Grammaticality refers to whether something obeys the rules of grammar for English.
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What does “20 weeks pregnant” mean?
First, let us agree that a woman is either pregnant or she is not I suppose a third state of uncertainty is possible, but that is more of a mental as opposed to a physical state.
Is the phrasing "20 ...
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Is “a future musician” grammatical?
I want to become a musician in the future. Is it correct to say
I am a future musician.
I want to put it in my bio for Twitter. Are there any other better phrases?
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“To my right” vs. “on my right”
Which one is correct and why?
To my right is Alex.
On my right is Alex.
What is the difference between on and to here?
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“Flatly denied that he had copied” vs. “flatly denied the charges that he had copied”
The student flatly denied that he had copied in the examination hall.
The above sentence is not correct, I found that it must be "flatly denied the charges that".
Am I thinking in the right ...
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Is the tense in the sentence correct?
The sentence is
I bought a bottle of milk on Friday night, and I found that it had gone sour the following morning.
I think the past perfect tense is weird with "the following morning."
Am I ...
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Is it grammatically correct to say: Your understanding is correct?
Is it grammatically correct to say: Your understanding is correct to re-assure a concept?
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“Make easy” vs. “make it easy”
I need to know which of these options is the correct one and why:
The Spanish cooking makes it easy to have a nice meal.
The Spanish cooking makes easy to have a nice meal.
I don't know ...
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Is a sentence beginning with “Different from” not so good?
I saw one topic on the wordreference forum discussing whether a sentence could begin with "Different from" (see the post). The example sentences in that post are
A: Different from Drug A, Drug B ...
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“Which Allow me” or “Which Allows me”?
Context: "My work requires me to be at different areas for different events which allow me to learn ..."
Do I use "allows" or "allow"? Can you provide me the rules/situations in choosing which one to ...
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usage of “Made for”
eg. I would've made for a bad lawyer.
conveying the meaning that if I had been a lawyed, I would have been a bad one.
is it correct usage?
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If the rule is “such (a) + adj. + noun”, why is “such fun” correct?
According to my Cambridge Grammar of English, 'such (a)' is used in noun phrases with attributive adjectives.
She's such a quiet girl. (such a + adjective + singular countable noun)
They're ...
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Is “who did what” grammatically correct?
Sometimes I wish to know what each person in a group of people did, or where each person went, or which book goes where. Is it correct to say,
Who went where?
Who did what?
Who told whom?
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“James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher” Correct Sentence? [closed]
How "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher" is Correct Sentence?
Can anyone explain?
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Is “more optimal” correct grammar? [duplicate]
As a math and computer-science person, I use the phrase "more optimal" quite often, such as "This algorithm gives more optimal results." However, I was recently corrected, and told that "more ...
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Which one to use as general Personal Pronoun: he, she or it [duplicate]
The issue
On my mother language, Portuguese, we have a lot of little differences to English on Pronouns.
My question
Which phrase is correct? Since I don't know if user is a man or a woman (or a ...
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What's the meaning of “what am I to do” [closed]
Is "what am I to do" be commonly used in daily lives?
Also what do following sentences imply?
What should I do the next?
What am I to do the next?
Please.
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Successfully submitted vs Submitted Successfully
When data has been submitted through a form online, which sentence below make the most sense to use? Is one grammatically correct more than the other?
Your information has been successfully ...
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When to use “a” vs “an” [duplicate]
I know the general rule is to use "a" if the word following starts with a consonant, and "an" if it starts with a vowel. I found this page that lists some exceptions: ...
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Is it ok if I start an opinion composition with the word 'Indeed'?
I was just wondering, is it's OK to begin an opinion composition with the word 'Indeed' in the first sentence? For example:
Indeed I believe people's consumerism is one of the main causes for our ...
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Use of the phrase “it seems” vs. “it seems that”
On another stackexchange site, I used the following phrasing:
I want to do X. It seems I can only do so when Y.
Someone edited the second sentence:
It seems that I can only do so when Y.
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Please let me know what did you think of the new set of changes? [closed]
Is the question
Please let me know what did you think of the new set of changes?
a semantically correct rephrasing of the question
Are you OK with the new set of changes?
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Singular noun objects of plural subjects
What is the rule for singular noun objects of plural subjects? For example I and google N-grams agree that
They gave their word.
is better than
They gave their words.
To my mind, this is ...
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“Nowadays” in reported speech — convert to “these days” or “those days”? [closed]
I can't convert a sentence that contains nowadays to reported speech. Some websites say that it should be turned into "these days", while others say it should be "those days". Which is the correct ...
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Is it correct to say “I would like to inquire about something?”
When I make a call to get some information regarding a matter, I generally start the conversation with "Hello, I would like to inquire about something."
Is this a correct usage? If not, what would be ...
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Check the grammar [closed]
However, I was able to convince the panel that with mutual effort I will learn and deliver what will be expected of me
is this sentence correct?
