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“Sent” vs “sent off” vs “sent out”
When do we use one over another?
I sent a letter.
I sent off a letter.
I sent out a letter.
Here I found a similar topic but I am still confused.
sent = sent to one or more people
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“more people becoming increasingly xxx” or “more people increasingly becoming xxx”
I need a bit of guidance regarding the following sentence. Which of the three variants is grammatical?
Are more people becoming increasingly intolerant?
Are more people increasingly becoming ...
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“Enables you to quickly and easily identify” vs. “enables you to identify quickly and easily” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are split infinitives grammatically incorrect, or are they valid constructs?
I'm currently having a bit of a dispute and would appreciate your help please. Which one is ...
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In the sentence “My house is down the street”, which word does the adverb “down” modify?
My house is down the street.
Does the adverb down modify is, or street?
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What is the correct usage of 'formerly' as time adverb?
PLEASE NOTE: JDK6 [is|was] formerly known as Project Mustang
In the previous sentence what is correct 'is' or 'was'? and why?
While reading a bug report I found this sentence with 'is' and now I'm ...
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Using “subject to” with a verb other than “to be”
Is it possible to use subject to with a verb other than to be?
for example:
The self-image is subject to changes. (Obviously OK)
Being bound to our self-image we react subject to behavior ...
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Inversion in “only [adverb] have they”
I have seen this construction quite often:
Online ads have been around since the dawn of the Web, but only in
recent years have they become the rapturous life dream of Silicon
Valley.
What ...
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Usage of “more than” before a verb
In the Longman dictionary, there is an example for Compensate as follows:
Her intelligence more than compensates for her lack of experience.
I am wondering what the grammatical point of using ...
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“I finally was able” or “I was finally able”?
Is one form wrong or more correct than the other? Or do they have different meanings?
I'm a non-native speaker trying to figure it out.
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Is there a word for a verb which requires an adverb or prep. phrase in order to make sense?
Put is the one I'm thinking of. It is always transitive, but even with a direct object, it still makes no sense without an adverb or prepositional phrase.
I put it somewhere.
I put it on the ...
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Usage of phrase “revert back” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can 'revert' be used as a synonym of 'reply'?
Is it correct English to refer to replying to someone or giving feedback as "reverting back"? People in my ...
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What sentence parts needs to be repeated here?
What of the following is right?
"We need to find out..."
"...how to lower the costs or how to produce more."
"...how to lower the costs or to produce more."
"...how to lower the costs or produce ...
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“Please explain” or “explain please”
Which one is correct in this context?
Person A: I think Apple will displace Google.
Person B: Please explain.
Should he say/write "Explain please"?
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Is there any other way you can “wax” as you do when you “wax philosophical”?
The wax in the phrase "wax philosophical" is a pretty strange bird. Its wax is obviously not the ordinary definition of wax, which my dictionary summarizes as an "oily, water-resistant substance", a ...
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Verb form of “spontaneous human combustion”
In English there are plenty of examples of noun-verbs. What are the rules for making more complex compound noun structures into transitive verbs? In particular I would like explanations involving the ...
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Which one is grammatically correct? Why?
I've a quick question about grammar within a sentence. I'd also like to know why it is like that if someone could provide an answer.
Which one is correct?
Along with fishing, I enjoy ...
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Why do we use 'up' as adverbs for verbs?
Why do we use up as adverbs for verbs? For example, 'wake up', 'throw up', etc.
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Is “rather” shifting to become a verb?
In colloquial English, I constantly run across sentences of the form:
I rather my [noun] [verb]
A quick Google search returns tons of examples:
I rather my opponents don't find out.
I ...
