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How do the tenses in English correspond temporally to one another?

apr 14 at 10:47 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Is there a reason the British omit the article when they “go to hospital”?

grammar british-english articles

sep 14 at 14:12 jwpat7 37.1k

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Other word for an empty promise (that is likely not to be held)

single-word-requests

oct 9 at 10:33 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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“Bad with something” or “bad at something”?

word-choice prepositions adjectives dialects at-with

oct 18 at 10:47 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?

grammar articles definite-article indefinite-article determiners

feb 24 at 3:14 tchrist 36.4k

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“between” vs “among”

word-choice prepositions among-between

oct 22 at 10:34 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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How should “deceptively” actually be used?

meaning meaning-in-context word-usage

apr 23 at 13:28 Anne Brown 1

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When should a verb be followed by a gerund instead of an infinitive?

grammar list-request gerund infinitive

feb 22 at 19:51 Scott 333

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“Like something more” or “like something better”

word-choice grammaticality adverbs comparative

jan 2 '12 at 3:54 Pitarou 6,739

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Is it appropriate to put a comma before “which”?

punctuation comma

jan 16 '12 at 6:25 Mahnax 7,036

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“proficient <in/at/with>” What is the correct usage?

word-choice prepositions at-in at-with

oct 18 at 10:46 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Must present perfect tense be used if the action takes place more than once?

verbs

dec 31 '11 at 11:53 user 465

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What is the adjectival form of “nemesis”?

single-word-requests adjectives

apr 23 at 18:02 dibyendu 23

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Word for “best person in a group of bad people”

single-word-requests phrase-requests

aug 26 at 22:03 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Do idioms pose an exception to normal definite and indefinite article usage?

grammaticality idioms articles

mar 10 at 15:11 tchrist 36.4k

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What is a noun modifying clause?

nouns clauses whiz-deletion

apr 7 at 18:52 tchrist 36.4k

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Why do I want to say “the iPhone” instead of just “iPhone”?

definite-article

jan 20 '12 at 9:06 Kris 13.8k

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What does “had had” mean? How does this differ from “had”?

meaning phrases past-perfect repetition

feb 16 at 10:31 maheswar swain 1

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Tenses after “as if”

tenses past-tense

sep 2 at 21:13 jwpat7 37.1k

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What's the difference between “day” and “date”?

differences nouns date

dec 30 '11 at 21:48 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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You are all “but” forced to do something instead of something else

meaning word-choice conjunctions

jan 10 '12 at 7:45 Meysam 1,302

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Is a sentence always grammatically incorrect if it has no verb?

grammaticality verbs sentence

oct 20 at 13:18 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Use of comma separating two adjectives

adjectives comma hyphen

apr 8 at 15:18 jwpat7 37.1k

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When do we use 'revision' as a countable noun?

uncountable-nouns

jan 17 '12 at 22:31 John Lawler 35.5k

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Grammar of 'dare' in this example

jul 2 at 14:23 GEdgar 4,079

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Confused with the interpretation of the restrictive relative clause

relative-clause

jan 19 '12 at 9:34 Community♦ 1

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“Was” or “were” in subjunctive clauses

subjunctive-mood

nov 21 '11 at 13:46 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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Can I use future tense here?

grammar future-tense

mar 12 '12 at 13:14 Matt Эллен 14.3k

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Coordination in “both…and”

coordination

jan 18 '12 at 7:16 Hugo 30.8k

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“The” before superlative

definite-article superlative

sep 25 at 9:12 RegDwighт♦ 45.4k

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