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Meaning of “there to” in this sentence [closed]
Sentence:
Johnson said he expects tremendous Asian buying on dips and demand by
central banks there to more than offset fast-money-type selling by
Western financial institutions.
I'm ...
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About inversion
Given the following sentence,
Nowhere on her title page or copyright page is there a suggestion that anyone but Walker wrote her story.
Can I invert it as follows without changing the meaning?
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What are the differences between simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentences?
These two sentences came up in a English Comp class and there was some discussion if the book was correct on whether they were simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
Whatever pizza ...
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Filler-gap dependencies and recoverability of meaning
Consider the following sentence:
In my head, there is nothing more wonderful than [] understanding how someone else feels and [] choosing to [] take action to [] resolve it.
It contains ...
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Where does the word “valuable” fit best?
Which sentence sounds better or correct ?
I have acquired many characteristics that will play a valuable role in my profession.
I have acquired many characteristics that will be valuable in ...
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What does this sentence really mean?
“It would be ungenerous to affect not to know that your self-denial is to be referred to your consideration for her father"
Chapter 10, A Tale of Two Cities.
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Is this a run-on sentence? Is there a better way to rewrite it?
Since Osan was Jihei's wife and Koharu was his adulteress, they represented his obligation and passion respectively.
I see three potential problems:
Run-on sentence: There are two ...
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Is this grammatical: “increasing pace at which” [closed]
Is this grammatical:
An understanding is seen as vital due to the increasing pace at which the world's markets are integrating.
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Combining 3 sentences [closed]
I am struggling to combine following 3 sentences for a one sentence. I am doubted how to do it. Any suggestions please.
a) Most of the above methods often rely on the crown height model
(CHM)
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What is “If you're tired” called in this sentence?
"If you're tired, you should sleep."
What is the name for the phrase "If you're tired" in this sentence? Obviously "you should sleep" could stand alone as a sentence.
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How to determine if an attribute applies to a group or a specific individual
I am in the middle of an argument, and therefore trying to figure out the breakdown of the definition:
a member of a military group devoted to engineering work
which appears in Merriam-Webster's ...
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What is the exact syntax format of “substitute this for that”? [duplicate]
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Substitute X for Y
Many times people say "You want to substitute this for that?" What are they talking about putting in and what are they taking out. Is it based on ...
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Unusual sentence construction [duplicate]
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Using -ed vs. -ing in the “needs washed” construction
"The car needs washed."
I can understand what the speaker means to say, but this is strange to ...
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“Two films don't a revolution make”: is this sentence grammatically correct? [duplicate]
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Why is “xxxx doth not a yyyy make” considered valid English?
Proper usage/origin of the generic phrase “[action phrase] does not a [noun] make”
“Dazzling ...
