

asked Jun 22, 2019 at 8:12

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