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What is right? (English question)
I am a high school student studying English in Korea. I am asking this question because school changed the original text on the English test. So, I have some question and want to get your explanations....
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Is " but " a conjunction here? [closed]
We failed to make a thorough search of the house; but no trace of
her could be found.
[Cf. English for S.S.C. Bank & Other Competitive Exams by Dr. Shambu Sharma (P.D.F)]
Is the ...
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At the top or on the top
The society is growing at the top of the deep trenches left by centuries of colonial repression.
Can we write on top of the deep trenches here in the above question ?
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Order of "sometimes" relative to the subject of a sentence in the passive voice
I have a doubt that is the following one:
I have two alternative sentence transformations of this sentence below and, I wonder if it is possible to write the adverb "sometimes" before the subject "...
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Changing usage of past-perfect constructions in American and British usage
I notice a great many American speakers using the construction had loved as a preterite, that is, a simple past tense. I also hear the simple past tense used in instances in which I was taught to use ...
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