User Zeeshan Ali

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"He borrowed me some money."; right or wrong?

asked Jan 29, 2019 at 7:02

22 votes

5 answers

9k views

Is "I do not want you to go nowhere" a case of "DOUBLE-NEGATIVES" as claimed by Grammarly?

asked Jul 8, 2019 at 12:00

16 votes

2 answers

5k views

Are double contractions formal? Eg: "couldn't've" for "could not have"

asked May 8, 2019 at 8:05

4 votes

3 answers

789 views

Common mistakes: subject-verb agreement [duplicate]

asked Sep 26, 2018 at 12:04

2 votes

1 answer

2k views

"simply can not be" or "can not simply be"

asked Dec 13, 2018 at 11:50

2 votes

1 answer

459 views

Is "for to" + verb-base-form grammatical?

asked Jan 9, 2019 at 10:33

2 votes

2 answers

3k views

"A handful of soldiers is/are always better than a mouthful of arguments." -- which verb fits here?

asked Mar 6, 2019 at 6:32

2 votes

3 answers

34k views

I have read and agree / agreed with the terms and conditions

asked Mar 21, 2019 at 6:42

2 votes

2 answers

2k views

verb+"to not"+infinitive OR verb+"not to"+infinitive

asked Jan 28, 2019 at 6:49

1 vote

1 answer

106 views

Does "quantitative" have a comparative and a superlative?

asked Aug 20, 2019 at 13:23

1 vote

3 answers

4k views

Would it be wrong to say: "I am wrong!"?

asked Jun 26, 2019 at 7:10

1 vote

1 answer

41 views

Couldn't "A truck has parked in the driveway." be correct because the truck could be self-driving these days?

asked Jul 10, 2019 at 14:06

1 vote

2 answers

2k views

Which is formal; "In this paper I argue" or "This paper argues"?

asked Jul 25, 2019 at 13:37

1 vote

2 answers

377 views

The time will come when your dream (will?) come true

asked Mar 25, 2019 at 14:14

1 vote

1 answer

37 views

"If you pay for my ticket then we will be quits." -- what's the meaning?

asked Apr 8, 2019 at 8:21

1 vote

2 answers

618 views

What alternatives could better be used instead of "since five years ago"?

asked May 24, 2019 at 7:17

1 vote

1 answer

23 views

Is "_NOUN_ who each _VERB_" grammatically correct? [duplicate]

asked May 28, 2019 at 5:29

1 vote

2 answers

3k views

What would be a formal substitute for the informal quantifiers "a lot of" and "lots of"?

asked Apr 15, 2019 at 5:47

1 vote

1 answer

473 views

Is the following sentence grammatically correct? -- "The only problem is where do we start looking?"

asked Apr 23, 2019 at 12:59

1 vote

1 answer

60 views

Definite article or No article?

asked Dec 12, 2018 at 11:03

1 vote

3 answers

331 views

".. + had + had + past-participle + .."

asked Jan 15, 2019 at 10:43

1 vote

1 answer

651 views

"There he and his friends come." or "There come he and his friends."

asked Jan 16, 2019 at 6:57

1 vote

1 answer

777 views

Confusion of comparative adjective and/or adverb in a sentence

asked Sep 5, 2018 at 7:08

1 vote

1 answer

740 views

Possessive with Two Nouns

asked Jan 25, 2019 at 7:32

1 vote

1 answer

3k views

fractions in subject-verb agreement

asked Feb 11, 2019 at 7:17

1 vote

1 answer

520 views

"No doubt he .." or "There is no doubt (that) he ..."; are both grammatical?

asked Feb 15, 2019 at 6:34

1 vote

1 answer

2k views

Adverbs that modify verb in an imperative sentence

asked Feb 28, 2019 at 6:36

1 vote

1 answer

891 views

"I think it strange that .." -- is the phrase correct or does it miss a verb before 'it'?

asked Mar 1, 2019 at 7:41

1 vote

1 answer

260 views

'grade four' or 'fourth grade' -- which is grammatical and formal?

asked Mar 5, 2019 at 13:29

0 votes

1 answer

52 views

Arithmetic expressions in words

asked Feb 18, 2019 at 8:08

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"He borrowed me some money."; right or wrong?

Is "I do not want you to go nowhere" a case of "DOUBLE-NEGATIVES" as claimed by Grammarly?

Are double contractions formal? Eg: "couldn't've" for "could not have"

Common mistakes: subject-verb agreement [duplicate]

"simply can not be" or "can not simply be"

Is "for to" + verb-base-form grammatical?

"A handful of soldiers is/are always better than a mouthful of arguments." -- which verb fits here?

I have read and agree / agreed with the terms and conditions

verb+"to not"+infinitive OR verb+"not to"+infinitive

Does "quantitative" have a comparative and a superlative?

Would it be wrong to say: "I am wrong!"?

Couldn't "A truck has parked in the driveway." be correct because the truck could be self-driving these days?

Which is formal; "In this paper I argue" or "This paper argues"?

The time will come when your dream (will?) come true

"If you pay for my ticket then we will be quits." -- what's the meaning?

What alternatives could better be used instead of "since five years ago"?

Is "_NOUN_ who each _VERB_" grammatically correct? [duplicate]

What would be a formal substitute for the informal quantifiers "a lot of" and "lots of"?

Is the following sentence grammatically correct? -- "The only problem is where do we start looking?"

Definite article or No article?

".. + had + had + past-participle + .."

"There he and his friends come." or "There come he and his friends."

Confusion of comparative adjective and/or adverb in a sentence

Possessive with Two Nouns

fractions in subject-verb agreement

"No doubt he .." or "There is no doubt (that) he ..."; are both grammatical?

Adverbs that modify verb in an imperative sentence

"I think it strange that .." -- is the phrase correct or does it miss a verb before 'it'?

'grade four' or 'fourth grade' -- which is grammatical and formal?

Arithmetic expressions in words