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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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Where to place the word shop, in the extract below. A question of grammar, or are both correct?
Hilary Hummingbird- Smyth’s, “Bonnets and Bows,” was without doubt, the prettiest shop on the Parade, and what the crooked, half-timbered cottage lacked in symmetry, it made-up for it with its olde w …
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Which of the following two sentences is correct and/or better?
I prefer the first. I'm not keen on separating the auxiliary verb "have" from the main verb "come" by that many intervening words, as you've done in the second version.
"Why have you, being only a c …
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Wondering if the use of "either ...nor " is correct
Mr Turchynov's version can't be criticised: "...will never be recognised either by Ukraine or by the civilised world".
The alternative form would be: "...will be recognised neither by Ukraine nor by …
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"See it important" or "See it as important"?
I wouldn't say it's wrong, just unusual. Commonly heard are "I consider it important", I judge it important", "I deem it important", and I can't see any reason why you couldn't say "I see it important …
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Is "will just need to [verb]" grammatical?
It's grammatical. It means "you only need to" or "you merely need to". It's also quite colloquial, something you hear often. But "fill up" isn't heard that often; more likely it will be "fill in" or " …
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"No, I hadn't." vs "No, I didn't."
The reason, I'd guess, comes down to a vague but erroneous belief that have got is not as correct as do have, and therefore he effectively corrects guy No.1's grammar. … The bad grammar lies with guy No. 2, not guy No.1.
Sometimes someone will even correct his own grammar, as in this from another cop show: "You've got a hunch, don't you?" …
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Bear witness that I to the oneness of Allah do I testify - two I's
The extra "I" is needed to support the metre. Without it, the second line is one beat short.
It's no worse than Paul McCartney's "this world in which we live in".
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How to change the narration of this sentence?
Ben asked himself if Jimmy wanted to marry the banker's daughter.
Ben wondered if Jimmy wanted to marry the banker's daughter.
You can't expect to capture all the nuances of direct speech if you swit …
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Usage of the Past Perfect of "to be" for 2 (discrete) past events?
There's nothing wrong with the bit you're asking about, but if it was my sentence I wouldn't use "confabulated", which is a word normally used in a non-serious, slightly facetious sense. If you weren' …
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An (consonant) object
As John Lawler says, it's purely a matter of pronunciation. It doesn't matter whether what intervenes between the indefinite article and the noun is in brackets or not. It's "an" in "an egg", but not …
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What is this "the"? What does it mean?
"Rivers" means all rivers. "The rivers" means a particular group of rivers.
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Plural nouns used as adjectives
There is no need for the plural. Most likely the writer thought the singular form, active forum threads, might be misinterpreted as active threads rather than threads in active forums. But the proble …
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think it fair criticism (grammar question, can't understand)
Is this grammatically similar to the construction deem it necessary?
Yes, it is. See my answer in this thread
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Key to innovation or key of innovation?
There's no grammatical reason you couldn't say "key of", but "key to" is the right choice, simply because it's the standard way. Prefer whatever makes your text read more smoothly, without the reader …
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Comprehension - gave them the run of the base grounds still in Ukrainian hands
During the ordeal, the colonel gave reporters and TV crews the run of the base grounds still in Ukrainian hands, and held impromptu news conferences in front of brigade headquarters.
The colonel …
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