Friday, January 10, 2020

verbs - Dependent or Independent clause?

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Is "The way people write has changed" an independent clause or dependent clause? In any case please explain in detail. What is the...

terminology - What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?

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What is the difference between a phrase and a clause? I tried looking this in dictionary but can not identify the difference. It would be gr...

Usage of the definite articles with personal names

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Could you tell me if the following sentence is correct or not? It seems to me that it is not correct because as I know, definite articles ar...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

differences - “A person” versus “some person”

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What is the difference between: There is a person in the room. There is some person in the room. Answer “A person” implies ...

grammaticality - "There's too many numbers" vs "There are too many numbers"

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When people use plural nouns after the word "there's", for example: There's too many numbers. it makes me a bit ...

punctuation - Use of a hyphen when using a noun as an adjective

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In my academic work (physics), I often use a noun as an adjective, and this seems to be a common practise to avoid long sentences. For insta...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

grammar - The difference between "given that" and "provided that" (CAE book reference)

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I don't understand the difference between "given that" and "provided that". The tour wasn't as pleasant as we ...