Questions tagged [sentence]
A sentence is a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate.
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'This is not what you think' Is there any way to frame this sentence without using 'not' or any other words meaning the same
You would need to come up with sentences meaning the same as this without actually using not or similar words/synonyms and actually the sentence shouldn't be showing any negative vibes or emotion
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Is it possible to start a sentence with "worse than"? [closed]
In English, is it possible a sentence like this?
Worse than those who do something are those who do something else.
I think this would be the standard sentence:
Those who do something else are ...
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“…that the privations on the soul grow ever more stark and ruinous by the day.” - Can the word “privations” be used in this format?
Is it admissible to use to the phrase “privations on the soul” to describe the state in which the needs of the soul are not met and thus starved?
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What is the subject in this quoted sentence?
"But perhaps most importantly, UF simply should not be looking to Governor DeSantis to decide which speech activities it will permit its employees and students to engage in,” the ACLU’s Daniel ...
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How to interpret the sentence "Rahul Dravid appointed head coach of Indian cricket team"? [duplicate]
Above mentioned sentence is a News headline.
If i had to write it, I write it as
Rahul Dravid is appointed as head coach of Indian cricket team.
Where it should be 'is appointed'. How do I ...
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Is just "Thank you, looking forward" without "to it" correct to use? [closed]
Is just "Thank you, looking forward" correct to use?
Meaning the same as "Thank you, looking forward to it".
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Usage of "illiteracy" in certain sentences
How to use the "illiteracy" word in sentences when you want to mention your illiteracy related to some topics or areas? I'm a native Russian speaker, and when I write English text, I can ...
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Is "personal usage requires the user provision the device" correct? The bare infinitive v the to-infinitive
I've come across this sentence in a piece of technical documentation:
Disabling personal usage requires the user provision the device as a
fully managed device.
In my opinion this sentence is ...
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Is "data, in its broader typological sense" correct to use in a sentence? [closed]
Through the following sentence :
...data, in its broader typological sense,...
I want to mean data with its different types (text, image...)
Is that correct to say? Otherwise what would be an ...
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Is it possible for "thus to" to replace "in order to"
I'm struggling to understand if the sentence below is correct:
The first time they ventured in this bookshop, thus to find refuge and protection from the rain lashing on cobblestones outside, Paul ...
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All my Xs and Ys with Plural X & Singular Y
I am trying to make sentences start with "All", like the following:
All my pots and pans were broken, by accident.
But, what if I had only one pan ?
Sounds ODD : All my pots and pan were ...
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Can "why" ever be used as a subordinating conjunction? [closed]
I posted an image of a list of subordinating conjunctions for my students today, and one of them asked about "why" on the list. I couldn't think of any example where "why" would be ...
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"Damn am I hungry." vs "Damn I am hungry." What is the difference? [duplicate]
I know this is a stupid question, but I've heard a lot of people saying some sentence like that, like interrogative sentence, but they didn't mean to ask a question.
Damn am I hungry, lets go get ...
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Is it correct to say "I have not done enough to say no"? [closed]
I am an international student and writing my Statement of Purpose.
To give you some context, my client asked me a question that I didn't know the answers, but at the same time I felt like I did not ...
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Is a single adjective proper grammar? [duplicate]
Would something like
Cold and soaked, she waits in the rain. Forgotten.
be proper English? Specifically the "Forgotten." part
I know sentences need to have a subject and a verb, but we ...
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Is the word trackable used correctly here?
I want to phrase a sentence to say that:
one could find easily the initial source location of an object.
Could we say that that object is easily trackable, in the sense of its original location?
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Sentence structure with an embedded question in a sentence
There are several instances where we embed questions in a sentence, but what is the conventional structure of those embedded question? For example,
She asked if we still need a pen.
She asked do we ...
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What's the meaning of the second part of this sentence? [closed]
Namespaced functions, unless declared "friend," have no access to the class' internals, whereas static methods have.
What's the meaning of the second part of this sentence, which is seen at ...
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Can I use a comma after an apology?
I apologize, you can return the item to the store.
Is the sentence structure correct or did I need to use a period instead?
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Meaning of "It is also a mile high up in the sky."
Given the example:
Denver is the capital of Colorado. It is also a mile high up in the sky. It is called the “Mile High City.”
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Long explanation of the meaning of being preferred company [closed]
I am trying to grasp the essence and the meaning of being preferred is.
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Is it correct if I complete a sentence with "Before"?
I'm asking for the correct format of this sentence:
My friend: "Can we go for a walk?"
Me: "Sorry, but I have a python course and I need to complete it before".
Is it correct to ...
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Why I hear in a lot of movies the sentence "We was" or "they was" [duplicate]
Sorry if someone already answered it, but as I could not find it, I decided to post the question.
For a while I've been looking movies ( normally USA movies ) and I hear always these statements that ...
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"It is!" I squealed at the same time she cried, "It's not!" - Is this sentence correct? [closed]
Is this sentence apt? -
"It is!" I squealed at the same time she cried, "It's not!"
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What does it mean if a subject clause if it can be replaced by an adverb?
I have this sentence
But it would be foolish to judge Euripides chiefly as a playwright; his ruling interest is not dramatic technique but philosophical inquiry and political reform.
I think this ...
