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In my book there is a sentence: I hadn't yet heard people speak openly of untouchability, but I had already seen felt experienced and been humiliated by what it is. What is the difference between ...
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'Declarative questions' are often used when the speaker thinks he/she knows or has understood something, but wants to make sure or express surprise (not normally possible after a question word: Where'...
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How would you add tag questions after imperative sentences like "Follow me" or "Let's eat something" or "Let him think"?
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In the quote, "Where are you from? If you don't mind my asking." should I keep the question mark as it is or place it at the end, like, "Where are you from, If you don't mind my ...
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Here I have 2 questions which is tough for me to figure out which one is exactly correct. Are you able to check them and assist me? What explains the remarkable turn of events? Or what does explain......
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Sentence is: They can't wait to see their friend, brother, son, reborn. The sentence feels lacking but I can't tell what. Am I over thinking or can it be improved on? Friend, brother, son is how he'...
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Does this "should" have some special meaning? For young professionals, why should they want to work in a large commercial bank? What difference is there from just using "do"? ...
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What is the reason in using the verb "do"? On negative sentences, why we don't leave just the negation "not" with the main verb, as: "I not write", instead of "I do ...
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In the Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (1908) Watson asks Holmes about a telegram: Have you it there? And I vaguely remember similar constructions in other Sherlock ...
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Or should the question in the title be "Do you or does she like this elephant?" In addition, assuming the following ambiguities are independent from the distinction in above phrasings... ...
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In the dialogue below: Person A: My trip was stressful. Person B: Why was it? I feel like "why was it?" sounds wrong and "why was that?" sounds correct and more natural in casual ...
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I'm wondering the correct punctuation in a list of questions within an academic APA setting. For instance, if I had: We were still able to address our original questions: How did the students respond ...
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According standard English, we do not use 'the' with the name of a single island, for example, 'Tasmania' or 'Bermuda'. We just use 'the' when the name refers to a group of islands or is made up of ...
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I would be deeply grateful if you answer my question. I'm currently writing my thesis about standard and non-standard English grammar and the main problem of my work is why artists make grammar "...
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This is a quote by Franklin D Roosevelt, it goes as follows: “ it is not sufficient just to want ask yourself. What are you going to do to get what you want” My question is when writing this quote is ...
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