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Forgot password? “]” I don’t think that I am a copying hero.
How do I reset my password on Quora? I forgot my password and I will never receive it. How do …
phrase-requests

syntax

word-choice

Mike Zavarello Asked on December 26, 2021 in Word choice.
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- 12 answers
- 635 votes
I never recognize 90% of people who are from other countries, why does it mean 10% of people from another country?
Why can’t I recognise 10% of people? What goes into saying there is no time? (Cf comments under this video.) …
ambiguity

Grammar

Meaning

negative-polarity-items

syntax

Dominik Asked on September 22, 2021 in Grammar.
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- 8 answers
- 127K votes
Metalanguage and Sentence Structure (help!!) (closed)
My teacher said I need to work really hard at sentences and text analysis. When completing my exams I will …
australian-english

Meaning

syntactic-analysis

syntax

Maddy S Asked on July 12, 2021 in Meaning.
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- 124 answers
- 159K votes
Syntax of phrase “the word cancer” “The word skin cancer”
On one of the mornings of disposal, a man from a second-hand bookstore visited us, bought several hundred books, and …
Grammar

syntactic-analysis

syntax

william Asked on March 22, 2021 in Grammar.
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- 17 answers
- 286K votes
“buy… clever” & “buy… miserable”
Do you really have a choice to buy your kids clever? By sending cats to a Holland Park hothouse, you …
adjectives

Grammar

syntax

Patrick Călinescu Asked on March 22, 2021 in Grammar.
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- 9 answers
- 292K votes
Why do I like him? Can someone explain me why?
As far as my knowledge goes, the point ‘why’ in this case functions as a relative pronoun introducing a clause. …
Grammar

grammaticality

syntax

Suffian Azizan Asked on March 18, 2021 in Grammar.
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- 6 answers
- 307K votes
How can I modify whole clauses/sentences – Any additional examples?
I’ve been interested recently in modifiers that modify not a specific grammatical unit–e.g., “pwr”,=”mt>:”,dh>/>. , nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, phrases …
Grammar

modifiers

syntax

The_Arcadian Asked on March 12, 2021 in Grammar.
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- 0 answers
- 359K votes
Is believing in someone like Mom can happen?
I would like to know if I’m being loved by mom. One sentence and another is harder. I mean it …
Grammar

syntax

박용현 Asked on March 6, 2021 in Grammar.
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- 1 answers
- 396K votes
How can subjective relative pronouns be replaced with objective relative pronouns?
I quite often find in New York Times that American writers often use an objective relative pronoun–or omitted it all …
Grammar

omissibility

relative-clauses

relative-pronouns

syntax

N.R. in Seoul Asked on March 5, 2021 in Grammar.
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- 1 answers
- 404K votes
Is the sentence correct, “Language affects all over our society and culture”?
I wonder if The sentence below is correct. To my eyes, a non-native English speaker’s eye, the part in bold …
syntax

Smart Humanism Asked on March 5, 2021 in Other.
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- 1 answers
- 818K votes

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