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  • Asked on March 31, 2021 in Grammar.

    When using the verb will in its volitional sense, its past tense is willed. “would” only is used as a modal in traditional English, expressing either a conditional aspect or the future in the past. None of these examples are grammatical.

    How would you use this usage if you want to be understood?

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  • Asked on March 28, 2021 in Grammar.

    When using the verb will in its volitional sense, its past tense is willed. “would” only is used as a modal in traditional English, expressing either a conditional aspect or the future in the past. None of these examples are grammatical.

    How would you use this usage if you want to be understood?

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  • Asked on March 19, 2021 in Grammar.

    What is the best way to ask a question that you asked 2 years ago? This is what I have come up with!

    • The Big Mess Construction is an adjective phrase (and an adjective as the head) not a noun phrase.

    • Note: The adverbs ‘too’,’so’, ‘how’, ‘as’ and so forth have an optional prepositional phrase “of something’as a complement.

    Why

      is it good for a cook?  

    The adjective “good” is the head of this phrase. Adverb ‘as’ is an adjunct. PP ‘of a cook’ is the complement. This post is going to be about ‘old-time’,

      'of' and what is  

    being deleted resulting in: ‘Still a good cook’, which is how this is most often said. No one deletes ‘of’ in these constructions.

    The BMC is normally

    a predicate adjective phrase, but often it appears to be the subject of a clause or the object of a verb – contradicting the theory that it’s an adjective phrase entirely. Whereas adjectives can be subject but object?

      The company had never faced anything that very specific and... difficult. *  

    My theory is that this a complex ellipsis where the head is deleted. In a full sentence, the company would

      say: "The company had never faced any problem that was so difficult as to be an employee of the company."  

    How did you prepare for the 2017 YTO?

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  • Asked on March 16, 2021 in Grammar.

    Either…or means exclusively one or the other. Is it true that a combination of two truths is true, but another is more false than the other? Where XOR gets mentioned in boolean algebra.

    What can I make as my dessert? Is ice cream or cake a good option?

    Can you think of more than one option for the child? Can one be true?

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  • Asked on March 16, 2021 in Grammar.

    Either…or means exclusively one or the other. Is it true that a combination of two truths is true, but another is more false than the other? Where XOR gets mentioned in boolean algebra.

    What can I make as my dessert? Is ice cream or cake a good option?

    Can you think of more than one option for the child? Can one be true?

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  • Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.

    In the first version a “1991 was year in which I devoted myself” is placed, but sometimes unintentionally so. So, the grammar is pretty similar, it is a matter of emphasis.

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