For questions about whether something obeys the rules of English grammar in a certain context.
Questions tagged [grammaticality-in-context]
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What is wrong in "It's quite often to hear such rumors these days."?
In this question, which asks for transforming a sentence from passive voice to active, I left a comment as
It's quite often to hear such rumors these days.
However, @Brillig told me that sentence is not grammatically correct.
I want to know which…
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Water as a verb
I saw an advertisement of a product which helps people clean their body without the need to use water. The advertisement was:
We made easy way to clean, No need to water
Is it correct?
Yazdkhasti
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"I will not" or "I don't" as an answer for negative orders?
She: "Don't forget to bring washing powder.
I: Okay, I don't. (or I will not?)
I know the rule of thumb that in interrogative sentences we always have to answer in the same tense that we were asked. (For example: Are you there? Yes, I am. or "Do…
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"which led to police issue an Amber Alert" [sic]
Budd, 43, is wanted in connection with the death of Justin Bird, 17,
and the abduction of his ex-spouse's 17-year-old daughter, which led
to police issue an Amber Alert for the girl yesterday. (Jonas Budd, suspect in abduction and fatal…
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Reluctant to understand "and more often than not one"
I am reading SICP-Chapter II
and encounter such a sentence
In this chapter we are going to look at more complex data. All the
procedures in chapter 1 operate on simple numerical data, and simple
data are not sufficient for many of the problems…
Wizard
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Usage of “to be” and “to have been”
Why has "to have been" been used in the following sentence? Can we replace it with "to be"? Would there be any change in the meaning if we change it to "to be"?
Interview was at 10 am and I was not even interviewed even after 3 pm, Human resource…
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Why is "development of" wrong in this paragraph?
I wrote the below paragraph in an essay, the examiner commented that
use of "development of" was wrong and "developing" was recommended. Could you please help me why ?
In conclusion, I should say although there may be many merits to development of…
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'Here' as subject..... Grammatically correct or not
Can I say : "Here are your shoes" ( if we've found the shoes here )? Can 'HERE' be used in this way?
And can I say : "Here these are" (just like : "here it is")?
Prerna Krishna
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Recover the dialog: "Nice to meet you. Me too."
Could you help me to recover full version of the following dialog:
— Nice to meet you.
— Me too.
If I am correct, the first sentence in its full version is:
— It is/was nice to meet you.
What is full version of the second sentence?
Denis Kulagin
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Can we use adjectives and leave out the "being"?
I saw this somewhere. In social media, I believe. I don't remember the whole sentence:
... in spite of the fact you can't deny the liminal state between exasperated and agitated. (I hope I write it correctly)
Shouldn't 'being' be there before…
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Did you have a good flight or have you had a good flight?
You meet your friend Sally at the airport. She has just arrived. You say:
Hi, Sally. How are you ________________________
A) did you have a good flight?
Or
B) have you had a good flight?
According to the book this question is from the correct answer…
Pumpkin cake
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Putting 's' in a certain context
Should it be:
"laboratory tests results" or "laboratory test results"
for doing different types of tests, not just one?
I feel the first one sounds weird, although I think it's correct grammatically.
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Can controls "be performed"?
From a book on GMP I've come across:
In-process controls may be performed in regular intervals during a process step (e.g. tabletting, encapsulation) or at the end of a process step (e.g. granulation, blending).
Is this use of the verb…
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An employer tried to tell me that it is wrong to say, "someone was dead"
During a job interview, I was asked why I quit my last job.
I told the prospective employer that my grandfather passed away in China all of a sudden. Because he was dead in China, I must go to China for the funeral arrangements according to the…
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How do I ask whether there it's a holiday for the class?
I am enrolled in an evening program conducted on every Wednesday. In the schedule, an upcoming Wednesday is left blank. I want to ask the coordinator through email whether that particular Wednesday is a holiday for my program. Which of the following…
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