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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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Can "too" be used with negative verb?
"I'm busy today. Sasha is not here, too."
If the meaning of the "too" is "This is something I'm telling you in addition to saying I'm busy", then "too" is okay. But if the meaning is "I can't help y …
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How to use "more likely"
All are okay. The shorter versions are a bit formal or old fashioned in flavor.
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Usage of cotton
1: Sure, if it's cotton, you can call it cotton.
2: No, if it's not cotton, you ought not to call it cotton, unless perhaps you mean to be metaphoric ("The cotton of the clouds billowed up in the Eas …
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Do or Does - help please
Do. I agree. Why? Perhaps because a call from your attorney would be understood as in effect coming from you, since the attorney represents your interest, so "you" dominates in the disjunction. We …
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'That' in defining clauses
"That" introduces restrictive relative clauses that contain no relative pronoun corresponding to the phrase modified by the relative clause. It doesn't matter what that omitted relative pronoun would …
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Have versus Has
They both sound okay to me. "Have" is okay, it seems, because it agrees with a second person singular "you", and each one of you is a "you" -- second person singular.
This predicts that if I were ad …
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Usage of "unless"
In the grammatical cases, "unless (S)" is equivalent to "if (not (S))". In the ungrammatical cases, instead, the supposed equivalence would have to be to "if (perfect (not (S)))". That is, the probl …
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Do usage errors exist?
A language error is the use of an expression which does not conform to the system of that language. To the extent that people have different ideas about what the language system of English really is …
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Is there a difference between "dislike" and "don't like"?
Just as in logic, negation affects only the constituent it modifies, but in logic, negation can modify only sentences, whereas in English, it can modify other constituents as well. (A logician might …
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Why is "the" used before "smoke" in this sentence?
Using "the" puts you in Dalinar's shoes, so it helps you to identify with him. If a writer is describing a scene, he can assert that there is smoke there, but if you're Dalinar himself, you're not des …
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"generations now past" - is "now" appropriate here?
Yes, it's correct, and metrically preferable. Say the line with the "now" and without while beating out the rhythm with your hand. Without the "now", you get an extra measure/foot, and you can't mat …
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Usage of adverbs like reasonably, practically, essentially, ridiculously, basically
The wording of your question suggests that manner adverbs are somehow more normal or central than other sorts of adverb. I see no reason to think that is true. There are at least three theories about …
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Verb have in experience
The example makes sense, but it is rather odd sounding. It means that the lady's being disrespected affected you and was a bad experience for you. Other such "have" sentences are completely normal E …
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Is the sentence "the recipe requests to turn down the heat" correct?
I don't think a recipe can request things, so I'd say the sentence is not good English. A recipe can say things ("it says to turn down the heat as soon as the water boils"), so it would seem reasonab …
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Rules for verb usage
Aside from the rather intricate rules for what to do with the understood subjects of the second verb in these complex sentences, mentioned by Lawler in his comment, there is also a 3 way choice of com …
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