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Usage of “I am afraid” [closed]
What kind of sentence should follow the phrase "I am afraid", assertive or interogative?
For example, is the following sentence grammatical?
I am afraid is it appropriate ask me a copy of it.
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1answer
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Can a subordinate clause split subject and verb in the main clause?
E.g. are these correct?
Following the rules, even if it's difficult, is essential.
Following the rules, although it's difficult, is essential.
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Identify the subject, object and verb
In the sentence below I want to confirm whether I have correctly identified the subject, object and the verb (It's a sentence I made up as an example and hope it's correct, and if not please correct ...
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“As is customary” vs. “as it is customary”
I more often see the first version being used, but to me, that doesn't sound right because I can't see the subject there. I would definitely use the second one.
What am I missing here?
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1answer
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Subject–verb agreement: “are” versus “is” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Singular or plural following a list
My apples and orange are wrong
What is correct?
Her ripples, her current, her momentum is the fountainhead of science.
Her ...
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1answer
150 views
Is it acceptable to omit “I” when it's the subject? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it acceptable to begin a declarative sentence with “Am”?
Is it correct English to omit I from the beginning of a sentence when it's clearly implied?
For example...
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3answers
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Is it grammatical to omit the subject from “I did my work”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it acceptable to begin a declarative sentence with “Am”?
Is it correct to start a sentence with did.
Did my work.
instead of
I did my work.
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1answer
598 views
Is “things such as this” singular or plural?
Which of the following is correct?
Things such as this make me happy.
Things such as this makes me happy.
Is the subject "things" or "this"?
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5answers
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“I and someone”, “me and someone” or “I and someone we” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When do I use “I” instead of “me?”
A friend of mine asked me for advice about an e-mail he was writing. There was a sentence like this:
I and ...
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5answers
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Is it acceptable to begin a declarative sentence with “Am”?
I want to know firstly if it's grammatically correct to start a declarative sentence with "Am". For example:
Am excited about the game today.
Secondly, if it is grammatically incorrect, then I ...
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3answers
652 views
“A guy whose job is to” vs “a guy whose job it is to”?
I've been hearing the phrase "whose job it is to" quite often lately. Consider these two sentences:
We have a guy whose job is to clean windows.
We have a guy whose job it is to clean ...
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3answers
2k views
“Are” vs. “is” with compound subjects
How are the wife and kid?
How is the wife and kid?
Which is more correct?
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1answer
8k views
Which is correct: “you and I” or “you and me”?
I was told the correct usage is for example:
"My wife and me" but I hear often "I and my wife" or "my wife and I".
Google gives 34M results for "My wife and I" and 909K results for "My wife and me"
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