"A Not Unintelligent Man"?
Dear all, What do you think of the construction "a not unintelligent man"? I know...
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Am - Pm Question
Hi, I'm translating a US english source, where the time given for a nighttime occurrence...
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Relative Clause Omissions?
Omission of "that" is common in spoken English in such constructions as these: ...
Good Canadian Road Signs
You may get it too, or not, but I just got some great Canadian road signs. I gather...
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Impersonal/Anticipatory 'It'
I'm one of those obsessive English purists, but because I'm far from being an English...
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Multiply Yielding?
hello; Is "multiply yielding" a senseful english phrase nearly meaning "in a bride...
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Grammar Errors
In another newsgroup a discussion arose about the usage 'grammar errors' as opposed...
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Defining A Group?
I teach English and today a student asked me about a construction that I had a hard...
Some Grammar Questions?
1. What is wrong with the underlined parts? Writing about people whose circumstances...
Remove The Linking Verb With Expletives...
Hi; I read an intiguing response to a question posed on Yahoo! Answers of all places...
Help Me And You'll See The Result On Youtube...
Can someone please check my English please? If there's something wrong (grammar...
I Lost The Letter I've Kept So Long.
I have been looking at these sentences a little too closely, and it's starting to...
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Understanding Of Parallel Verbs?
Hello Everyone, I made this below sentence just for understanding purpose. II...
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Letter Of Complaint!!?
Title: The resident at your residential area are complaining that the lorries coming...
Hence Therefore Thus
I'm trying to understand if there's a difference in the below constructions: (some...
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Bring An End To Sth?
We brought the meeting to an end at five. We brought an end to the meeting at five...
Fronting And Subject-Verb Inversion In...
Dear Experts, I’d like to know when the construction * this thing should you always...