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This tag is for questions about morphology and syntax, the two elements of grammar. DO NOT USE THIS TAG IF YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT WHETHER SOMETHING SPECIFIC IS GRAMMATICAL. For such cases use the 'grammaticality' tag. Also do not use this for punctuation or spelling (orthography); those are not about grammar, and they have their own tags.
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Conditional starting with "had"
There is a conditional clause without 'if'. In this case we use an inverted order of words /like in yes-no questions/. So the sentence is grammatically correct.
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Difference between present perfect continuous and present participle form in refering to reg...
The second sentence isn't grammatically correct because the main idea of Present Continuous Tense, which is used there, is to express 'incompleted present process at /or around/ the moment of speech'. …
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What's the technique of using phrases of different meanings separated by a conjunction called?
Zeugma is one of stylistic syntactic figures. It is defined as 'the use of a single word in relation to two other parts of a sentence althoughgrammatically or logically the word applies to only one of …
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Difference between clauses
The first sentence refers to the completed past event. The event is not going on now.
The second sentence may refer either to the noncompleted event which is going on now or the completed event with …
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Is the sentence: "The longer I worked, the worse my career." A correct sentence?
The sentence needs a predicate, depending on the context:
The longer I worked, the worse my career was.
Or: The longer I worked, the worse my career has been.
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Hypothesis on / about
Both prepositions are correct.
See some examples from Reverso.context.net:
Once we've determined the alkalinity of the soil, we can then begin to form a hypothesis about the local geology.
Experim …
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Too slow/Too slowly
The second sentence is grammatically more correct because there is an adverb /slowly/ modifying the verb.
'Slow' is an adjective which modifies nouns. So the first sentence is not grammatically corre …
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I had breakfast before I do exercise? Correct to say?
It depends on your view of the situation.
1. I would say:
'I have had (or: l've had) breakfast before I do exercise' if you consider the whole situation referring to the daily routine. Then 'having br …
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Is the use of 'had' in this context correct?
Yes, it is correct in this sentence.
We use the Past Perfect Tense here (had left), because it is important to show that the event (her leaving) happened before the other events in this situation.
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Must have done something or must have something done
They are correct but completely different. The first one means high probability of a past event seen from the Present. The second one refers to the necessity of having something done by someone. The …
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Grammatical structure in “best avoided”
In your case 'best' is an adverb form which is used to modify a verb.
Here's an extract from the entry in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/best):
best
super …
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Which one is more appropriate to use: More or most?
The 'most' is the superlative degree.
So it can't be used with 'than' which follows 'more' (the comparative degree).
Have a look at this:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=most+poisonous …
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Is this sentence grammatical?
Your sentence is grammatically correct.
According to the graph the position of 'respectively' can be both before and after the verb.
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Please explain me about the grammar usage of this sentence ."It's the possibility of having ...
Your example is an emphatic statement with introductory IT.
Instead of the simple sentence
"The possibility of having a dream makes life interesting"
we use this emphatic sentence with the meaning …
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a grammatically wrong sentence in a book
The sentence
"he often used rows with people to let off steam"
is grammatically correct.
USE is a transitive verb here
and means
: to take smth regularly
The sentence
"he is often used to …
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