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Is “there's no sin on you” standard?

religion

may 9 at 10:07 Edwin Ashworth 5,215

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

apr 22 at 14:07 Community♦ 1

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Use of “had said” in the “The Archers”

grammar past-tense present-perfect-tense sp-vs-past-perfect perfect-aspect

mar 15 at 12:56 tchrist 36.4k

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“What's” in indirect questions

grammar indirect-question

mar 13 at 15:47 tchrist 36.4k

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The third conditional for “if I could”

conditional subjunctive-mood past-participle conditional-perfect optative-mood

mar 10 at 15:34 tchrist 36.4k

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“Has not been updated” vs “Doesn't seem to be updated”

grammar writing-style

mar 6 at 10:39 Noah 5,415

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“Decide on” vs. “decide”

word-choice verbs prepositions

feb 9 at 19:40 JLG 14.6k

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Wouldn't have been alone

grammar tense conditional-perfect

jan 6 at 7:07 tchrist 36.4k

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Usage of “would have been”

verbs tense conditional conditional-perfect

jan 6 at 7:04 tchrist 36.4k

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What to use for hypothetically completed future actions

tense conditional subjunctive-mood conditional-perfect perfect-aspect

jan 6 at 7:01 tchrist 36.4k

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“Would have” in the following

conditional conditional-perfect

jan 6 at 6:56 tchrist 36.4k

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Tense for second sentence in conditional statements

grammar conditional conditional-perfect perfect-aspect

jan 6 at 6:55 tchrist 36.4k

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would have and would in non conditional statements

grammar conditional conditional-perfect past-habitual

jan 6 at 6:54 tchrist 36.4k

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Third conditional would have and would

conditional subjunctive-mood conditional-perfect

jan 6 at 6:53 tchrist 36.4k

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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♦ 45.1k

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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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Difference between “at someone's face” vs “in someone's face” vs “to someone's face”

differences prepositions at-in

nov 15 at 6:05 Noah 5,415

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“If we were going outside” in polite requests [duplicate]

grammar conditional subjunctive-mood

nov 14 at 5:22 tchrist 36.4k

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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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“how soon I get” vs. “how soon I will get”

nov 14 at 5:00 tchrist 36.4k

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“will you be going home” vs. “will you go home”

differences future-tense progressive-aspect will-be-going

nov 14 at 4:33 tchrist 36.4k

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Will be going to get engaged

grammar future-tense will-be-going

nov 14 at 4:31 tchrist 36.4k

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“I am going to bed” vs. “I will be going to bed”

word-choice verbs present-tense progressive-aspect will-be-going

nov 14 at 3:14 tchrist 36.4k

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

grammaticality grammatical-number verb-agreement dummy-it

nov 10 at 15:18 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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“Stop by” vs. “stop at” vs. “stop on” vs. “stop in”

word-choice prepositions at-in in-on at-by

nov 10 at 13:37 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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Explaining the apostrophe in this quotation [closed]

grammar possessive apostrophe

nov 5 at 12:46 tchrist 36.4k

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“I am done” or “I have finished” or “I am finished” or “I finish”

grammar

oct 23 at 20:54 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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“You know” in spoken English [duplicate]

style speech filler-words

oct 20 at 14:29 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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“In work” vs. “at work”

meaning differences prepositions at-in

oct 18 at 10:19 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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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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