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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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Can a sentence have two verbs of same type - for example "is"?
You try breaking it in parts and replace one part by a pronoun.
What is the function doing?
A good way of figuring out that is to type it without the parentheses.
Another example can be:
What he do …
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"The dead" vs. "the dead people"
The dead means people who have died. Adding people on its own is redundant. If you want to use dead as adjective, then use dead bodies.
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"Why the sun shines?"
My niece says to me, 'Why does the sun shine?'
My niece asks me why the sun shines.
In the former sentence, I am quoting the direct speech of my niece. And that speech is a question. So, that's endi …
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Inversion with "many times" at the beginning of a sentence
I am having a discussion with my friend. I said, "Many times I have seen him washing his car." He says it should be, "Many times have I seen him washing his car. Much like "Often do I see him", and no …
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