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How do you handle "that that"? The double "that" problem
2010年9月25日 · Of course it is acceptable grammar. The rules of English grammar are the very reason why such "strange things" happen in the first place. Now, whether or not you actually …
What are some of the better English reference grammars?
2016年12月20日 · I used the book Understanding and Using English Grammar by Betty Schrampfer Azar when teaching English throughout the 1990s, mostly for its clear and …
"Who are" vs "who is" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年12月22日 · Now, it might be acceptable to use a plural in some edge cases. In A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (1985 Quirk et al.), page 756: Similarly, …
"I and someone", "me and someone" or "I and someone we"
@Rory Alsop: ‘The Cambridge Guide to English Usage’ confirms that when ‘I’ is used in coordination with a noun or another pronoun, ‘politeness dictates that it comes second’. …
punctuation - Should I use a comma before "and" or "or"?
People who didn't/don't spend time thinking about English grammar tend to think of comma usage as an arbitrary rule that just needs to be memorized, but as @KaiNoack pointed out, it's about …
grammar - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年6月18日 · The webpage discusses the rule of order for time, date, place, building, etc., in grammar.
word choice - What shall I use, "with" or "to"? - English Language ...
2017年4月25日 · The core meanings may differ subtly, but idiomatically people use both forms quite often and with considerable overlap in meaning. I think it's a mistake to suppose that …
grammar - Should we use "not to" or "to not"? - English Language ...
That’s perhaps why the term ‘plain form’ is increasingly used. The authors of 'The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language' avoid ‘infinitive’ altogether and use the term ‘infinitival’ for …
grammar - When to use "this" or "that"? - English Language
2015年4月6日 · Grammars, especially school grammars , treat this grammar point on a low school level. In reality the idiomatic use of this and that is a complicated thing and a study of this …