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Present Continuous expressing future
One of my grammar books says:
The future use of the present progressive is limited to actions brought about by human endeavour.
Therefore sentences such as "It's raining tomorrow" or "...
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Why in this example do we need to use "working" in the gerund form after the verb "love"?
In the example below I believe do we need to use "working" in the gerund form?
You will love working here
I thought that verbs following "love" can be either in the gerund form ...
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About conditionals (future tense)
I have been teaching conditionals to another student. I taught her the zero, first, second, and third conditional. We are not tackling mixed conditionals, and we were identifying which part of the ...
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"There was no such thing as ... " + "nor were there..."? "Or..."? "Nor... ?"
I would like to convey two ideas in a single sentence.
Idea 1: "Rock music" was not (yet) an established music genre at some point in time
Idea 2: There were no more than a handful of songs ...
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Singular or plural after "by"
Question:
They are categorized/grouped by the generation mechanism or
mechanisms?
I am not sure which one should be used after "by", singular or plural?
Intuitively, I would use the plural ...
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What do you call an area of the sea that sinks many ships?
What do you call an area of the sea that sinks many ships? I am pretty sure there was a word for it. When there are treacherous rocks that sink wooden ships, there was a word pirates used to refer to ...
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Much vs a lot of [Why not to use much in positive sentences?]
I would like to know a few things about the use of "much" and "a lot of" in positive sentences.
First of all, I have been taught that in positive sentences I have to use "a lot of" and not "much".
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“I rode / was riding / used to ride a bike every day”
Which tense should I use if I was on a holiday which lasted two weeks and during that time I rode a bike every day?
It was a great time because I rode a bike every day. (Past Simple)
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When guide someone to think something which one is more appropriate, "find" or "find out"?
I answered a question just now, but I am not sure I expressed appropriately.
I am trying to guide the guy who posted this question to look into source code
take a look at the source code, you'll ...
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'In a hurry', why is this used with the infinite article 'a'?
I was so confused with this. So I look up the word 'hurry' in the Oxford dictionary and I found that it is an uncountable noun. Is it possible to use 'a' before 'hurry'?
Why is it possible? Do I ...
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"leave many [N] to look for…" vs. "leave many [N] looking for…"
SAT Grammar Question
Others, like court interpreter Ludmila Baker, believe that technology will ultimately leave many translators and interpreters _______ for new careers.
a) to look
b) ...
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usage of present perfect tense
My question is about the use of present perfect tense. To my knowledge this tense is used for the actions that have started in the past and continues up until now. I have questions about different ...
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"Will" vs "Maybe I will" and "I think I will"
Almost every English grammar book I`ve studied claims that "Will" is used to talk about plans decided at the moment of speaking. Sentences like "I will help you" or "I'll wait for you" give a strong ...
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to-infinitival clause expressing a manner
Experts say the drowsiness many of us feel during the day may not be because we had too little sleep at night, but because we need an early afternoon nap. Humans were made to sleep not once, but twice,...
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Coordinate or cumulative adjectives? Beautiful mysterious dreamy feelings
I want to express that something brings me some feelings, then I wrote the following sentences.
It brings me beautiful mysterious dreamy feelings.
It brings me beautiful and mysterious dreamy ...
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