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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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Standardization authority [duplicate]
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Regulatory bodies and authoritative dictionaries for English
Where do accents and dialects come from?
I can run faster than _. (1) him (2) he?
If the English language is ...
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Words for people who do things: “-er” or “-or” [duplicate]
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What’s the rule for adding -er vs. -or when nouning a verb?
Rules for nominalizing a verb
While reading another question, I started wondering if there's a rule for ...
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Acronyms and Mnemonics to remember SAT Grammar [closed]
I'm taking the SAT very soon, and being a slow test-taker means I need some quick ways to identify grammar errors and possible amends. Here's the most common rules on the SAT:
Important SAT Grammar ...
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Me too or I as well [duplicate]
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Is it correct to use “me too” and “I too”?
Which one is correct to use Me too or I as well?
For example - Suppose my friend says I want to go ...
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In which type of situations we can use “I Were”?
In some situations, we can use "were" with "I" although its grammatically wrong. But somehow it's being used many times, I don't know the situations any idea guys??
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Why is 'that' sometimes optional before dependent clauses?
Sometimes, the word 'that' to introduce a dependent clause is optional. For example, these sentences both make sense with or without 'that':
Long books [that] religious people like tend to be ...
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Is metathesis correct?
Pronouncing asterisk as asterix /æstərɪks/ is called metathesis.
Some common examples of this phenomenon that I have heard are ask -> aks and introduce -> interduce /ɪntərˈdjuːs/.
So this ...
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Overusing “and” and how to fix it
Several months ago, I was writing a fan-fiction story set in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe and I ended up constructing this sentence:
"...Sonic and his allies and Dr. Robotnik and his allies..."
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Zero conditional form
Chatting with a colleague we came a cross a dilemma (as we are not English native), which of the following sentences are wrong? Why?
If I knew everything, I'd be a genius.
If I know everything, I'd ...
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Use of the superlative when only two items are present
When speaking with my mother a couple of days ago, I read to her a message I was sending to my cousin on her behalf ending with: "... the birthday of your youngest." [implying her child]
She ...
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Is it correct to use “me too” and “I too”?
I'm a bit confused. Is it correct to use "me too" and "I too"? (Also with other pronouns.)
For example, if I want to say that Juan gives a present to Ana and I give a present to Ana:
Juan gives a ...
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Is it true that if you use a preposition and then a verb, it must end with “ing”?
I've read a grammar rule.
If you use a preposition and then a verb, it must end with "ing"
Is it always true, or there are exceptions??
Regards.
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Correct usage of ‘on’, ‘at’ and ‘in’ from a foreigner’s point of view
As a foreign English speaker who never really studied too much English grammar other than the basics at high school, I am often struggling to use the correct form in certain phrases.
At being ...
