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@ell_stackexchange "must run on" or "must be run on" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jul 5, 2022
@ell_stackexchange "One of the" or "an"? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Jan 6, 2022
@ell_stackexchange Can we use participle clauses as adverbial modifiers? #Grammar #English #Linguistics
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Dec 14, 2021
@ell_stackexchange Why is "If one has trouble..." considered an error in this case? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Nov 14, 2021
@ell_stackexchange The difference between "Why did this happen?" and "How did this happen?" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Oct 31, 2021
@ell_stackexchange "It gonna be" and "It is gonna be" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Sep 30, 2021
@ell_stackexchange Negative of a clause or phrase at the outset of an enumeration + "or" / "and no" #Grammar #English #LanguageLearning
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Jul 12, 2021
@ell_stackexchange using "no matter how much I tried" and "would" after it #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jun 9, 2021
@ell_stackexchange Difference between "don't need to/needn't" & "don't have to" & "needn't have to" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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May 27, 2021
@ell_stackexchange Passive agents introduced by "as to"? #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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May 18, 2021
@ell_stackexchange Try to count/counting sheep #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Apr 12, 2021
@ell_stackexchange Differences between "an X of a Y" and "the X of a Y"? #English #Grammar #Language
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Mar 2, 2021
@hynek_schlawack Lie vs Lay #Language #Grammar #Writing
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Feb 3, 2021
@ell_stackexchange it must be scrupulousess run mad #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Feb 1, 2021
@ell_stackexchange Is a comma necessary in this context? #Grammar #Punctuation #English
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Nov 12, 2020
@ell_stackexchange "getting" vs. "going to get" for marriage #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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May 19, 2020
@ell_stackexchange "This is true, whether John has heard about ..." #English #Grammar #Learning
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Mar 30, 2020
@ell_stackexchange Good trying v.s. Good try; No touch v.s. No touching #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Feb 24, 2020
@ell_stackexchange is the last day included in when we talk about booking a place from one day to another? [closed] #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jan 31, 2020
@ell_stackexchange '... is followed by...' #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Dec 28, 2019
@ell_stackexchange I had studied at St Mary's School. Is this sentence grammatically right or wrong? [closed] #Grammar #English #LanguageLearning
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Nov 14, 2019
@ell_stackexchange Sentence starting with ''Verb'': "Attached please find..." #English #Grammar #Learning
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Oct 27, 2019
@ell_stackexchange Which of these modals are used to express certainty, probability, possibility, and remote possibility (with pictures) #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Oct 26, 2019
@ell_stackexchange Can "pre-" be used as a preposition? #Grammar #English #Linguistics
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Jun 18, 2019
@ell_stackexchange "Try to open" VS "Try to get it open" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jun 2, 2019
@ell_stackexchange 'Not until' VS 'until' #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Mar 20, 2019
@ell_stackexchange What's the correct positive answer for "Isn't it?"? #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Feb 22, 2019
@ell_stackexchange Wish for future #English #Learning #Grammar
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Feb 22, 2019
@ell_stackexchange conditions to transport / conditions for transporting #English #Grammar #Vocabulary
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Feb 3, 2019
@ell_stackexchange how to answer If someone gave me advice #English #Learning #Grammar
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Dec 24, 2018
@ell_stackexchange "make running" vs "make run" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Nov 17, 2018
@ell_stackexchange What's the difference between "When I did see ..." and "When I saw ..."? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Nov 9, 2018
@ell_stackexchange "please remind me that this evening" why this sentence is wrong? #English #Grammar #Learning
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Nov 8, 2018
@ell_stackexchange "He go to school directly". Why this sentence is wrong? #Grammar #English #Learning
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Nov 7, 2018
@ell_stackexchange Is "describe on something" correct? #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Nov 2, 2018
@ell_stackexchange Why do we use gerunds? #Grammar #English #Learning
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Aug 16, 2018
@ell_stackexchange What is different between "I thought you would know" and "I thought you knew" #English #Grammar #LanguageLearning
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Jun 18, 2018
@ell_stackexchange London's topology school or London Topology school? #English #Grammar #Learning
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May 9, 2018
@ell_stackexchange In 20 year's time he ..... his own business. (will run /will be running /will have run) #English #Grammar #Learning
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Jan 26, 2018
@ell_stackexchange Can you tell me the difference between these two sentences? #English #Grammar #Learning
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