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correct usage/type with conjunctive adverb [duplicate]
a) Our vacation was wonderful, however, it was too short.
Is a) incorrect or acceptable use? I understand it should have a semicolon with a comma or start a new sentence, but some resources conflict ...
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UK vs USA grammar, past tense usage of "were stood" and "found…stood" that jars my American mind
One of my favorite authors uses past tenses in the following manner:
Other than Camden and Luke’s cousin Alex, who were stood outside the main doors talking, no one was in sight.
An American would ...
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Should we say "insisted that we attended" or "insisted that we attend"?
She insisted that we attend the party.
She insisted that we attended the party.
I know the following versions are correct (I'm only curious about the ones above):
She insisted that we should attend ...
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Usage of dash, grammar
There are two sentences :
Cat is a small animal with soft fur that people often keep as a pet.
Cat — a small animal with soft fur that people often keep as a pet.
Is the second one correct from ...
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Difference between ",' and ` in quoting [closed]
I'm designing a template language that tries to adhere as closely as possible to english grammar and HTML syntax. For example, arrays are declared by appending an s to a word rather than prepending a ...
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What does "some" refer to in the context? [closed]
In this article from The Economist it says:
As Britons took to holidaying in the actual Mediterranean, some began to decline; austerity and covid-19 finished them off.
The short line " some ...
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Non-standard grammar feature in British dialect?
I moved from Worcestershire in the UK to a non-native English speaking country when I was a child, which has made me very aware of my accent. Unlike my parents, I used to have a regional accent. I ...
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Capitalisation of "The" in a colloquially abbreviated proper noun [closed]
If you've got a company/venue name with "The" in it, e.g. "The Royal Hotel", you'd always capitalise the "The". Now imagine you colloquially call it "The Royal",...
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Use of “innit” in informal English English
“innit” etymologically started as a contraction of “isn't it?” and can obviously always replace it. I also know it can now replace any negative tag interrogative such as “wasn't he?” or “can't they?” ...
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Can "is" in "is a" be omitted?
Can the "is" in the following sentence be omitted?
"Those who think a cure for Alzheimer's Disease is a possibility must act now."
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"A letter is written to inform" vs "A letter is written to be informed" [closed]
I write a letter to inform him
I want to convert this sentence into the passive voice. But then wrote down these three sentences. I can't understand the difference between these sentences. Can anyone ...
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Please explain the meaning in the context [closed]
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I have been told by my instructor that you need to question who or what to the verb to get the direct object. Also she said that wherever there are prepositional phrases there is no object.
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Is “be confident in your capacity” grammatically correct?
I'm trying to learn some new English recently, is this sentence grammatically correct?
Be confident in your capacity.
Does it sound weird to say? To me it seems like when saying capacity some ...
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This use of "that" in British English
Probably informal if not exclusively colloquial. The pattern is as follows
<adjective>, that
Some that I've seen:
Awful, that.
Wonderful, that.
Suspicious, that.
I understand the meaning ...
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as mine - as I (am). semantics [closed]
I've asked a similar question before, but my thread is closed. As I've learned from previous thread, both these sentences are grammatical. My question is: what is the meaning difference between these ...
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