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Defective Passage [closed]
Could this small passage be defective in some way:
book
KENT SAW Helen at each evening meal, but otherwise only the spotless kitchen remained as a clue that another person shared the house.
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Mixed tenses in a sentence [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
‘Had’ or ‘has’ to describe a past condition which is still present?
Tense change: previous actions on something that's currently true
The employee was injured while ...
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Why did author use a different sort of articles in sentence, which describe a picture? [closed]
I am not a native speaker.
I am doing a exercise "Answer the questions about the pictures" from my Grammar Book and I checked Keys at end of the book:
I saw:
In A the man is lying on the ...
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Definite article in a question: “What is the time?”
I am not a native speaker.
Could you please explaine for me:
Why do we use definite article in the question:
"What is the time?"
What article's rule we used for this question?
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“Confusing modifiers” reported where none are found [closed]
I have a sentence:
Take a look at this math problem and try to so solve it.
The Grammar Checker told me: “This sentence contains Issue: Confusing modifiers.”
But where?
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How can someone become fluent and improve their writing skills? [closed]
How can someone become fluent and improve their writing skills? I've been learning English for many years and I still face many problems especially at writing(academic writing and writing in general) ...
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Is it correct to combine multiple clauses into one sentence?
Is it correct to combine multiple clauses (sub sentences) into one?
For example, let us consider this sentence:
On managerial side, I am experienced in accounting software, have been working ...
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Using “and” twice in a list
About using and, I've learned it is usually used in lists, between the last two items. For example:
I like movies, traveling and going out with friends.
Please tell me if the use of and ...
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“Experienced in” or “experienced of”
What is the correct use of experienced, with in or of? For example,
I have experienced in system development.
I have experienced of system development.
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Usage of “just”, “only” and word-order [intended meaning]
I've got these sentences, which meanings are correct (my interpretations are in brackets):
Use of only:
(1) Only in 1996, Ford sold a rebadged Mazda 626 GV over here as its rebranded Japanese ...
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Capitalization of “Assembly Language”
This Wikipedia article does not capitalize "assembly language," for understandable reasons. It uses it as an indefinite article, i.e. "an assembly language." But how should it be written when using ...
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When and how should I use multiple exclamation marks?
Now, I never do this, but in some few cases I have seen people use multiple exclamation (or question) marks like this:
Hey!!!
Is that grammatically correct? (Or just okay). In case it is, how ...
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“Easy to explain, here is an example for you:”
Here I present you two scenarios of mine:
This can be explained very easily, with this example:
example here
and
This can be explained very easily:
example here
On the first ...
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Which punctuation for definition
I have the following sentence:
To this end, I first devised a novel
algorithm to enumerate all possible
partitions; ways of dividing a network
into meaningful parts.
I was told that the ...
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What are sentences like “the longer X, the more Y” called and can they be used in formal written English?
What is the type of sentence exemplified below called? Is it appropriate to use it in a scientific paper and formal written English in general?
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The more pronounced the variation, the
more ...
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What are the uses of ellipses in essays? [closed]
I’m wondering about how ellipses are used in essays. Are there any examples that I could see?