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Kindly explain the meaning of this sentence from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
He had one, brief glimpse of the stone Pensieve on the desk where he had
left it, and then an earsplitting noise made him cry out, thinking of curses and returning Death Eaters and the rebirth of ...
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What kind of sentence structure is this? "The true measure of our character is ..." [closed]
The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, and the incarcerated.
I don't know what type of sentence this is. If any of you know please answer! Complex? ...
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Top down or bottom up for reducing a sentence to all its parts?
I'm still learning grammar. I'm trying to figure out the steps to break down a sentence. My process now is to look at the sentence as a whole first. Then I classify it as either simple, compound, ...
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Can participial phrases describe the actions of a subject other than the first one mentioned?
I'm still very confused about the correct placement of participial phrases when they describe the action of a noun that isn't the main subject.
"I eventually saw the film that had everyone ...
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A question from the famous quote of AGT golden buzzer Nightbirde
I watched a very touching video on youtube recently and there was a very beautiful quote:
"You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy" by Nightbirde.
What ...
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Does, "... gas, electricity, and any other costs associated with the internet," mistakenly imply gas and electricity as a cost for internet?
In the utilities section of a rental agreement, a paragraph ends with the sentence, "Tenants shall be responsible for gas, electricity, and any other costs associated with the internet." In ...
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Use of neither in beginning of sentence [duplicate]
I have come across the following sentence in a paper, and I wonder if it is correct or even just passable English:
Neither is Islam a constant movement over time."
I would use "nor" ...
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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.'
I am aware that infinitives can serve as the subject of a sentence (as in 'To underestimate her would be foolish'), as the object of a sentence ('He likes to play basketball'), and as the predicative ...
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Subordinate clauses headed by "With"
There are some subordinate clauses headed by with. For example:
A company can adopt a standardized approach or an internal models
approach, with the former generally leading to much higher capital
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Is this sentence an example of parataxis?
I'm writing a paper and want to be certain I am understanding this concept correctly. Is this sentence an example of parataxis?
You had to live — did live, from habit that became instinct — in the ...
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Questions on the first paragraph of Virginia Woolf: “Middlebrow”
As far as I understand, didn't Virginia Woolf frown upon the reviewer for posting her address on the newspaper? However, the last sentence seems to express that she thought it is necessary to add the ...
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The usage of "with" and "as“ in a sentence [closed]
Can the preposition with be used in this way with as?
Under the guidance of our leaders, we participated in the show both physically and virtually, with online mode as the main mode and physical mode ...
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He then sought God in different worldly things whom he revered them and praised them [closed]
He then sought God in different worldly things whom he revered them and praised them.
Can someone please let me know if I have made correct usage of 'Whom' in the above sentence. Correction of this ...
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Is it possible to omit 'to' from the following sentence, 'This letter was sent to him yesterday.'?
Is it possible to omit 'to' from the following sentence?
This letter was sent to him yesterday.
I mean,
This letter was sent him yesterday.
Is it ok without 'to' ? If grammatically possible, ...
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Sentence structure of hoax and dupe
Is this sentence structure available for the two verbs?
hoax somebody out of something
dupe somebody out of something
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Differentiating appositive phrases and non-restrictive relative clauses
I'm writing my thesis, and I haven't taken an English class in over a decade, so I apologize if I'm using incorrect terminology in my title, but I was curious about the potential role of relative ...
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Which is the correct phrase to use? On the app or to the app
The context is "What kind of a book can be added on the app/ to the app?"
When I typed the sentence "What kind of a book can be added on the app?" on Grammarly
it was autocorrected ...
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I may go VS I would go [closed]
''I … not go there because it will be hot and crowded'' which one is correct 'may' or 'would', or both are correct but have different meanings?
I think ‘may’ is correct, but people told me that ‘would’...
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Is it okay to have a series in a series? If not then is there another way to structure it? [duplicate]
"In a research process you need to identify the problem, review related literature, set the research questions, objectives and hypothesis, choose the study design and sample design, collect, ...
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Please help me correct these sentences. Thank you! [closed]
The number of cars produced in the UK showed an upward trend.
Personally, I don't think "number" can "show" anything as this noun is inanimate.
The UK witnessed an increase in ...
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What is it called when in a two-phrase sentence the second is unrelated to the first? [closed]
When we talk, each sentence that follows is related logically to the previous sentence, for example, we say:
"I get up in the morning (sentence 1) and brush my teeth (sentence 2)"
Sentence ...
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Starting conjunctions and sentence fragments
We know that it is OK to start a sentence with a conjunction,
but not OK to have incomplete sentences.
This seems to me like a contradiction. How can a sentence that starts with a conjunction be a ...
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Using article "a" [closed]
What is the correct sentence?
I'm neither a man nor a god
I'm neither man nor God
I'm neither a man nor God
I'm neither man nor a god
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Are there rules about the subject of a subordinate clause?
The following two sentences, which is commonly used and grammatically correct?
When Lisa unwrapped the package, she found the cellphone inside it was broken.
When she unwrapped the package, Lisa ...
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Please help me understand the meaning of these sentences [closed]
The documentary I am watching is about WW2 (wartime Dover, actually).
And the narrator, who is aboard a helicopter, utters these sentences, putting himself in the shoes of a German airman:
We know ...
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