Forum: Grammar
September 23, 2015, 08:52 AM
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James Joyce's English
-She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned (=the passive voice being used) against the window curtains and [...]
My friend says the passive voice of lean...
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Forum: Grammar
September 23, 2015, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,217
Recently
Is it correct to use recently?
-It is a part of the experiment you will take __ .
Whether it's wrong or correct is important: it means whether one gets the mark or not.
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Forum: Grammar
September 20, 2015, 03:22 AM
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Views: 1,149
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Forum: Grammar
September 20, 2015, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,246
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Forum: Grammar
September 20, 2015, 03:19 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,618
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Forum: Grammar
September 17, 2015, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,149
Powerful
Could I use to convey?
-Words were powerful __ emotions.
I think in conveying is the only possible form, but my friend says a to-infinitive sounds OK.
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Forum: Grammar
September 17, 2015, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,246
One's
-It was typical of John to conjure up the image of a person who buried __ nose in books.
The antecendent is 'person'; I know that nowadays 'their' is the usual way, and formerly 'his' was...
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Forum: Grammar
September 17, 2015, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,329
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Forum: Grammar
September 17, 2015, 10:57 AM
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Forum: Grammar
September 13, 2015, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 10
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Process
Could I use process as uncount?
-First, similar brainwave production process was undergone for the two types of trilinguals.
My friend says no, because for process, I have to use a before...
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Forum: Grammar
September 13, 2015, 04:13 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,329
So as
Is my sentence correct?
-Our __ has to match the sound __ the words in our memory, so as translators do.
Space 1: brain (not brains)
Space 2: with (not to)
What do you think...
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Forum: Grammar
September 12, 2015, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,538
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Forum: Grammar
September 12, 2015, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,222
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Forum: Grammar
September 12, 2015, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,225
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Forum: Grammar
September 12, 2015, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,643
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Forum: Grammar
September 11, 2015, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,538
Half a month
Are my sentences all correct?
1. After check-out of his roommate, John will have the whole room to himself, and he hopes to do something important within that half month.
2. After...
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Forum: Grammar
September 11, 2015, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,080
At the head of
p.734
-They seemed to have returned at the head of what looked like the families and friends of every Hogwarts student [...]
What does the red part mean? I don't find 'at the head' as a...
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Forum: Grammar
September 10, 2015, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,222
Secrets
p.713
-I have no secrets from you anymore.
Does it mean 'no secrets kept by me from you'? FROM following secrets this way sounds not common.
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Forum: Grammar
September 10, 2015, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,225
Revolve
p.681
-I refer to the plan Lord Voldemort is revolving around me.
Does it prove that we could 'revolve a plan around sb', or that a 'that' is omitted after 'plan'? I don't find a single...
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Forum: Grammar
September 10, 2015, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,273
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Forum: Grammar
September 10, 2015, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,643
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Forum: Grammar
September 08, 2015, 04:34 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,273
Fitting that
p.501
-How fitting that this would be its last great act.
Is FITTING an adjective here? If yes, THAT sounds redundant and wrong, though I think it's because there's somthing there I can't...
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Forum: Grammar
September 07, 2015, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,643
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Forum: Grammar
September 07, 2015, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,247
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Forum: Grammar
September 06, 2015, 03:47 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,643
Imagine
p.326
-Harry imagined coming here with Dumbledore, of what a bond that would have been, [...]
Does it prove we could say we 'imagine of sth'?
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