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“Lay on the bed” vs. “lay in the bed” [closed]
Which one is more grammatically correct?
I lay on the bed.
I lay in the bed.
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Can I use the “ll” contraction with proper names?
Can I contract "will" as "ll" when preceded by a proper name? For example:
John will visit you tomorrow
John'll visit you tomorrow
I am inclined to think this is not acceptable in standard ...
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Identifying the class of this word
I'm reading the Wikipedia page on garden-path sentences. One example is:
The government plans to raise taxes were defeated.
What class of word is government in this sentence?
I read this ...
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“A tool to do” vs. “a tool that does” vs. “a tool for doing”
I'm the curator of the Open Web Platform Daily Digest link. In the "Tools" section of each daily I write entries in this format:
tool_name, tool_description
For example:
hapi, a server framework ...
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“Oblong to Allantoid” — is it valid? [closed]
I read in a paper:
One such genus is Dinemasporium which ... characterised by superficial, cupulate to discoid conidiomata with brown setae, and phialidic conidiogenous cells that give rise to ...
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who or whom in this context? [duplicate]
I am unsure which is the grammatically correct one in the following context:
...trying to find a programmer with who / whom I could collaborate.
Which one is the correct usage?
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Grammaticality of “Shoreditch station to permanently close”
I recently read an article on BBC titled Bad grammar and the people who hate it. In it, there is a photo of a train station sign which reads as follows.
Friday 9 June 2006
Shoreditch station ...
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's 's ?! Works or not? [closed]
If we are talking about hats for example.
Mine is blue.Tom's is white.
Can I use the contraction of is in the previous sentence.
So it'll be like this 'Tom's 's white' !!
Is it grammatically ...
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“Committed to supporting X” vs. “committed to support X”
I'm trying to edit a speech and found a commonly used phase which I'm not sure if I should amend it or not. The sentence goes like this:
[a subject] is committed to supporting [a project].
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Using the possessive apostrophe in formal English [closed]
I am writing an essay and my teacher told us to use "Formal Academic English". Would using a possessive apostrophe like "Obama's decision to.." be considered informal? Don't tell me to ask my teacher, ...
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Should I use life or lives in the following question
Should I use life or lives in the following question?
I would promote prayer as a part of the pupils' everyday life
I would promote prayer as a part of the pupils' everyday lives
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“Develop a process for” vs. “develop a process on”
Which one is grammatical?
Develop a process on handling incoming material...
Develop a process for handling incoming material...
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A date and time that suit you? [duplicate]
Which of these is correct?
A date and time that suit you
A date and time that suits you
I have always had doubts about this.
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A question about date [duplicate]
A standard date question would be:
What date is it today?
But is
What date is today?
acceptable?
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Origin and correctness of “ain’t no”?
In contemporary American English usage, I come across sentences like:
I ain’t got no money.
Ain’t no man like him.
Saying ain’t no sounds incorrect to me because it is a double ...
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Can I say I landed at Boston? [closed]
I know the plane lands in Boston but can I say I landed at Boston ?
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Final “ 's ” without object, ever correct? [closed]
Does the following statement mean anything?
TRACKER GRANTS YOU A PERSONAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE, NON-TRANSFERABLE,
RESTRICTED RIGHT TO USE THE SOFTWARE, FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL,
COMMERCIAL, ...
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What is the appropriate question tag for sentences such as “I was born to be a doctor”?
What is the appropriate question tag for sentences such as:
I was born to be a doctor, __?
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Is it wrong to use “The Albatross is now on the sky”?
Is it wrong to use "The Albatross is now on the sky"?
Is it like we should always say "The Albatross is now in the sky"?
I would like to get an explanation for this. Thanks.
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Usage of “accrue” in “it accrued to me to gently ask” [closed]
A newage hippie Facebook friend just sent me this. I was just wondering if it was syntactically correct,
It accrued to me to gently ask if you could consider extending the same respect, you would ...
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Parenthetic Apposition or not?
Please settle a debate for me. Here is the sentence in question:
Excessive, incorrect, use of the word "like" is unbelievably irritating.
The criticism is against the comma following the word ...
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“Enter the password 1234” vs. “enter 1234 for a password” [closed]
Which sentence is correct?
Enter the password 1234.
Enter 1234 for a password.
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“How does two friends” vs. “how do two friends” [closed]
Which of the following is grammatical?
How does two friends become lovers so quickly?
How do two friends become lovers so quickly?
I was thinking does would be the correct choice, am I ...
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Is that grammatically correct? [closed]
I'm going to blog about each feature and progress I made in my book?
Is that grammatically correct?
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Should I use an apostrophe, when the possession appears before the possessive subject?
In the following (poorly written?) sentence:
You improve your co-worker's luck and your business's.
I want to say that the luck of your business will also be improved... How do I say this? By ...
