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Technicalities about “%”?
Usage of "%"
I'm almost positive it's a prepositional phrase since it's really means "per cent" or "per 100".
So in a sentence like:
90% of my street are doing lawn work.
It would be "are" and ...
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Help sheet for determiners and prepositions [closed]
I'm trying to produce a simple help sheet for foriegn speakers on English determiners and prepositions.
Specifically, a basic description of when to use each type of determiner, and then the list of ...
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Is “off to somewhere with a car” correct?
I wonder if the structure of the following sentence is correct:
I'm off to my place with my car.
I'm the one driving the car, but I prefer not to use the verb drive. Would the following ...
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“compiled with gcc” vs “compiled in gcc”
"This program was compiled with gcc."
"This program was compiled in gcc."
"This program was written in C++."
"This program was written with C++."
Note: gcc is a widely used compiler ...
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“running on windows” vs “running under windows” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Run on an OS” vs. “run under an OS”
"This application can run on windows" versus "This application can run under windows"
Which is more natural, or what's the ...
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What part of speech are the words in the phrase “as well as”?
In the sentence:
My car as well as my lap top were stolen last night.
What part of speech are the words in the phrase as well as?
I believe the first as is the preposition of the phrase, that ...
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What are “up” and “down” in “up there” and “down there”?
"Up there" and "down there" are two of the most frequent expressions that I, myself, use often. I really don't know whether they are just expressions used to refer to a place to go ("I went down ...
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“Support of” vs. “Support for”
"Show your support for the XYZ (Organization name) this season" or "Show your support of XYZ (Organization name) this year"?
I have seen support of and support for both being used. Is there a rule?
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When can “very” modify a prepositional phrase?
In Hamlet, when Hammy Jr. asks Polonius whether a cloud looks like a whale, Polly replies,
Very like a whale.
In contemporary English, however, "very like ..." feels ungrammatical. You instead ...
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“between __ and __ and between __ and __”: commas? unnecessary “between”? [closed]
In this sentence,
The contrast between the paradoxical associations she makes between earthly matters and ethereality and between heaven and solidity serves as a memorable way to convey to the ...
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Using “to” versus “for” between two nouns (“key to success”)
Another user provided an example and I have added others:
Key to exercise
Key for exercise
Answer to a problem
Answer for a problem
Bullet to a gun
Bullet for a gun
She bought ...
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On Paddington Station?
I was interested to read that Paddington Bear was found on Paddington Station, not in or at Paddington Station. I would never have chosen this usage (I speak Canadian English). I had a look at Google ...
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“Consist in” vs. “consist of”
I would like to have this clear once and for all:
What is the correct use of consist in / consist of?
"Meditation consists in/of attentive watchfulness."
"The body consists in/of cells."
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Is single-word “inbetween” becoming more acceptable? How far can it go?
I get the distinct feeling that "inbetween" occurs increasingly often as a single word, but I'm not at all clear on why it's used more in some contexts than others.
What I can is see that in Google ...
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Adverbs, prepositions, nouns, “home”, and “about” [closed]
I'm confused about how the following sentences should be analyzed, in terms of which words are prepositions and adverbs, how the phrases break up, etc.:
She was going home.
She was home.
She was at ...
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“I've decided not to leave A.I. Town” versus “I've decided to not leave A.I. Town” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Order of “not” with infinitive
Last month I decided to change my residence and shift to another town. After some days, due to some reasons, I cancelled my ...
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Prepositional phrases on the internet
Is there any online dictionary or database of prepositional phrases? What I would like is to enter e. g. "justification" and it would give me: "justification to somebody", "justification of ...
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“I will go up to the stores”
What is the meaning of the following sentence, said from a person that is at home, and is going outside?
I will go up to the stores.
