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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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A case of optional “that”: “check the” vs. “check that the”
From what I've read online regarding this, the easiest thing for me to determine when to use "that" is to use it if everything after "that" can be used as a complete sentence.
Please check that th …
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Is it possible to start a grammatically-correct English sentence with the word "Than"?
"Than" is a word that is normally difficult to start a grammatically correct sentence with.
Also:
Than a bear, the cub is smaller.
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What does one call a person who is next in line in a business process?
A dependent step is one that relies on a previous step to occur. It doesn't necessarily mean next-in-line exclusively, but certainly it can be used with appropriate verbiage (upon what does it depend? …
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How and when can we use "why else"?
If a question could be asked with a specific answer:
Q: Why did the ice cream melt?
A: Because the sun was hot.
and yet could be answered an additional way, or more information is requested:
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How does punctuation affect this clause in a sentence?
It would be cleaner to say:
Parents, and children under the age of 18 that live in the same residence[, ...]
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Using the word "whether" instead of "which"
Whether implies a choice to be made and focuses on the question as a whole, and usually involves two options, even if one is to not make a choice.
Which means pick from available (known) options.
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Choice of tense to describe continuing status of an object
As someone who works in a support ticket environment and provides support for usage of a ticketing system, the only sentence that makes sense in context is 2. And all of the sentences are incorrect be …
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Does this sound natural to you ? - "I am really confident in English"
No, it doesn't sound natural. Usually one would respond with the same terms as being asked.
The asking party is asking about the ability:
Are you good at thing?
The proper response is, if true …
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He/she “can’t” or “couldn’t” be with us today?
We all don't trust ngrams to mean much, but still, if there's no practical difference in the corpus, there isn't much point in arguing correctness.
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Sentence in which "its" and "it's" can be interchanged without changing the meaning?
Here’s an example sentence meeting your criterion:
I can’t figure out how to use the word it’s correctly.
Edit because "the word" is causing issue with some people:
I can't figure out how to use it …
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Trouble with translating "brainwash the populace to believe"
In context:
those in power -- that is, those who abuse their power to brainwash the populace to believe that the ills of society have been eliminated.
The use of that is means to further explain …
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"My aunt is coming to dinner tomorrow" (grammar of 'to dinner')
For the original question's statement:
My aunt is coming to dinner tomorrow.
Why not an article?
My aunt is coming to the dinner tomorrow.
Which dinner? Oh, you mean that big well-known th …
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Is "I've told you at fewest ten times" grammatical?
If you ask me to stake a claim on a grammar basis, I'll put it to the point of what (in my opinion) grammar should be: given an audience, be understood. …
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What is the difference between a part of speech and a syntactic function / grammatical relat...
While syntax is composed of structural units, for instance constituents in traditional grammar, phrases in functional grammar and generative grammar, groups in systemic functional grammar or constructions … in construction grammar, it is the linear ordering of the individual parts within a hierarchically structured sequence which constitutes their grammatical function. …
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"Was it a girl?" or "Was that a girl?"
It will be obvious to the listener what was meant, and as grammar was established as correct, the rest is opinion. …
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