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The use of "ever" here more-or-less stands in for "forever" - ie "He's been in the family (forever - permanently - without 'break') since I was born."Read more

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26 Sept 2012 — "By" tends to be used more for a transport system "by car", "by plane". "On" for body parts "on foot", "on hands and knees" being the only ...Read more

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29 Jan 2013 — Both are, strictly speaking, correct. The placing of already in the sentence simply alters the emphasis: John is here already.Read more

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Interesting refers to the subject. Interested refers to the direct object. Therefore using the wrong one would mean that 'I' am interesting, not ...Read more

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21 Jun 2011 — "Good morning/afternoon" is a little more formal. "Greetings ladies/gents/ladies and gentlemen" is either very formal, or rather informal and a ...Read more

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When you congratulate someone on something you give them your good wishes because something special or pleasant has happened to them.Read more

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They are all grammatical. Merriam-Webster gives three definitions of graduate in connection with schools. transitive verb:Read more

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I read somewhere that can't help means "cannot stop" and can't help but means "do only the activity, nothing else".Read more

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Many a/an is used to indicate a large number of something. However, it takes a singular noun, which can be followed by a singular verb.Read more

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The question is about subject-verb agreement with the construct "many a + singular noun"; there, the question is about the context in which "many a" can be ...Read more

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The "sooner or later" is a mid-Sentence interrupter and therefore deserves some commas. You can interrupt pretty much any sentence in any way although some ...Read more

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People are starting to get lazier and figuring out ways to be more lazy. You might think that to avoid the repetition adds something to your ...Read more

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Use the word 'many' if the object is countable (no matter how larger the number) and treat the noun as a plural. "There are many creatures in ...Read more

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Both sentences are grammatical, but their connotations are slightly different. They focus on different things. "There are many who enjoy ...Read more

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That's just my interpretation of the lyric. In Britain, you might such a phrase as "the children are creating" with the listener left to ...Read more

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The items required need to be provided from at least the last 2 years. Could the above be interpreted as "at least 2 years is the minimum requirement"Read more

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a student, usually one who has been the most successful in a particular class, who makes a speech at a special ceremony at the end of a school year.Read more

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She must be looking for this document, means she is still looking. You politely ask if it is what she wants; unless your intention is for her not to have it.Read more

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parent is singular and parents is plural. If you only have one parent, then you "love your parent" (hopefully), and if you have two parents, then you "love ...Read more

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"A tall of people," is grammatically equivalent to "A thousand of people", and "A group people" is grammatically equivalent to "A thousands people", all of ...

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1: DNA is common to all life on earth every instance of "life" on earth contains DNA ("common to" = always present in).Read more

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"Wide range" seems more natural. The two words are synonyms: a river can be broad or wide. In your particular sentence, "wide range" is more commonly used.Read more

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I'd replace the more informal "lots of" by wide/considerable/in-depth/intense discussion. Share.Read more

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The main difference would be that any continuous tense of know will be frowned upon. "I am knowing", "I was knowing", "I will be knowing" all ...Read more

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In general you "come here" and "go there". As "went" is the past participle of "to go" I can see your mother's point.Read more

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It means Obama will give in to pressure and abandon his position, if he has one, as he has often done in the past in the face of Republican pressure.Read more

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I would say "Let me know when you finish moving the furniture," instead of "Let me know when you will finish moving the furniture."Read more

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31 Mar 2015 — "on the earth" is equal to "in the world", and "on earth"'s meaning should be "indeed". But nowadays, I find "on earth" has replaced "on the earth" in many ...Read more

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2 Mar 2019 — "Easier" is an adjective. The word "easier", in particular, is almost never used as an adverb. Colloquially, you could say something like, "It'll go easier if ...Read more

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Important to signifies a connection to the specified subject (in this case me). Important for denotes importance for a certain cause.Read more

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It's vital that you do exactly as I say. → It's vital for you to do exactly as I say. It's important that they attend every day.Read more

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The answer is C, “on the news”. This is an example a completely different usage of “on the news” to the one described by Benjamin Harman.Read more

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Being interested in something describes a general interest that you hold—something that you tend to find interesting and devote some part of ...Read more

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"During" sounds better (to me at least). "On" can mean on top of - it has other meanings while "during" is more specific.

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Writing is the right word; writting is the misspelling of writing . Look at the pattern: Write – pronounced rIt ( i is long) – single t .Read more

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They both expand to "there is not" but for some reason "There's not" sounds indescribably uncomfortable for most situations.Read more

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There's "preteen", but that's generally taken to include those up through age 12, and tends to exclude kids younger than 8 or 10. Hot Licks.Read more

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