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03/14/19

Is using passive voice "bad form"?
Whenever I create a document in Microsoft Word, it complains about a lot of my sentences being in passive voice. But, when I read that sentence aloud, it sounds fine to me. I am not sure if it is... more
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Grammar English Syntax

03/14/19

What is an example of syntax?
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03/14/19

Grammatically correct sentence where "you're" and "your" can be interchanged?
Most grammar checkers are capable of detecting the the misuse of "your" and "you're"; providing the necessary correction. I'm curious though, is there any sentence that can be constructed where... more
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03/14/19

Comma or not? Question or Period?
> Before[...] you asked if I was _____. Should there be a comma after 'before' or is the ellipsis okay? Also, should the sentence end with a period or a question mark?
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Grammar Esl/esol Speech

03/14/19

Which is more formal and which is easier to understand?
>1. Affixes are subdivided into prefixes, which precede the base to which they attach >2. Affixes are subdivided into prefixes, which precede the base which they attach to. The difference... more
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03/14/19

Must I read books to improve my vocabulary and grammar?
I have a major problem. I can't really decide what I should do.In school, I'm in an english performance class. We're going to read some books, and already are reading "To Kill A Mockingbird", but... more
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03/14/19

Which one is acceptable in an academic paper? Fig 4. show or Fig 4. shows?
Is it right to say: > Fig. 4, **Show** the wireless transmission of data. Shouldn't it be: > Fig. 4, **Shows** the wireless transmission of data. By the way, another question would be, is it... more
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Grammar Japanese Time

03/14/19

How can I say "Right now", or "At that exact moment"?
Saying "now" is easy, with 今, but in my experience that doesn't express so much "right now, this instant" as it does "currently". I am looking for structure that translates these examples well: -... more
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03/14/19

How to punctuate an example indicated by "say"?
I'm wondering how commas should be placed around the word "**say**" and the following clause in a sentence like this: > If you have, say, a bucket, that you would like to fill with water, then... more
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03/14/19

Why did author use a different sort of articles in sentence, which describe a picture?
I am not a native speaker. I am doing a exercise "*Answer the questions about the pictures*" from my Grammar Book and I checked Keys at end of the book: I saw: > - In A **the** man is lying... more
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03/14/19

Why translate cities and person names?
I come from a language that preserves the original names of cities and especially personality names, so I was very surprised to find in Italian translation of this particular substantive types. I... more
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03/14/19

The genitive of 'one' (used instead of 'you') in formal contexts?
It's better to use 'one' instead of 'you' in formal writing but what about the genitive of 'one'? your body => one's body/ ones body / ...? What is correct?
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03/14/19

ascoltare and "sentire" When do we use each?
When do we use "ascoltare" and when "sentire"? Are there specific phrases with each?
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03/14/19

What is this strange sentence by Walt Whitman?
> The future is no more uncertain than the present. —Walt Whitman This is supposed to mean "The future is certain, just like the present." But it means the opposite... I learnt in school that no... more
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03/14/19

Is "Too Much People" possible when I want to get the feeling of uncountable people?
Of course the rule is countable = many Uncountable = much But I see in some contexts that it's possible to exist this sense when I can't count in a way that it's exaggerated. "There were too... more
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03/14/19

How do I know what a participial phrase is within a sentence?
Recently, I have realized that there are huge gaps in my knowledge in terms of grammar, so I have begun learning some of the basics. One thing I am trying to learn is the participial phrase. I... more
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03/14/19

Does the English language have an official Academy?
For some languages, there are academies that decide topics such as grammar and spelling of things, for example, for the Spanish language, there are 22 academies in 22 different countries, all... more
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Grammar German

03/14/19

How do you ask "who" which is "wer", but for plural things such as people?
Can you say for example "Wer sind sie?" or do you use something else for that question?
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Grammar German

03/14/19

Use of the word "had" more than once in a statement in the German language?
Even though the question contains the word `had`, I am referring to any forms of the word `have`. In English it's easy to think of a sentence which has two `have`s in it. For instance: > I have... more
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Grammar German

03/13/19

Confused between usage of den vs einen?
I am a newbie trying to learn Deutsch. `den` and `einen` are akkusative forms of masculine words. My confusion is when to use `den` and when to use `einen`. e.g. > Ich kaufe den... more
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Grammar Chinese

03/13/19

How to say "red book"?
I'd like to know how to say "red book" in Mandarin. Can it be 红色 的 书 or 红书? I read a book to learn about color, it used 红色 的 before a noun but I heard in a song it used only 红 before noun. I... more
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03/13/19

Experienced in or "experienced of"?
What is the correct use of experienced, with *in* or *of*? For example, > I have experienced **in** system development. > > I have experienced **of** system development.
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03/13/19

Analysis of "It is like a dream come true"?
I've been unable to grammatically analyse the sentence> It is like a dream **come** true.To me, it should either be> It is like a dream **that has come** trueor> It is like a dream... more
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03/13/19

What are some examples of phonology?
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Grammar German

03/13/19

Die machen kein Problem für dich or "die sind kein Problem für dich"?
When I want to say > So they're no problem for you. in German, which of the two sentences is (more) correct or common? More context: I was talking about the two special German words, "Sie"... more
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