"allow for a little leeway" or "allow a little leeway", which one is a right expression?  Maybe both expression are correct?
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I am confused about the usages of "allow", "allow for" and "allow of".  Suppose police   is examining the evidence related to a bank robbery:           The evidence allows the possibility of an inside job.     The evidence allows for the possibility of an inside job.     The evidence allows of the possibility of an inside job.        I checked a number of dictionaries and google.  It seems that the usages in my three sentences are understandable English.  But what do native speakers on this forum think?
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If posed with the subject question, given that I will not do the action in question, then what is the correct answer     No, I will not do it.   or      Yes, I will not do it.   #1 sounds better to me, but #2 is more logical. #1 sounds somewhat paradoxical in context of the question.
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Imagine you are organizing a lunch and want to ask someone (your friend or sister, etc.) to come over and help you prepare the meal. Which one of the following words works properly in the self-made sentence below? For me they both work correctly:        Can you come over a bit early to help me with lunch?   Can you come over a bit earlier to help me with lunch?
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These kinds of expressions akin to measure quantifiers just blow my mind. For me it has to be &quot;too big gulp of whiskey&quot; and &quot;too big sofa&quot;. Especially c), it sounds like you placed a part of the sofa in your room, not the entire thing. Can you break down and explain this structure?  a) &quot;Could&quot; is a little bit more difficult of a modal verb because it has many meanings. b) I took too big of a gulp of whiskey. c) I put too big of a sofa in my room, so there is no space.
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My wife and I are playing a game where you roll dice and move so many spaces in a grid "vertically or horizontally".   In the use of English it is very common to say, this or the other when it comes to making a choice  (exclusive or). Now I know that "or" can also be inclusive, for example "she couldn't read or write", or can be clearly used as an xor "you either come or not" making the statement true for only one of the options but not both.   My issue is where it is not clear whether it is an inclusive/exclusive or, the best example being our game.   I argue that you can move in either direction (inclusive) and the normal use of this conjunction in English should be inclusive unless specified otherwise.   Is this right?
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Consider the following:        Not only you should be able to speak but also able to write.   You should be able to not only speak but also write.   You should not only be able to speak but also be able to write.      Which is right to use? If there's an even better one, please suggest.
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English not my native language. I'm trying to understand what would be correct in British English.  If I want to use a car for some time. I can say, "I want to rent a car". But from my knowledge there may be a  misunderstanding. I can say the same words if I want to give a car to someone to use for some time and I want to receive payment.  So what would be correct and not misunderstanding?   1) I want to use a car for some time = "I want to hire a car" 2) I want to give a car to someone to use for some time = "rent out a car"   Is my understanding correct?
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If the context is crystal clear and, as such, allows no risk of misunderstanding or ambiguity whatsoever, unlike "Paul jumps into the lake (= Paul jumps into the lake from a certain point)" vs. "Paul jumps in the lake (= Paul is in the lake and jumps out)", is it grammatically acceptable in AmE to substitute "in" and "on" for "into" and "onto" to indicate movement or the idea of movement, for all but the most formal prose?  E.g.  Should we go in the pool first, or should we shower first?   Let's get on the bus before the good seats are taken.   Let me translate this in the language of non-BS...
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What does this phrase mean? And in what cases is it appropriate to use it?
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What's the difference between these two phrases?
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I had a little fight about persons vs. people.  Could you advise if both of the following are correct, if possible with reference to a dictionary?        A table for two people please.   A table for two persons please.      Besides that, how would you ask for a table in a restaurant?  I read  and , but they didn't really solve the question if both are correct.  I also found the last paragraph of , which suggests that (1) is "more correct", but doesn't say (2) is wrong.
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I wrote:     An open -source and -society loving person   and had this corrected by a native English speaker to      An open-source-and-society loving person   Which to me changes the meaning of the phrase. The first one is meant to be short-hand for prefixing both "source" and "society" with "open", while the second one does not seem to connect "society" with "open".  Is either of the forms more correct than the other? Should it be written differently all together?
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Is there any difference between "To like for somebody/something to be something" vs. "to like somebody/something to be something"?   In the following case there seems to be a difference, because the former seems to suggest that one would like so for the sake of the other, and latter for ones own.          "I would like for you to be happy" vs. "I would like you to be happy"  Here, the above distinction makes no sense, since the weather is inanimate. Is the former a valid thing to say at all?     "I would like for the weather to be nice" vs. "I would like the weather to be nice"
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Depending on our point of view, we offer different approaches to address(ing?) a same issue.   Should I use &mdash;ing in this context, and if yes, why?
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I want to say:  Please, check out our handbook/knowledge base.  ...but it can be interpreted in two ways:  Please, check out our (handbook/knowledge) base. — as if there is a &quot;handbook base&quot; and a knowledge base. Please, check out our handbook/(knowledge base). — the meaning I'm after.  I thought that maybe I should put spaces around the slash to better separate the two choices:  Please, check out our handbook / knowledge base.  ...but I'm not sure that does it. I checked out  on the topic and it didn't answer my question.  Is it possible to convey the right meaning with a slash, or should I just avoid it altogether?
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What is the difference:  -I want to drink something. -Me too.  And  -I want to drink something. -Me either.
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Possible Duplicate:              Does it make sense to say that?  For example: Jim and myself could not attend the party.  If not, how would I say it? Thanks.