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Is downtown an adverb of place? [duplicate]
What is the explanation for why we say "I'm going downtown" instead of "I'm going to downtown?"
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Is it proper to use “that” instead of “at which” to refer to speed?
On a physics assignment, I believe that these sentences are grammatically incorrect, but some other students disagree (especially on the second one).
What is the maximum speed that the mass can be ...
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Which preposition: “Write on/at/to this address?”
My exam included this fill-in-the-blank question:
Please write __ this address. (on/at/to)
I filled the blank with on.
Is that correct?
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Is the sentence “The police had evidence on him.” grammatically correct? [closed]
Please cite some sources to show whether the above phrase is correct or not.
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Prepositions 'in' or 'of' for referring to a population of a country
I was wondering about these prepositions in and of. Actually I was making an assignment in Spanish and I came across this problem and I translated it in English but I am still puzzled as to what the ...
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“I'm very interested in.” vs “in which I'm very interested.” [duplicate]
You should sell me that book I'm very interested in
or is it better to write it as
You should sell me that book in which I'm very interested
I know that the former is more informal than the ...
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Why is it “objections to moving”, not “objections to move”? [closed]
I got this sentence from the Economist:
There are two primary objections to moving to the chained CPI.
My question is, why have they used moving instead of move after objections to?
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Which preposition should be used when referring to an exact date?
I read this in a text book:
My test is on 22th of June.
I saw this in a YouTube tutorial:
My test is at 22th of June.
Which sentence uses the right preposition?
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Which is correct: “on two weeks” or “in two weeks”?
In below sentence it's mentioned "on two weeks":
They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun.
whereas so far I learned to speak in this way:
They'll ...
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“Pending Review” Usage [closed]
Some definition of "pending" in a dictionary reads:
while waiting for (something)
So, for a generic sentence "X pending Y", "X" must be either an activity or a state. So this sentence is ...
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Purpose For, Of [closed]
1 He has no intention for marriage.
2 He has no intention of marriage.
These two sentences are good English and have the same meaning.
In this PDF I read:
A review of the grading permit ...
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When is “to” a preposition and when the infinitive marker?
I want to see you.
I look forward to seeing you.
How can one say "to" in the first sentence is an infinitive marker and in the second sentence a preposition when we are given just the ...
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… 'can be found in' 'can be found on' ? (Prepositions)
Which is the correct way of saying,
the document can be found in www.example.com/ark
or
the document can be found on www.example.com/ark
or
the document is located at www.example.com/ark
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Correct preposition for “porch”
I would like to know whether 'I park my car 'on the porch' or 'in the porch' is correct?
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Are both “see you at the lesson” and “see you in the lesson” correct?
I have been studying English with many teachers. Some of them say "See you in the lesson" while others say "See you at the lesson." Yesterday, one of them told me that the correct way of saying it is ...
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Is “Why Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft” correct?
The title of this Ars Technica piece reads:
Why Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft
Concretely, I'm wondering why (if) "out at" is correct – I initially thought "out of" would be the correct ...
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what is the difference between “ get in the bus” and “ get on the bus” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Origin/reason for the expression “on the bus” instead of “in the bus”
I want to know when to use " get in the bus." and " get on the bus."
I will ...
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ending a sentence with a preposition [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?
"a soul can sense when it’s being talked to."
Does this sound OK? I don't like ending with a preposition, but ...
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Perform magic to children vs perform magic for children [closed]
I've noticed that there seems to be a usage of "to" where I expect "for" in certain dialects of English. The one that caught my eye today was a Reddit submission where the OP used the title "Why you ...
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Is it “<verb> on Mondays to Fridays” or “<verb> from Mondays to Fridays”?
I want to state that I cook on Mondays, Tue, Wed, Thur, and Fri, in my house every week. Should I say "I cook on Mondays to Fridays" or "I cook from Mondays to Fridays", or something else?
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Prepositions: “in” vs. “on” a tab/widget
In my quest to grasp the dichotomy between "on" and "in" I have found another example that left me in doubt.
Initializes the widgets added on the tabs.
Validates the information on the ...
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Is it correct to write: “She told her to phone him the morning of the next day.”
Is it grammatically correct to leave out in and write "She told her to phone him the morning of the next day" instead of "She told her to phone him in the morning of the next day"?
If not, why not, ...
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“at the floor” vs. “on the floor”
For the following sentences:
He threw the book at the floor.
He threw the book on the floor.
I know the book hit the floor in both sentences but which one is more commonly used and also ...
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Keen on vs keen to
I would need to understand the difference between the following sentences:
I am very keen to do that.
