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comment How to Construct an Unambiguous Joint Possessive that Follows a Verb?
I'm not quite following. Obviously you can remove the ambiguity by saying "I sang to John's and Mary's daughter". And obviously it doesn't mean that you sang to two daughters. (Likewise, "John's and Mary's cats" is only ambiguous because cats is plural.) So I'm not really sure what your question here is. Also, in speech "I sang to [John] and [Mary's daughter]" is completely different from "I sang to [[John and Mary]'s daughter]". Writing is notoriously bad at reproducing intonation, but that is a general problem, and there are various general workarounds.
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revised Speeded vs. Sped
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comment In the context of family, what is the opposite of “immediate”?
@Mohit yes, I actually use it. Apparently so does the San Francisco Chronicle and a bunch of books on Google Books. I never said it was popular, let alone the most popular. In fact I expressly added "to me".
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comment What does “English as second language” mean?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_language: "A second language or L2 is any language learned after one's first language."
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reviewed Reviewed Looking for a better term than 'benign envy' or 'mudita'
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revised Looking for a better term than 'benign envy' or 'mudita'
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comment There is/are for multiple subjects
The question is about syntax, not meaning. The meaning of the sentence is not changed by using "there is" instead of "there are", either. Both indicate "those fruit exist [in that place]". So now your answer is even wrong by your own logic.
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comment Word Pairs Like Prideful / Proud?
Um, I'm afraid it's the opposite of too specific. There are any number of equally correct answers. So unless people work together to write up one single giant endless community-wiki answer (or you edit this such that there is a single, objectively correct answer), this will have to be closed as not constructive.
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answered In the context of family, what is the opposite of “immediate”?
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answered Speeded vs. Sped
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comment Where should the apostrophe be for the singular and plural possessive forms of user?
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/'s#Particle
22h
revised “All that is needing” vs. “all that is needed”
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reviewed Approve suggested edit on “All that is needing” vs. “all that is needed”
23h
comment Try something by video?
... or following, or after. In any case, I think this is a better fit for ELL.
23h
comment There is/are for multiple subjects
If you rearrage the sentence, it becomes a different sentence. Please do not rearrange sentences. More to the point, it is safe to say that thousands of native speakers all over the world are using "there's" followed by a plural this very minute, rendering your answer wrong.
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reviewed Edit “Concision” vs. “conciseness”
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revised “Concision” vs. “conciseness”
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revised Proper adjective to use with the word “chance” (“low”, “small”, “slim”, etc.)
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comment Macho for women
You will have to define "overly feminine" more precisely, or really at all. Otherwise anything from cougar to hooker to vamp to amazon to matriarch will get thrown around, making this non-constructive.
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revised Does the word “simpleness” actually exist?
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