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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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3answers
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Is using “she” when the gender is unknown ungrammatical? [duplicate]
I often come across the use of "she" not as an gender neutral pronoun as such but as the pronoun of choice when the gender is unknown. This is particularly common in scientific/technical documents but ...
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What is correct: “both sides of you” or “both sides of yours”?
Which is right?
both sides of you
both sides of yours
Example:
I know both sides of you(rs) and they make you the girl I love.
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2answers
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Is the usage of “in your humble opinion” correct?
We use "in my humble opinion" to express humility. But I even see usage of "in your humble opinion" to ask for others' opinions. What does it mean?
I see the usage in the original message here, ...
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“Taller than me” or “taller than I”? [duplicate]
Which one is correct here and why?
He is taller than me.
He is taller than I.
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Is it correct to say “My partner and I”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“My friends and I” vs. “My friends and me” vs. “Me and my friends”
I'm not sure since sometimes people also say 'My partner and me'
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“I draw myself” vs. “I draw me”
"How can I draw myself using a mirror?" — I came across this question and couldn't help but wonder if it should be "draw me". Draw here is to mean "make a picture".
What do you think?
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“I and others” or “others and I”?
I have traditionally learned that a first-person pronoun should always come last in a list, e.g.
Bob and I found this to be interesting.
However, it sounds awkward to me when this rule is used ...
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Should a company be referred to as “he/she” or as “it”?
When a customer represents a company, not a person, and a pronoun is needed to refer back to that customer, should one use he/she, or should one use it?
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When tagging a picture, which statement is correct if it includes yourself and a friend? I was taught friend's name then mine [duplicate]
Duplicate of:
John, Valencia, and I (or me)?
“My friends and I” vs. “My friends and me” vs. “Me and my friends”
Is naming the first person last proper grammar or just proper manners?
And ...
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4answers
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“We're all each other has”
I heard this phrase
We're all each other has.
in Family Guy and a quick googling shows about a hundred thousand occurrences. It sounds really strange to me. I would say
We are all we have.
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Usage of “our” in sentences where we skip that/which are
We check our Facebook three times on the way to work on our smartphones more powerful than your computer.
Is this sentence correct? It sounds much better if we remove the our before smartphones ...
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Use of “me” vs. “I” in comparisons [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he?
I was using this sentence with an ease until my teacher scolded that this is wrong. He said to use I in place of me as ...
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2answers
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“Be them” or “be they”? [closed]
Which of the following is grammatical?
He had lollies be they red or blue?
He had lollies be them red or blue?
It seems as if it could be them as an object of be.
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1answer
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Themselves or them?
Today, I wanted to write:
It's really unfortunate that most people cling to something that is
not themselves just to get what they want.
Then after writing this, I had this weird feeling that ...
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1answer
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“Managers are one group to which” vs. “managers are one group to whom”
Which of the following is grammatical?
Managers are one group to which these findings are relevant.
Managers are one group to whom these findings are relevant.
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“Try forming this shape using [that/it]. [It/that] will match any virus!”
I'm working on a mobile game, and I was wondering about the best way to say the quote below:
You see that shiny ball full of colors?
Try forming this shape using that.
That will match any ...
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“I”, “me” and “myself” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“My friends and I” vs. “My friends and me” vs. “Me and my friends”
Can “myself” stand for both “me” and “I” in “my mother and I/me”?
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“What day is it today?” vs. “What day is today?”
Which of the following is grammatical?
What date/day is it today?
What date/day is today?
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2answers
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What's the deal with exophoric pronoun references?
I have been reading about errors with exophoric pronoun references (the paper was mostly aimed at preparing one for a certain standardized test), and found the author saying "In the context of this ...
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Can their be used as a singular possessive pronoun? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it correct to use “their” instead of “his or her”?
I am attempting to help wordsmith a fundraising appeal. A member of the committee reviewing ...
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2answers
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Wrong usage of “myself ”, or just putting emphasis on “me”?
I was writing the following sentence, and I realized it somehow sounds odd:
I am constantly trying to remind myself to think carefully before speaking, but those moments I forget to do so end up ...
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2answers
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Is this sentence correct in grammar and does it even make sense [closed]
This sentence:
You have the right to ask for someone in the United States of America.
Does it have any grammatical errors?
Does it even make sense? I think it is usually ...to ask for ...
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How exactly does one determine when to use I or Me? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I say “not I” or “not me”?
I got into a good argument with myself when a Lecturer asked:
"Who said that?"
and I replied
"I."
...
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1answer
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How to form sentences starting with “it”
I would like to learn how to reconstruct this sentence to use it at the beginning:
The reason why they chose this way looks weird to me.
I think we could form it as follows, but of course I am ...
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Use of possessive or object pronoun [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When is a gerund supposed to be preceded by a possessive pronoun?
