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This tag is for questions about correctly using a word. The word has to be provided within the question. The question should be limited to the usage of one word. For the usage of complete phrases there is the tag phrase-usage.
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So, "Some advice" or "some advices"? Which is correct?
"Some advice" or "some advices" as in "I got some advice / advices for you"? So, Which is correct?
In Oxford Learner's Dictionaries, "advice" is uncountable noun, so "Some advice" is the correct one …
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Is "I am running" or "I run" grammatical to say while running?
Please check this video.
I understood for performative verbs, if we are doing something and, at the same time, we are saying it, we don't need to use the present continuous tense. I am not sure I have …
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How are "might" and "may" used in the past?
OK, we all know that epistemic modals such as may and might can be interchanged to express possibility in present & future
For example: he might be late, and he may be late are almost the same. Sour …
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So, Can linking verbs be used with "continuous tenses"?
What Are Linking Verbs?
A linking verb is a verb which connects a subject to its predicate
without expressing an action. A linking verb is used to re-identify or
describe its subject.
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We have "on Monday" for 1 occasion & "on Mondays" for repeated events, can we have similar p...
According to Cambridge Dictionary,
with a singular day of the week to refer to one occasion:
I’ve got to go to London on Friday.
with a plural day of the week to refer to repeated events …
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Can we say "to drink out" (similar to "eat out") to mean to drink away from home?
We all know that to eat out means “to eat away from home, esp in a restaurant” per the Free Dictionary.
However, I have not heard anyone say to drink out. The Internet doesn’t have any information ab …
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Why can an adjective be placed after "eat" as in "garlic can be eaten raw"?
Edit note:
This question with some good answers does not explain (or ask) why it is an adjective that's used as opposed to an adverb in this type of construction:
Is this an objective complement or …
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What does "so" in "I am so out of here" mean?
Ok,
The idiom "out of here" means going or leaving (source)
So, I am out of here=I am leaving (not sure it means "I am moving out right now" or "I will move out shortly")
Now, we also have "I am s …
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judge somebody/something (on something)? or judge somebody/something (by something)?
I saw 1 English teaching material written by a non-native English speaker said "shouldn’t judge others by their clothes".
However, there is a structure
judge somebody/something (on something): Sc …
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What is the difference "I made him angry" and "I got him angry"? [closed]
These are from dictionaries, and it is hard to distinguish "make somebody/something + adj" and "get somebody/something + adj" and grammar books seldom talk about them
Get
18 MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING B …
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Is "Chemistry" used for any relationship or just for romantic relationship?
In dictionary, Chemistry means the complex emotional or psychological interaction between people (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/chemistry)
Seem the definition does not say that …
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How should I use "sell out" & "be sold out"?
I am quite confused.
It seems that sometimes people use the active voice "sell out" & sometimes they use the passive voice "be sold out" to express the idea of "(of tickets for a concert, sports game, …
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When to use "to take a walk" & when to use "to walk"?
This website says
used with a noun instead of using a verb to describe an action. For
example, if you take a walk, you walk somewhere
So "to take a walk" & "to walk" can be used interchangeabl …
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What are the differences between "May" & "Might" / "May have" & "Might have" in strict English?
The more I learn about Modals, the more confused I get. English Modals are very unstructured or adhere to a rigorous structure & that makes foreigners hard to understand them.
According to oxforddicti …
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So, "might have been sleeping" (Modal perfect continuous) corresponds to past continuous, pr...
"Modal + have + PP" refers to the past
But it is quite ambiguous!!
What does "the past" mean?
Simple Past, Present perfect, Past perfect all refers to the past.
So the question is:
Does Modal + …
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