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Why “it’s turtles” not “they are turtles”

nov 10 at 15:18 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Why is it “time we ate” and not “time we eat”?

grammar future-tense simple-past

nov 28 at 9:47 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Word for pulling and releasing in kite flying

single-word-requests

apr 22 '12 at 12:08 Community♦ 1

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“Has the say on it”

idioms expressions

jul 30 at 21:46 FumbleFingers 58.4k

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“Scheduled on” vs “scheduled for”

prepositions

jun 22 '12 at 5:13 Cameron 4,897

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Why “live on campus” but not “live in campus”

prepositions

jun 14 '12 at 10:46 Community♦ 1

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“A sensible person like you” vs. “a sensible person like yourself”

word-choice pronouns reflexives

jun 5 '12 at 10:25 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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“As a side note” vs. “on a side note”

grammar

jun 11 '12 at 3:10 JLG 14.6k

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“At the first” in the Bible

grammar articles religion

jul 14 at 10:35 Community♦ 1

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“For the time being” vs. “for now”

meaning differences expressions time style

jul 9 at 14:54 Tolerance72 1,074

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“He lies” or “he is lying” for non-habitual actions

tenses

jun 17 '12 at 16:52 John Lawler 35.4k

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“Smiled at me” vs. “smiled to me”

prepositions

jun 16 '12 at 13:14 gambler 6

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“Look into” vs. “look at”

word-choice differences verbs prepositions

jun 6 '12 at 10:09 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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Simple present vs. present continuous

differences verbs speech progressive-aspect

may 7 '12 at 4:45 Old Pro 1,298

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“Watched them get married” vs “watched them getting married”

differences writing-style gerund

mar 14 '12 at 21:21 Hellion 24.4k

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Present perfect for past action with present effect

grammar tenses

feb 13 '12 at 12:40 Shoe 5,733

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“I had been typing” vs “I was typing” vs “I typed”

grammar past-tense past-perfect

apr 22 at 14:07 Community♦ 1

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“Paul would later transfer to McKinley High and join Kevin and Winnie.”

nov 15 at 15:35 Noah 5,415

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The use of “will” in assumptions

grammar past-tense future-tense future-perfect

nov 14 at 5:11 tchrist 36.4k

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“You know” in spoken English [duplicate]

style speech filler-words

oct 20 at 14:29 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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“I have received” vs. “I received”

word-choice tense present-perfect-tense simple-past

oct 1 at 7:15 Community♦ 1

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What's the low back support part of a chair called?

vocabulary

aug 3 at 18:08 Ste 1,817

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Is the use of past tense as “let me know if you needed” common?

grammar tense

jul 13 at 10:44 Barry Brown 507

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From which you have received (it)

style object

jul 7 at 14:20 Daniel δ 32.1k

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Why would he do this to me?

grammar auxiliary-verbs

jun 29 at 4:11 FumbleFingers 58.4k

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“Why wouldn't they process?”

grammar

jun 24 '12 at 16:55 John Lawler 35.4k

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Can “should be” be used for past possibility?

grammar tense

jun 23 '12 at 15:03 Shoe 5,733

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“Why couldn't” vs. “why couldn't you have”

past-tense auxiliary-verbs

jun 20 '12 at 15:27 ruakh 2,725

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Conversion to reported speech with multiple events

grammar indirect-speech

apr 21 '12 at 11:20 Roaring Fish 5,892

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Can “in between” refer to a single continuous action?

meaning grammaticality prepositions

mar 31 '12 at 15:33 RegDwighт♦ 45.2k

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