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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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To have got through or having got through?
"Having got through" is used when another event has occurred afterward. It is similar to an IF-THEN type statement
"Having got through the most serious stage of the illness, he returned to his work." …
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Usage of "lest"
Lest is generally followed by a verb clause, and the construction as a whole creates a subjunctive mood (A hypothetical).
No auxiliary verbs like "will", "would" etc are used following "lest", altho …
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"When I say...I mean" or "When I said...I meant"
It is better to stay in the present tense since you are in the act of narrating in the present rather than referring to something said in the past.
Unrelated, but it should be "There are close to a m …
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such as + auxiliary verb
It is a valid but somewhat old usage. It is used in old prose as well as in modern-day legalese. Especially the following phrase which is somewhat common in legal documents
Such as may be consider …
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'Have the ability to quickly adapt with changing technologies'. Is this a grammatically corr...
It sounds like you're trying to write a resume judging by the sentence fragment.
In any case, you adapt to changes, not with them.
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"If she didn't win" or "If she doesn't win"?
Both are correct grammatically speaking. The difference is that the first one refers to an award ceremony that took place in the past, whereas the second one refers to one that will take place in the …
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