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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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Is this the right way to express concession using inversion?
What you may be thinking of is this:
Should France agree to transfer
control of the operation to NATO, this
might improve relations with Turkey.
Had there been more frequent security
ch …
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Why do some people say "there have voted"? Is it grammatical, or maybe historical?
This is in fact a legitimate construction, though formal and old fashioned, and limited by certain conditions not all of which I am fully aware of. Consider this quote from the standard modernised ren …
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Usage of "as" in a context
*Up to this point, the item is described (as) it has full warranty until 10/2013 but this is not true.
I'm afraid this is not correct. What you could say instead:
Up to this point, the item is desc …
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"Proportion of IPOs in France"?
I don't think so, though I am not an expert in finance. For me, "the proportion of IPOs in France" may very well refer to the total number of IPOs instead of their total value. I think you need a long …
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‘With me being one of them’—grammatically correct?
You have several options. I am repeating some of the other answers because it seems practical to have them all together: I hope my plagiarism will be forgiven!
1) Five people went to the party las …
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"is necessary" vs "it is necessary"
You need it:
To perform a task, it is necessary
to do some things.
The reason is that, in your sentence without it, the subject to do some things would come after the finite verb is: because i …
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“It's no use of doing something”
My Ugandan dialects are a bit rusty; but is certainly incorrect in standard English, and I've never heard it in any English dialect so far. Proving that it is "ungrammatical" in any dialect would seem …
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Ambiguity of "Dogs must be carried on this escalator"
Others have explained that this kind of pseudo-ambiguity is quite normal. I will add some background on why it might be ambiguous and why readers will easily solve that ambiguity.
Of central importan …
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Is the phrase "in function of" proper English?
How would you say it in Dutch, then? X wordt gemaakt in functie van Y? That doesn't sound right, so you probably mean something else. I'd say X is een functie van Y or the other way around (x=3y is no …
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Usage of "is when"
There are two questions you could ask: 1. is this acceptable?, and 2. if not, why not?
It is fine in casual writing, but it may not be appropriate in formal writing; it sounds a bit too informal for …
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"We" when referring to a team of 1
It is generally accepted to use we when the person represents the company and speaks for it. If the department consists of only one person, this person may still be said to represent the entire compan …
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Is "today's" grammatical as a singular possessive?
It is correct, but you need hyphens:
Today's easy-to-use models can come in handy for a variety of purposes.
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Do I need a "to" for a second infinitive in a sentence?
Normally, you are free to either omit or repeat to in an elliptical, parallel construction like this. However, in this case the word first stands between to and the infinitive, and so you cannot repea …
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Analysis of "There is something it is like to be us"
This construction is grammatical, but awkward.
there is something [that] it is like to be us
In other words, [to be us] is like [something], as opposed to to be us is like nothing (= being us is …
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Should I use an apostrophe, when the possession appears before the possessive subject?
In speech, I think I would say and your business's, pronounced -nisiz. In writing, I would change it to and that of your business.