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We must come up with a seamless way to support scientific progress and to administer the treatments we have, in order ultimately to alleviate as much suffering as possible. Do you think it is correct to insert 'ultimately' between order and to? What does it modify? I see nothing wrong with the...

I wouldn't write it with a colon; it's all one sentence. I'm not even convinced that a comma is needed.The most usual position for an adverb of time is at the end, but at the beginning is fine.Today we're going to study trigonometry (answers the question: what are we going to do today?).We're...

Hi InchoI agree with the previous posters completely; I would just like to elaborate a little from a non-native speaker's standpoint to a non-native speaker. We're both foreigners, right?Since there are hardly any inflections in English, the word order is very rigid and certain phrases and...

I think you all are missing one thing; it's the very basic question. The definition of operator. Up till now no one has defined what operators actually are. Operators are verbs with special properties as explained in the article I cited for you above. Some authors just call them...

CalifJim wrote:What you guys are discussing is "heavy phrases" or "heavy clauses".Yes, it's true that the canonical word order of English is sometimes modified to accommodate that fact that an enormous number of words intervening between other related words in a structure can obscure the...

What you guys are discussing is "heavy phrases" or "heavy clauses". Yes, it's true that the canonical word order of English is sometimes modified to accommodate that fact that an enormous number of words intervening between other related words in a structure can obscure...

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot. (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot, and both They set off a bomb and They set a bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot. (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot, and both They set off a bomb and They set a bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

1. I would either say, "A restrictive appositive is not set off by a comma." or "Restrictive appositives are not set off by commas." 2. It would be correct to phase this, "Is it still OK?" Perhaps easiest to understand if you change the word order like it was not a question, such as, "It...

From Wikipedia-- "A definitive collection of hyphen rules does not exist", then this-- "hyphens are generally not used in ... adverb-adjective compound modifiers". I don't know how rigid the rule is, because I'm still tempted to think that word order can be relevant: "How many...