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Whats' wrong with the following sentence? [closed]
One thing that despise me is when people cannot look me in eye.
I believe that the statement is grammatically wrong since we are using passive voice in the sentence so it should be 'despises' ...
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“tag question” vs. “question tag”
I've just read this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_question
So regarding this passage:
The term "question tag" is generally
preferred by British grammarians,
while their American ...
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'Ours' meaning 'our home' - where is it used outside the UK, if anywhere?
In expressions like:
Let's go back to ours and have some food.
There's a party at ours on Friday.
There's a bottle of brandy at yours, isn't there?
'ours' and 'yours' are synonyms for ...
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Use of 'pagan' in an essay: is it acceptable or not?
I'm writing an essay right now and I'm deliberating whether or not I should use Pagan gods instead of Greek gods (to provide variation in the essay). I've looked up the word pagan in the dictionary ...
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What's the difference between 'subway', 'metro' and 'tube'?
When I watched the "American Album" program, Susan and Henry talked about New York, and she used the word 'subway'.
When I listened to BBC's '6 minutes English', I heard 'tube' used in the ...
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“Oestrogen” and “oesophagus” — why are they spelled differently in British English?
Within Biology, there are some biological terms that differ in spelling between the British English and American English dictionaries. For example, oestrogen and oesophagus, as well as the word ...
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Independance or Independence?
What other words are like "independence" in British English where you replace the 'a' with an 'e'?
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How would you use rationale in a sentence?
How is rationale used in a sentence? Can it be used in place of logic?
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Which is correct: 'Drafty' or 'draughty'?
I have been changing 'drafty' for 'draughty', or because of my confusion, removing the word altogether while subbing online articles.
I'd appreciate guidance on which term is correct for UK English.
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Words with opposite meanings in different regions
I can't recall it, but there is a word in American English which now means the opposite of itself in British English. What words are there that have opposite (not just different) meanings in different ...
