Questions tagged [grammaticality]
This tag is for questions about whether something obeys the rules of grammar in English. The question must INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC GRAMMATICAL CONCERN. If your question is about grammar itself, please use the "grammar" tag.
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Can I omit "it" in informal speech?
Instead of "coming from you, it means a lot" can I say "coming from you, means a lot"?
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Is "me's" a word?
I was writing out song lyrics and the guy pronounces "me is" (as in "ignoring me is bad enough") as "me's". Is this a real spelling or just sloppy pronunciation? I do ...
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Which sentence is most correct? [closed]
Which sentence is correct?
Coming from you means a lot!
Coming from you, it means a lot!
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Frequent vs often, before vs after [migrated]
Suppose the trash gets collected in your neighborhood on Wednesday, and it did, but now it is Friday and you see the trash getting collected again.
As a native speaker of English (California) I would ...
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Which sentence is the correct one? [migrated]
I don't like guys with long hair and earrings, turns me off.
I don't like guys with long hair and earrings, they turn me off.
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"I give Salle a pocket watch" or "I gave Salle a pocket watch" [closed]
I want to express the sentence in the present simple form, but there's a mistake in "I give..." and "I gave..." I know that the action describes the situation in the past but I ...
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This is relating to a number of posts from a few years ago that I have just stumbled upon [closed]
There seems to be some confusion around the word 'food' and its plural form. The word 'food' is one of those nouns that is singular as well as plural, so you don't put an s on the end to make it ...
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Please answer me… ‘The only thing which…’ Is it impossible? [duplicate]
The movements themselves are not the only thing which can vary across cultures.
Can't 'which' be used in this sentence?
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On team, in team, or from team? [closed]
Which of the following is better?
a) "You have a new message from Shelly from the Pepsi vendor team:"
b) "You have a new message from Shelly on the Pepsi vendor team:"
c) "You ...
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Whats the apropriate way to express this? [migrated]
My English isn't native level, I make mistakes that natives don't.
My english isnt nativel level, i make mistakes that natives dont do.
Which sentence above is most correct?
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I would like to submit an opinion letter arguing that my sentence should also be considered correct [migrated]
I am a high school student from a country where English is not the native language. In my recent English exam, the following two sentences were involved:
The official correct sentence:
"Hence, ...
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Can one use "they" instead of "he or she" [migrated]
For example, in the following sentence:
If a student is caught cheating, he or she will be immediately eliminated.
If a student is caught cheating, they will be immediately eliminated.
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I can't do one or I can't do it?
Which is correct?
Please do a British accent!
I can't do it.
Please do a British accent!
I can't do one.
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Does the question 'where are you from' follow the QUASM formula? [migrated]
To recap QUASM is Question Word, Auxiliary Verb, Subject and Main verb.
In the question 'where are you from?' from is in the position of the main verb. But from is not a verb. It's a preposition.
So ...
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How correct are phrases often used in technical papers like "window size" and "network parameters"? [duplicate]
Often when reading scientific papers, especially ones of the modern technology industry, I stumble upon phrases like:
we have tuned the network parameters to [...]
the window size was set to be [...]
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