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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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Correct use of “happen”
A friend of mine told me that the following sentence is incorrect (copied from an exercise)
Do all sentences tell us what the speaker would like to happen?
He claims that it should read:
Do ...
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“I would like to go to a youth center to help and (to) work with teenagers”
Which is correct?
I would like to go to a youth center to help and work with teenagers.
I would like to go to a youth center to help and to work with
teenagers.
The question is whether ...
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For + verb-ing at the beginning of a sentece
Is the following sentence structure grammatically correct? I mean, I've found a lot of examples that have this structure but not at the beginning of the phrase but with a subject before. Here is an ...
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Can one massacre lives?
"Most were convinced that those responsible were of their own, silently waiting for another chance to massacre innocent lives."
Would you say that the above example is acceptable or unacceptable with ...
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Using 'will' vs. 'would' in this sentence
I'd like to know which one of the following is correct:
I would like to have a job which I will like and which will earn me a lot of money.
I would like to have a job which I would like and ...
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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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Is a bare infinitive acceptable as the object of a verb? [duplicate]
I came upon the phrase, "writing helps develop a child analytically thinking." Is this grammatically correct? Is it OK to use just develop instead of to develop?
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The right usage of the verb “elaborate”
I'm writing a paper, please can you tell me which sentence is the right?
The Pseudo-code is outlined in Fig 2 and we elaborate it in the following section.
The Pseudo-code is outlined in Fig ...
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Usage of “I am afraid” [closed]
What kind of sentence should follow the phrase "I am afraid", assertive or interogative?
For example, is the following sentence grammatical?
I am afraid is it appropriate ask me a copy of it.
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Grammaticality of “help someone something” [closed]
A few times I've encountered phrases of the form "help yourself [something]", for example "help yourself some water". I consider this form to be ungrammatical, but I am not a native speaker. Is it ...
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Use of gerund without preposition “to”
Can I use gerunds with the word "concede" without using preposition "to" as in the sentence below?
He concedes killing his wife.
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Please correct my grammatical mistakes, if any [closed]
we have done cams db setup.
After discussing with Mark we will do the pas db setup.
Please assist me correcting any grammatical mistakes.
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I was sat thinking why you were stood there before I was took away by the word police [duplicate]
I know my sentence is dreadful but everyone now uses these words in this way, including my eight children aged 19—26. Yes, they are from Manchester but my husband uses he was took and he’s from ...
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What tense is “have been are”?
Here are some examples:
Meanings have been are still in constant flux. (Source)
I'm afraid to say that in the past the police have been are too keen to caution people. (Source)
That's ...
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“When I am 18, I will…” or “When I will be 18, I will…” [duplicate]
Should I say:
When I am 18, I'll take my driving test
or
When I'll be 18, I'll take my driving test
Which one is the correct sentence?
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“They perform” vs. “they are performed” in specific context
Our experiments include simulated falls by several subjects. They
perform in a user-independent setting, where, for each test video,
the subject appearing in the test video does not appear in ...
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With “I bid you farewell” being a normal phrase, would the phrase “I bid you sleep well” also be correct? [closed]
I'm trying to pinpoint the correct application of the verb "to bid" in order to use it in unconventional situations
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“Event is raised when maintenance occurs or scheduled” vs. “or is scheduled”
Which sentence is correct?
Event is raised when maintenance occurs or scheduled.
Event is raised when maintenance occurs or is scheduled.
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Is this a complete sentence?
There was an ad on telly I saw, saying
Relax, knowing your home is safe
Is this a complete sentence that is grammatically correct? Could this go in an essay? What is the technical word for ...
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Can 'it' be used plurally?
Can 'it' as a pronoun refer to many different imperative verbs? For instance, in the sentence:
Abide by thy customs, thou excellent one: grind thy corn, drink thy water, praise thy cooking,-- if ...
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“It is” + present simple
If it is build here, it will be next to a large housing estate.
Can anyone tell me if "it is build" in the above sentence is correct?
And if so, why isn't it in the form "it is" + past ...
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“To try oneself in something” template usage
For example,
I'd like to try myself in farming.
Is this grammatically correct? I want to express that I never have done farming before and wish to begin doing it.
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Is it “What should he have done?” or “had he done”?
What should he have done?
What should he had done?
Could you tell me which one is correct? (If any.)
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“Decided to do X the next time she went for a walk” vs. “…the next time she goes for a walk”
I came across this sentence in the book Grammar Essentials for Dummies which confused me.
