Is there any grammatical correctness in either of these expressions: "I only have 10 dollar on  and  "I have only 10 dollar on me" ?
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Which is grammatically correct?  I can only do so much in this time.  or  I can do only so much in this time.
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I couldn't afford that big a car. It was so warm a day that I could hardly work.   The sentences stated above have been taken from Practical English Usage by Michael Swan. If I write-   I couldn't afford that big car. It was so warm day that I could hardly work.   These make sense. But placement of article a makes these sentences awkward to me. Please say why and when articles are placed after adjectives. And what are the differences among 1, 2 and 3, 4.
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What is the correct form? Does context play a role?  Are there noticeable trends towards the awkward "noone" or is it just a by-product of careless orthography on the Internet?
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There's an old play on words that goes like so:     Grammar: The difference between helping your uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse.    I've been told that it should instead be:     Grammar: The difference between helping your uncle, Jack, off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.    Is either of these correct? Why?
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I cannot easily figure out which one is more appropriate to use:     It's important to me.        It's important for me.   Are they the same? If not, what's the difference?
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I have been studying Longman's English grammar book, and something is really confusing me:   We can put it and them after the verb: Give it to me. Buy them for me. Do it for me. With e.g. give and buy, we can say: Give me it. Buy me them. (But not *Do me it.) We say: Give it to John. Buy them for John. (Not *Give John it - *Buy John them.)   Why can't I say Buy John it or Give John them?  There is another post related to it that talks about the same topic: . However, the most voted answer was, indeed, useful for me, but didn't get everything clear.  What's the main rule for inverting the position and dropping the preposition?  As far as I managed to understand, if the direct object is it or them and the indirect object is a pronoun, the normal construction's placement is necessary, i.e.: Subject + Verb + Direct object + To/For + Indirect object  Is this right?
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I believe the sentence in the title is grammatically correct.   Recently I've seen too many people writing it this way:     I'm not sure what is the right way.   Is it grammatically correct as well? Maybe in a different sense? Or simply misuse by non-native speakers?
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I just made a minor , and  the grammar correction was unnecessary.  The original text was     Another factor--sometimes life happens and you can't fly. In the old days you could simply sell your ticket to someone else, now you either have to eat a hefty change fee or lose it outright. That's money in their pockets that they didn't used to get.   It was corrected to:     Another factor--sometimes life happens and you can't fly. In the old days you could simply sell your ticket to someone else, now you either have to eat a hefty change fee or lose it outright. That's money in their pockets that they didn't use to get.    Was this grammatical correction an improvement? Was the original text grammatically correct? Is the edited text grammatically correct?
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Is there any difference in meaning between the three following sentences?   We only have two possibilities. We have only two possibilities. We have two possibilities only.   I have already read  and I know that the position of only and the emphasis (written or oral) may change the meaning of some sentences, but I am not sure if it does here.  Note: It is clear that “only we have two possibilities” has a different meaning. My question is restricted to the sentences I’ve listed above.
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When I'm talking about habit or custom, can I say:     "The king comes on Sunday and goes Monday."   without using the preposition "on" before "Monday"?
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I found the following phrase in a NYTimes article and I was pretty surprised that it wasn't corrected or edited out: "But when it comes to privacy and freedom, cash can't be beat.".  I am under the impression that this is incorrect grammar and the sentence should actually be "[...] cash can't be beaten." or "[...] you can't beat cash" but definitely not the one used in the article. Am I wrong here?  This sort of grammar is mostly only used in slang in England and I always thought that it was wrong but after a bit of googling, I'm not sure anymore. Is it just another difference between American and British English? I know it's really petty but I'm still interested in the answer!  Article link:
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Do the following two sentences mean the same thing? If so, which is more commonly used?        My car needs repairing.   My car needs to be repaired.
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I know that words like login and payoff are properly nouns but I increasingly notice many (not at all uneducated) people use them as verbs:     Will you payoff your credit card this month?   and     Please check this when you login.   To me (a non-native English user), that seems incorrect because separating the core noun from a preposition is what I was taught: Please check this when you log in. (My emphasis)  Is this use proper or not?
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As it is common with people from my country, I have an immense difficulty with prepositions in English, especially with the use of in and on.   When the preposition indicates the position of the object it is a bit easier to decide which one to use, but as it requires thinking from me, I still say things like "I put the bill in the fridge", "my pencil is on my bag", etc, even though if I think about it, I would know how to say it correctly.  Of course, even in those cases where the preposition indicates position the decision is not always clear, as is the case for example with "on the bus" (you are not on top of the bus, you are inside the bus) or "he is in bed" (you are not inside the bed, you are on top of your bed).  Other cases are even less clear, and I believe there is no real rule to decide what should be said; the person should just know it. Two examples are "in a bad mood", "you are on my mind".  So my first question is whether there is really no rule to help me. The second question refers to two of the cases where I still don't know whether to use in or on:   good luck on/in your exam in/on the list   The last one is especially important to me, as I have asked a number of native speakers, and each time I get a different answer. The only consensus seems to be the case where you say "on top of the list". Apart from that, some people will say that I should say "his name is in the list" whereas others think I should say "his name is on the list". And yeah, a couple of people did tell me that I can use either.  Can someone help me?
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There is a question in our grammar book that goes like this:  Her husband, a plumber's assistant, earns only 300 dollars a month, which makes it very difficult for her to feed and clothe her children properly, ______________ send them to school. a. much more b. still more c. much less d. even less  The book says that the answer is C. How do i explain it in the clearest way possible to my student? She is an intermediate level.
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I know that "as to", "on", and "of" are synonymous with "about", but I also know these words are not always interchangeable.  I was wondering if there are rules for picking between these prepositions.    There is still no news as to whether he will leave the company. (all four can be used with no change in meaning)  I don't know what you are talking about.  (only about and of can be used)  I heard of that from Jim. (only of and about) The speaker spoke on the issue of liquidity markets. (all four?)   Thanks for the help.
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What is difference between  Could you sell your old computer to me, seeing (that) you have no use for it. Can you sell your old computer to me, seeing (that) you have no use for it.  Can I use either one of them? Which one is grammatically correct or if both are, what is the difference in meaning?