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Is this statement grammatically correct as-is, or is an extra comma required?

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are some prepositions (e.g. “concerning”) actually just irregular passive forms of verbs (e.g. “to concern” )

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Is it “Not so well educated” or “Not as well educated”?

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Is this an appositive?

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What's the word for a sycophant who imitates the words of his idol?

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“Show & Shine and Dyno” VS “Show Shine and Dyno”

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Use of would in past tense

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Regard somebody as (being) as holy as a saint

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Do you need a comma before “such as”?

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Indirect Question [grammar]

grammar verbs nouns indirect-question it

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Perhaps or Maybe or I Guess/Think - which one is correct in formal (office) email writing

grammar formality email

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Quantifiers realised by a noun?

grammar noun-phrases quantifiers

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What is the grammatical function of the infinitive 'to aid them' in the following sentence? 'He could do nothing to aid them.'

grammar meaning-in-context syntactic-analysis sentence infinitives

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Bare genitives: written vs spoken forms

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