I am very keen on doing that.
I am keen that I can do that.
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Word order again?
I have been thinking about word order and its meaning, thus when we have for instance:
Planet of the apes or Apes planet
Proposal for extra work or Extra work proposal
Which is the more ...
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Is there a list of all English conjunctions, pronouns, and/or prepositions? [closed]
Is there an official (or at least generally accepted) source for an exhaustive list of all English conjunctions, pronouns, and/or prepositions? I find such lists of various blog sites and Wikipedia, ...
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“At home” or “home”
What is the rule of not using at before home?
For example,
When he called me I was (at) home.
I am always (at) home on Sundays.
He came to my place at 6pm and by that time I had already been (at) ...
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“fine at your side” vs. “fine on your side”
What difference(s) do the prepositions below make in the meanings of the following statements:
I hope things are fine at your side.
I hope things are fine on your side.
To me the first one ...
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“I run in the subway”
Is I run in the subway grammatical? Does it mean the action of running, done inside of a subway?
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Repeating “to” and “will” in enumerations of verbs
Should I use the second "will" in constructions like this one: "it will definitely help you and will make the text more readable"
And should I write "to" before every infinitive in enumeration, or ...
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“Have been with for” vs. “Have been with in”
What is the difference between the following two structures?
Have you been back home in the last ten years?
Have you been back home for the last ten years?
Could we also replace the present ...
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When can I omit “for” before a time duration?
Do not watch television [for] more than one hour a day.
Is omitting the “for” okay or is that grammatically incorrect?
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“Experienced in” or “experienced of”
What is the correct use of experienced, with in or of? For example,
I have experienced in system development.
I have experienced of system development.
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Usage of “than”
Buying on margin means borrowing money from a broker to buy more securities than can be purchased with one's own money alone.
I was wondering if than in the above example is a conjunction or ...
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“Keys to car” or “keys of car”
I saw in a grammar book a sentence that looks weird to me.
Kyle gave Loren the keys to his new car.
I would have hoped to see of instead of to but it must be correct since it was the sample ...
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Is the usage of “at” correct in this case? Should it go with “where” or “which”?
Can someone tell me whether we should use "at" when we use where:
The design is so unified and everything is at where they should be.
Or it must be like the one below:
The design is so ...
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Pencil you in on/for Sunday evening?
When planning an appointment for a specific day (and time), for example, should on or for preposition be used? See the context below, though, I am guessing, the rule should be universal:
Sure, I ...
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What does ‘peer around something’ mean?
Broadly speaking, peer seems to have two meanings, looking intently and being partially visible.
a). She peered into the darkness.
b). The moon peered from behind dark clouds.
However, I ...
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“Elaborate” as a transitive verb?
It is common to speak of "elaborating on (or upon) a topic." However, I have been told that this is appropriate only when some explanation has already been given; if no information is yet known, then ...
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“To enable him to escape” vs. “to enable him escape”
I have been coming across this kind of sentence more and more:
She gave him a key to enable him to escape capture.
She gave him a key to enable him escape capture.
Which sentence is correct? ...
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study comedy “at” or “in” the XYZ theater
I will study comedy at XYZ theater
Sounds more intuitive.
Which one is grammatically correct and why?
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Which preposition should I use here: “thinking of” or “thinking about”?
Thinking of getting an external
keyboard
Thinking about getting an external
keyboard
Which one is grammatically correct and why?
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To use “to” or not to? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Gerund or infinitive: When to use which?
You like to read books.
You like reading books.
The second second sentence seems to be better than the first. Why is ...
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Why 'in itself', why not just 'itself'?
Life in itself is neither good nor evil. It is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.
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About the 'as in'
if "minus" is conceivably an operator, as in "the band reunited, minus one member", you would use the singular.
Which is preposition? the 'as' or 'in' or both as a whole is preposition? In ...
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Which one is more appropriate to use: “send you” or “send to you”?
Are both of the following sentences correct?
Let me know if there is still something I need to send to you.
Let me know if there is still something I need to send you.
Which one is more ...
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Correct use of 'with' or 'at' when talking about percentages?
I'm writing the following sentence:
Women lead uptake at XX%.
But a friend is saying that it should be written:
Women lead uptake with XX%.
Which one is correct?
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“Centered on” or “centered around”
I have often heard presenters talking about something centered around another thing, but it seems a bit illogical and hence improper to talk like this. Am I right about this?
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What is the difference between “till” and “until”?
What is the difference between till and until?
When to use till or until? Please explain with examples.
