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Is it correct to start a sentence with “with” in English?
Is it correct to use with at the beginning of a sentence?
Here's an example sentence:
With the development of the economy, living standards improved.
To my eyes this looks unnatural; I would ...
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Is this 'as' a conjunction?
I guess ‘as’ is a conjunction. If then, is as-clause an adjective clause that modifies ‘Muggle money’?
There was a train to London in five minutes' time. Hagrid, who didn't understand 'Muggle ...
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Use of prepositions in strings of conjunctions
When one wants to list various cases/classes/categories/types of objects in a string of conjunctions, is it preferable (or even mandatory) to keep on using (the same) preposition in front of each one ...
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At/For a Distance Of
Somebody asked me about the usage of the word distance in a sentence. I have my own ideas about it, particularly the difference between at a distance of and for a distance of.
Unfortunately, I’m ...
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“something inescapably points if …” or “if something inescapably points to …”?
At the same time, they are reluctant to accept the conclusions toward which such proof inescapably points if they do not "sense" the uniformity themselves.
The position of the word if in this ...
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Order of preposition in US and UK English
In Britain we'd say
He had a black hat on.
Speakers of American English are more likely to say*
He had on a black hat.
The latter just seems wrong to me. Is my intuition correct or are ...
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“Denoted by” or just “denoted”?
In a mathematical context (explaining a formula just written) the following seems unobjectionable: "The set of unitary polynomials has been denoted by P".
My question is whether it sounds right to ...
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What is the difference between “I earn $500 each month” and “I earn $500 per month”?
What is the difference between these two sentences?
I earn $500 each month
I earn $500 per month
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Is “choose from one of four options” wrong?
I need backup in pressing my case that the phrase “choose from one of four options” is grammatically incorrect. Is there some resource that can prove my case, that the incorrect phrase should be ...
