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Can you buy things “for cheap”?
The first line of this news story says:
Call it space grave robbery for a cause: imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build brand new ...
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Do we “study about” something?
I accept study about where study is a noun ("He conducted a study about changes in population"), but I saw this construct in a local newspaper article and it struck me as odd. Here, study is a verb. ...
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“She don't care about me”: how to explain this? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
The grammaticality of “that don't impress me much”
I know the rule, the correct form is: "she doesn't care about me," but I heard it in Lost series, I ...
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3answers
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“You was trouble”?
guess some of you know the song "Grenade" from Bruno Mars, one of the lines is:
Should've known you was trouble from the first kiss
English isn't my mother tongue, but "was trouble" just sounds ...
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2answers
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Can you grammatically end a sentence with “with”?
Do you want to come with?
Can I come with?
I seem to hear this construction more often in recent years, but it still grates on my ear.
I know it's often said that one shouldn't end a ...
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2answers
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'Who all is'…is that grammatically correct?
I often tend to say something like 'Who all is coming to the movies?' and my friends correct me that I should be saying 'Who all are coming to the movies?' So which one is correct?
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4answers
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“It's no use of doing something”
I have recently encountered a person from Uganda who insisted that the phrase “It’s no use of doing something” is correct, as opposed to “It’s no use _ doing something.”
Taking the descriptive ...
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5answers
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Is “might could” a correct construct?
I have a friend from the southern U.S. who uses the phrase “might could” quite often. He’ll say, for example:
I might could do that this weekend.
When I first heard him say this, it made me do ...
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5answers
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Is it correct to say “…of guys got fame…”?
(I'm learning English, so please correct any mistakes or poor English.)
When reading a post I've seen this comment:
Stupid idea from a bunch of guys got fame for helping people steal stuff – now ...