Do you mind me smoking?
Do you mind my smoking?
There's little chance of you ...
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Is it grammatical to omit the subject from “I did my work”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it acceptable to begin a declarative sentence with “Am”?
Is it correct to start a sentence with did.
Did my work.
instead of
I did my work.
...
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2answers
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“One should warn” vs. “it should warn” [closed]
Can you explain to me when it is more appropriate to use it or one in the following sentence?
One/it should warn about the conflicts.
I don't think there's a big deal using one or another ...
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“Nobody will help you but me” vs. “Nobody will help you but I”
As has been shown in another question, in comparisons with than both the accusative and the nominative are possible and grammatical:
He loves you more than I.
He loves you more than me.
...
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Is the use of “yours” grammatical in “jeopardize yours and her careers”?
I came across the following sentence:
Another inspector, Douglas E. Peters, testified that even after the
F.A.A. manager had been removed, the replacement manager threatened
him. The ...
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1answer
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“She” or “her” following “no one but”?
Which pronoun is correct in the following sentence?
No one but her/she ever made a perfect score on the test
The answer according to the book is "her", but it is getting on my nerves.
I tried ...
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“I am I”, “I am myself”, or “I am me”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When is it correct to use “yourself” and “myself” (versus “you” and “me”)?
According to Google Ngram, "I am myself" is more common that "I am I", but which is correct?
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It is I who am at fault? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“It is they who lied” or “it is them who lied?”
What rules make “Remember me, who am your friend” grammatical?
Which one of these is correct?
It is I who am at ...
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4answers
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What is the correct relative pronoun for “government”?
What is the correct relative pronoun for "government"? Which of the following phrases is correct? I am writing for an American [English] audience.
The Queensland Government, who licenses several ...
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“Ann's friends and herself” — is this correct?
Is the sentence:
Ann's friends and herself were really nice to us.
grammatically correct?
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Do I have to add “one” to refer to a last used noun?
While reading George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones I stumbled upon this sentence:
His voice cracked like a boy's.
I think to remember from my English lessons in school ...
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2answers
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“Ask me anything” and “Ask anything to me”
There are some sentences I hear regularly:
Ask me anything
Ask anything to me.
If you ask me whether he was right, I would tell you "No".
If you ask me about whether he was right, ....
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“All our X” vs. “all of our X”
Is the word "of" optional in this instance? Is either of these considered preferable to the other?
Taste all our delicious treats.
Taste all of our delicious treats.
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2answers
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“Skills that are useful” or “skills those are useful”?
I am used to using the phrase that is a lot, for example: "I have a skill that is useful in this situation". What if I use a plural form? What is the correct sentence of the following two?
I ...
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2answers
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Is “for all who” grammatical? [closed]
The context is:
The blog for all who want to learn German.
I feel like this is not correct, but the only alternative I can think of is:
The blog for all those who want to learn German.
...
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“I give it to him who came first” vs. “to he who came first” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which is grammatically correct: “Let he who…” or “Let him who…”
Should the pronoun be "him" because it's the object (gave it to ...
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2answers
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'All that' vs 'all what' [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“all that” vs. “all what”
How can I be sure when to use 'all that' or 'all what' in making sentences. Is there any differences in their meaning. ...
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2answers
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Is “it makes it easy to do …” good English?
There are two "it"s in this sentence, but they refer to different things. Is this considered good English? If not, what's a better way to express the same meaning?
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3answers
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“Neither” and “either” usage in negative sentence
I would like to make sure I understood the usage of these:
Do you want A or B?
I do not want either. [none of them]
I want neither. [Can I say that?]
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There is a new search of which I've become aware / .. I've become aware of? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?
I would like to know which is correct and why:
There is a new search of which I've become aware.
or
...
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2answers
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'We care for us' or 'We care about us'?
'We care for us'
or
'We care about us'?
What sentence is actually right? Maybe both sentences are good?
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2answers
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“It” vs. “this” [closed]
If I am sharing a (specific, identified) status update, which would be the most appropriate way of informing people that I will be sharing it:
I am sharing it.
or
I am sharing this.
In ...
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1answer
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Proper way to handle plurals with “whose”
I came up (re)phrasing a question like this :
What's so special about directories whose name begins with a dot?
But now, I'm wondering whether this is correct handling of plurals or not. Should ...
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1answer
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Is this statement, where the same pronoun refers to two entities, grammatically correct?
I had this conversation with a friend earlier:
Friend (to a group): If you don't like [this show], there's something wrong with you.
Me (to friend): Or you're just a little more mature than you ...
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“Leadership is our drive. What's your?”
Here, you may find a call to arms of sorts by the Swedish most prominent telco. I was born Russian, and I live in Sweden, so English is just about my third language. And so the following line does not ...
