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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 "if any problem, please call me" grammatical?
Yes, you are correct. The first clause in the sentence is ungrammatical because it lacks a verb. It looks like laziness on the writer's part when they should have said if there is any problem, or if …
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When to use "is" vs. "are"
"Secretary of State John Smith and Attorney General Bill Jones" are more than one individual, so are is correct.
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Using the expression "the same" for a previously mentioned item
It's grammatically correct and acceptable, but still I'd say "the same" in the context of your example sentence is a little ambiguous, and looks like it may be missing a noun. I'd suggest replacing i …
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Why must "not" frequently be paired with "do"? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
English questions and negation with do in syntax
I've always wondered why English insists on pairing not with do, when negating an action. For example, you say:
I d …
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Divide two into four and Divide two by four
"Divide 2 into 4" and "divide 2 by 4" seem semantically identical (2 / 4) to me; I don't recognize the former's meanining as 4 / 2.
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How archaic is the use of a question mark mid-sentence? [duplicate]
I was wondering how common it is these days to use a question mark mid-sentence to indicate that a sentence contains more than one question, for example:
How can I get there? and why should I go?
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Is the phrase "in function of" proper English?
I don't think you're going to prove him wrong. :-) "In function of" definitely sounds wrong, even in a maths/computing context.
Perhaps you mean that X is created as a function of Y. In a computin …
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Plural form of movie titles
I think it's best to avoid changing the movie title at all; it should be left intact as the author intended it to be. In your example, I'd paraphrase, and say:
Let's watch The Matrix movies!
or,
L …
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"An abandoned cute little kitten" or "a cute abandoned little kitten"
As other answers have testified, the ordering of adverbs and adjectives in English is much down to personal taste. My favoured order would be "abandoned cute little kitten" because it lets you tie "c …
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"If I would go there, I would be in trouble" - correct?
Occasionally I've seen the construct:
If I would [verb], I would [verb].
... used, to indicate that the second clause is a condition of the first. For example,
If I would go there, I would …
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Alternative phrase to "highly paid job"
Basically yes, that phrase sounds fine, though I might hyphenate highly and paid:
You have a highly-paid job.
I might also paraphrase it to sounds slightly more natural (though this is subjectiv …
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"How big of a problem" vs. "how big a problem"
Quite a few phrases in English are constructed like so:
How [adjective] a [noun]...?
This is the question form of the construction, which is often answered with the negative:
Not that [adjec …
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