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The article use when the referent is shown

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Indefinite determiners for introducing an item in plural as new information

indefinite-article determiners

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I went see his dog (in American English)

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Sep 29 '17 at 12:38 charmer 230

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as in your answers about 'Japanese' so far

phrase-usage phrase-request

May 23 '18 at 13:31 JKreft 767

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no car/ pens, not a car/ a pen/ any pens

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Jan 3 '18 at 16:37 Andrew 85.2k

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“if it/that were possible”

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Jun 2 '17 at 22:27 Ben Kovitz 25.7k

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“majority English speaking” country

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I have a bit of Englishman in me

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I meet any man of the group. [Why doesn't this make sense?}

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Verb Phrase ellipsis in the subordinate

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It's the time to do

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the position of 'annually' in the 'as much amount of soybeans as' sentence

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Only one of my parents … [Does it exclude all the members of the family except him/her?]

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have lunch, eat lunch

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Can an -ese noun, meaning people, used if it accompanies non- at the head of it?

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Do the two sentences carry essentially the same meaning/connotation?

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May all that is beautiful, meaningful, and brings you joy be yours this Holiday Season. — parallelism?

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come and go in an essay [Are the author trying to make the readers feel as if they had been in the situation?]

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interpretation of 'I stayed some days' — 'for some days straight' or 'on days for a total of some days'?

prepositions adverbs

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grammar items with 'the'

definite-article

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How could you divide this sentence with 'all (bare noun-phrase adverb)' into two sentences?

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Why do you think semicolons are used herein?

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Where to place intensifiers for 'none'

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if for no other reason than to do

phrase-usage idioms phrases to-infinitive connotations

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24 Questions

The article use when the referent is shown

Indefinite determiners for introducing an item in plural as new information

I went see his dog (in American English)

as in your answers about 'Japanese' so far

no car/ pens, not a car/ a pen/ any pens

“if it/that were possible”

“majority English speaking” country

I have a bit of Englishman in me

I meet any man of the group. [Why doesn't this make sense?}

Verb Phrase ellipsis in the subordinate

It's the time to do

the position of 'annually' in the 'as much amount of soybeans as' sentence

Only one of my parents … [Does it exclude all the members of the family except him/her?]

have lunch, eat lunch

Can an -ese noun, meaning people, used if it accompanies non- at the head of it?

Do the two sentences carry essentially the same meaning/connotation?

May all that is beautiful, meaningful, and brings you joy be yours this Holiday Season. — parallelism?

come and go in an essay [Are the author trying to make the readers feel as if they had been in the situation?]

interpretation of 'I stayed some days' — 'for some days straight' or 'on days for a total of some days'?

grammar items with 'the'

How could you divide this sentence with 'all (bare noun-phrase adverb)' into two sentences?

Why do you think semicolons are used herein?

Where to place intensifiers for 'none'

if for no other reason than to do