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Apostrophes and s's [duplicate]
I always forget the rule about if something is possessive put 's at the end, for example "the sailor's hat". I know some people say to remember because it has a different meaning if it's plural (e.g. ...
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Spelling or grammar error? [closed]
If a person uses the wrong form of your or you're, would that be considered a spelling or grammatical error? I can really see it swinging both ways...
A sentence with the incorrect use of the word is ...
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The right usage of “basically” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“have basically been doing something” or “have been basically doing something”
I'm searching basically for conversation classes"
or
I'm basically searching ...
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What is the origin of the “should of” instead of “should have” mistake? [duplicate]
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How did the use of “could of” and “should of” originate, and is it considered correct?
Recently, I tend to stumble a lot over the mistake that people write should of ...
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Destroy or Destroys [duplicate]
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Is a company always plural, or are small companies singular?
I came across a mocked up newspaper article earlier and there was a discussion about whether the following ...
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a or an Hermitian? [duplicate]
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When should I use “a” versus “an” in front of a word beginning with the letter h?
I would want to know if I have to write "an Hermitian matrix" ...
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Why is “transferred” written with two R's?
Why is transferred written with two R's? I am a native speaker of Dutch, and in my point of view this isn't logical; there are other words like coloured and endeavoured that only have -ed added after ...
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How to write numbers in words
How do we translate 1210 into words:
1) one thousand, two hundred, and ten
2) one thousand, two hundred and ten
or without the commas
3) one thousand two hundred and ten
4) one thousand two ...
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Please explain the: upwards vs upward difference [duplicate]
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“Backward” versus “backwards” — is there any difference?
Afterward versus afterwards — which, and/or when?
I have seen both used ...
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Just how important are grammar and spelling?
A blog post of mine made it on the Hacker News front page. My blog post was mainly intended for a very, very small audience, but ended up getting around 20,000 views in one day. The most talked about ...
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Is this usage of “reign” correct?
Lately I've noticed increasing usage of the phrase "free reign". Is this a legitimate usage of the word "reign", or is this a corruption of the phrase "free rein"?
I've been dismissing usages of ...
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Rule for adding “and” or hyphens between numbers that are spelled out fully in text
For example, take the number 342. It could be written out a number of different ways when spelled out fully.
Three hundred forty two
Three hundred and forty two
Three hundred and forty-two
What is ...
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Plural of passerby [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Words that are pluralized in the middle?
Why is the plural of "passerby" "passers-by" and not "passerbies"?
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Mixing up “quiet” and “quite”: spelling or grammar error?
Look at this sentence:
It wasn't quiet what I wanted
And this one:
The music was too quite for me
Obviously quiet and quite are mixed up. Is this considered a spelling mistake? In both ...
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Adjectival step by step
When used as an adjective, is it step by step or step-by-step?
Example,
Thank you for this step by step guide.
or
Thank you for this step-by-step guide.
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