The lion with a thorn in her paw decided to wear sneakers the next time she went for a walk in the jungle.
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“To consolidate cost”
Is it correct to use the expression "consolidate cost" when you add cost figures in a specific period of time? The context is a description of what a piece of code is doing:
consolidate cost over ...
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Should I use “has” or “have” to describe what a company [has/have] done [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?
I am writing a company profile, and am struggling with the language style. Which of these is better?
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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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deputizing and covering…“for” or not
Which of the following is grammatical?
I am deputizing for him/her.
I am deputizing him/her.
I think in the case of covering you have to use:
I am covering for him/her.
...or do ...
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Can a subordinate clause split subject and verb in the main clause?
E.g. are these correct?
Following the rules, even if it's difficult, is essential.
Following the rules, although it's difficult, is essential.
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“The number of residents has grown” vs. “the number of residents have grown” [duplicate]
Duplicate:
“A number of students” vs. “the number of students”
“Number of attempts per question is unlimited” or “are limited”?
“A number of questions has been asked” or “have been asked”?
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Does standard English include non-trivial sentences which admit no verb?
One of the interesting aspects of the Maori language, as I understand it, is that it includes a class of sentences which not only have no verb, it is positively wrong to form them with a verb.
Does ...
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Grammaticality of “I am worrying” and how it compares to “I am worried” and “I worry”
This question is about worried about vs. worrying about. I think "being worried about someone/something" is more usual than "worry about", isn't it?
Can I use the progressive aspect for ongoing ...
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proneness to + [verb] instead of proneness to + [noun]
This is my first question in here so I ask you to be tolerant with any faux pas I may commit.
Having said so, my question is about the word proneness, of which I've only found examples in which it is ...
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Verb agreement in “Where is the Messiah and his Kingdom?”
Where is the Messiah and his Kingdom?
I think it should be "Where are the Messiah and his kingdom"; it just sounds better!
But my friends and even a teacher claim that "is" would be correct.
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“It helps protect air” or “It helps to protect air”, which is correct? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb “help”: with or without “to”?
“Could help avoid” vs. “could help to avoid”
“Helping you do something” or “Helping ...
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Is the sentence “My pain look like my pride” grammatically correct?
I am a native Spanish speaker but I have been speaking English for more than ten years.
That sentence is part of the lyrics of a song. I get the feeling that it should be "My pain looks like my ...
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“Be not” or “is not”?
My point here is trying to explain why the message issued is not correct according to the operations allowed ahead.
However, I'm in doubt about the bold part, is it grammaticaly correct or is there ...
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Can “casted” be the past tense of “cast”?
'The Hindu,' an Indian daily, reports:
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely casted his vote at Chimanbhai Patel Institute opposite Karnavati club.
Does the verb cast has a form as ...
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Use of both adjective and verb in place of object clauses
I've been trying to assemble this sentence, but something feels wrong with every option I've come up with.
This has made me frustrated and lack motivation to go on this way.
or:
This has ...
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''I don't know what" + direct object [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Changing subject and verb positions in statements and questions
Why do we put the verb to be at the end of these questions?
Is the expression
I don't know what is ...
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“Where am I?” vs. “Where I am?” [closed]
Which is more correct to say in a question? (For example a guy that wakes up in a train)
"Where am I?"
or
"Where I am?"
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“I am angry to die” or “I am angry to death”
I want to say that I may die because I am angry.
Can I say "I am angry to die" or "I am angry to death" to express the above?
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Identify the subject, object and verb
In the sentence below I want to confirm whether I have correctly identified the subject, object and the verb (It's a sentence I made up as an example and hope it's correct, and if not please correct ...
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Rule forbidding use of “is” at end of sentence [closed]
Is there any justification for using “is” at the end of an English sentence, or is there a rule that forbids this?
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When to put a verb ahead of its doer?
I have read this at the Science.com, and it's in the second line of the last paragraph.
A bow and arrow or an atlatl allows users to attack prey—and enemies—from a safer
distance than does an ...
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“also is” at the end of sentence
I am in favour of compromises and I am glad that Gabriel also is.
Is it okay here to end the sentence with "also is"? Is there a better/more proper way to express this?
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“Compose” and “comprise”
The whole comprises the parts, for example
The board comprises five members.
and the parts compose the whole such as
Five members compose the board.
The preceding sentence can be written ...
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Converge and “Verb Confusion”
MS Word has been complaining of a grammatical Word Confusion error when I use converge.
Here's my sentence:
Managers had converged the thousands of ideas into a handful of big ideas.
If I drop ...
