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The odds of something are the same as (those of) some other thing
In the following sentences (taken from The New York Times)
The odds of me getting hit by a sniper out here are the same as [the odds of] being struck by lightning.
The odds of getting two of a kind ...
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Can Past Simple and Past Perfect be used in combination this way?
I found this sentence in Persuasion by Jane Austen:
Till he came and had examined the child, their apprehensions were the
worst for being vague; they suspected great injury, but knew not
where; but ...
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How to compare two periods of time properly using "nearly as(or the) same" in the sentence?
I want to compare two periods of time and say that the current one is not "nearly the same as it was in 2010". How to say this sentence properly? (Or should I use "nearly as same as it ...
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differ from v differ between
Which of these sentences is correct:
Pain tolerance differs from person to person
or
Pain tolerance differs between person to person.
Why is one preferred over the other?
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"Would you?" or "Will you?"
I'm in the process of book-writing (mainly for fun; I don't think it's one I will ever publish, but who knows), and a good friend of mine is proof-reading it for me. It's more like me making her do it ...
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What is the grammatical function of "circumstances as they are" in this sentence?
I find this sentence in an online article strange and even jarring for several reasons.
With limited provisions, he awaits reinforcements, but circumstances as they are, is believed lost to the ...
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Should I use type or type of in this sentence
1. I must condemn your criminal type mentality.
2. I must condemn your criminal type of mentality.
Which one is grammatically correct and preferable?
Can I use kind of in the place of type of?
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"What is the opposite word for X?" Is the sentence correct?
I always use:
What is the opposite of X ?
But today I came across:
What is the opposite word for X ?
Are the both grammatical?
Thank you.
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Backshifting in the second conditional: They would definitely notice that the peers’ parents "allowed" vs "allow" their kids more
The dialogue is mine.
A: I think that modern kids get a lot of freedom, much more than we
used to get. I think sometimes it’s even too much.
B: Well, that’s true, but if I had a kid, I would ...
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I might have been a bit too <flippant saying> vs <flippant in saying> vs <flippant when saying> vs <flippant to say>
This story is fictional, and any resemblances are coincidental.
On a TV show:
Steven Molbert: Do you really want to colonize Mars?
Melon Tusk: Yes.
Now it’s very inhospitable and cold. Basically, it’...
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Through/into in given context
We're halfway through the month.
We're halfway into the month.
To me, both sentences seem fine. But I failed to find more than a single example of into being used in this manner in published works on ...
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Singular verb with money, distance and time
Where is that five pounds I lent you?
(NOT Where are those five pounds …?)
Twenty miles is a long way to walk.
When we talk about amounts and quantities we usually use singular determiners, verbs ...
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Saying: "students are most anxious about their pronunciation" instead of "mostly anxious" is acceptable?
I faced some thought-provoking matters today. While most is a superlative form and mostly an adverb, I've been wondering if the sentences below would be grammatically appropriate and interchangeable:
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"not prepared by either .. or" vs. "prepared by neither...nor"
"This substance is not prepared by either the method 1, or the method 2, or the method 3".
"This substance is prepared by neither the method 1, nor the method 2, nor the method 3".
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What is the grammar of the conditional "If students are having difficulties..., early detection can help"?
I read an essay, and one of the sentences is like this.
If students are having difficulties with basic skills like reading, writing and mathematics, early detection can help educators to remediate ...
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