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This tag is for questions related to the English language as used in the United States of America.
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Type of usage/accuracy
As the boy tames the wild bird, it evokes pleasure in him away from his hardship in society; the bird is bettering us here.
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gerund or present participle: bettering
improve on or surpass (an exi …
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Type of usage in these examples
By freeing ourselves from conventions, we see things more clearly.
By freeing ourselves from confinement we embrace freedom.
Do both of these require the comma.
Do these form complete sentences? Why …
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correct usage with conjunctions
He was arrogant, dismissive of others work.
He was arrogant, a dismissive person allround.
Does 1. require an and conjunction as a rule or is ok as written? The second example sounds fine with or …
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Type of usage phrases/conjunctions
She'd lived in Seattle her whole life, grew up there.
*They have got no family I know of, no children.
Would these types of usage be informal only and require conjunctions in formal writing.
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Type of usage in these examples? Clauses/fragments
Peter senses his father's danger and tries to reach him,
but is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away.
Her father struggles with complex emotions about the child he raised as his o …
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A word which describes a statement or question that is vague or random [closed]
I'm looking for that word which people use to describe very random out of the blue *questions.
You say the most (???) things?
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Usage with noun phrases
During the interview he promoted a new book, his brutally honest and funny memoir.
So this is a noun phrase in apposition, but is that what defines it as a noun phrase in this example (being in …
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Sentence construction/comma usage
So, as a rule of thumb if you remove a word or clause which has been enclosed with bracketing commas then it shouldn't destroy the meaning of the sentence.
Does this idea/rule apply to all aspects of …
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Isolated information and usage of bracketing commas in these examples
This is always the case with bracketing commas, and it gives you a simple way of checking your punctuation. If you have set off some words with a pair of bracketing commas, and you find you can't remo …
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Correct usage with compound nouns [closed]
He met an accomplished Hogwarts Witch Hermione Granger. (incorrect)
1'. He met an accomplished Hogwarts Witch, Hermione Granger.(correct)(accepting capitalisation)
He met a Witch Hermione Granger. …
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Correct usage with commas and conjunctions [duplicate]
He won the race, though he never made the grade.
He was charged with fraud; though, these charges were dropped in court.
Any difference in usage with though in these examples? In the sense one look …
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Difference between supplemental noun phrase and absolute clause?
What is the difference between a supplemental noun phrase and a absolute clause? In these examples and in general. Is it just the non-finite nature of the second example? Are they not serving a simila …
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