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This tag is for questions about whether something obeys the rules of grammar in English. The question must INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC GRAMMATICAL CONCERN. If your question is about grammar itself, please use the "grammar" tag.

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"Choose from" vs. "choose of"

I would say the first is better (especially if you add a comma: "I had two options, of which I chose the former"). This is because, I think, you can rearrange it to be, "I chose the former of two opti …
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"Would you mind if I use" vs. "would you mind if I used"

As @Kaiser Octavius says, "used" isn't wrong, as you can tell by replacing this verb with another in the following sentence: "Would you mind if I came to your party?" This implies that I'll come to yo …
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