The teacher said that that that that that boy used was wrong. Please, briefly explain above stated sentence.
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Have you ever had a case where you felt compelled to include strange things like a double that in a sentence? If so, then what did you do to resolve this?  For me, I never knew whether it was acceptable grammar. However, what I did learn was that it was a logic distractor, could lead to confusion, and therefore should be reworded to avoid this.
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I never really gave a deep thought at this but recently a teacher of talked about language and there was an implicit question in it. something like  there is a difference between "rather than" and "instead of" in usage. do you know it??  please help and explain with a few examples.
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This is from a recent article:     He was rushed to the hospital immediately and a battery of tests was   conducted.   Now shouldn't it be     He was rushed to the hospital immediately and a battery of tests were   conducted.   Which is correct and why is it correct? :)
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Practically every part of the banana tree is used by man.   I think this sentence is correct but my grammar book say there should be each instead of every. I know we can't use every as a pronoun but in above sentence every part used as a single unit.  Correct me if I am wrong.
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I wrote a sentence for our web site that was submitted for proofreading. The proofreader &quot;corrected&quot; my sentence. I asked how sure he was that he was correct and that I was incorrect. He explained that there are two schools of thought on what's correct and he chose his way as the right way. I suggested that there were certainly two schools of thought: the right way and the wrong way.  School One:  There is a large number of companies.   School Two:  There are a large number of companies.    Can you tell me which is the correct school of thought and why? Update. I think I should be able to reverse the sentence and still have it makes sense.  When I attempt that, it works only with one of these sentences:  The number of companies is large. The number of companies are large.  This suggests to me that the correct sentence uses &quot;is&quot;.  Does this make any difference?
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Which one is correct or are both correct?     The boy's name is nice.   The name of the boy is nice.     I'm really confused these two sentences?  Which one is more suitable?
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You're too clever a man to imagine this.   The above sentence was , a man of excellent rhetorical skills.   Since he said it, I doubt it's wrong, grammatically. But, I wonder if there is an explanation for this. Because adjectives always come after the article not before it. e.g. You're a clever man.   How could this be, grammatically?
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I have been reading Men With Brooms for a few days. I read a sentence which did not make any sense to me, so I landed here to get some help on it. I have pasted the sentence from the novel. Please go through it and let me know your valuable feedback on it.  An excerpt from the novel (Men With Brooms: A Sweeping Epic, paperback 2002, a novelization by Diane Baker Mason):     Gordon was about to walk away from the Impala when he saw it stop and his son get out. So it was real the boy had come.   As per my opinion it should have been:     Gordon was about to walk away from the Impala when he saw it stopped and his son got out. So it was real the boy had come.   I have two questions here:   Why did the writer use stop and get instead of stopped and got? As she is telling us a story which happened in the past. Let's say the writer is telling us her mind's situation and she used the present tense for it but why did she use stop and get instead of stops and gets?
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Someone introduced himself to us.  After that, when we look back and say what he said, which is right to say?     What did he say his name is?      What did he say his name was?   I think the first one is plausible because his name is always XX, but I'm not sure. Please tell me which is allowed.
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I'm confused because in my textbook there's a sentence:  He is small enough to walk.  because baby was so small that he couldn't walk. Why didn't they just use small instead of small enough?
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I'm trying to improve on the last part of this sentence:      Mirabeau pointed out that the text was not his, although he did not provide the names of its authors, either.   My first instinct is:      Mirabeau pointed out that the text was not his, although he neither provided the names of its authors.   But something feels wrong here, and I can't explain why.   Any ideas?
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So, my boss comes in, railing that "English is a stupid language!" Since this is pretty much a thrice-weekly occurrence 'round these parts, I barely raised an eyebrow, and waited for him to continue.   "Mary just wrote to tell us that she's back from maternity leave, and I want to congratulate her and ask whether she had a girl or a boy, but I can't do it without calling the child an 'it'!" I blinked, then confirmed that yes, he believes the it in "Is it a boy or a girl" is the impersonal pronoun, the same word you'd apply to an apple or a house.  Is it the 'thing' pronoun, really? Or is it just a placeholder of some sort? I used to believe the latter: I gave the boss a mini-lecture about  and the . He wasn't convinced, however, and now he's got me doubting too. (Harumph. I really should know better than to listen to the boss.)  I'm not asking about politeness, here; the former title was to be taken somewhat facetiously. I'm wondering about the grammar: what role is that "it" playing in that sentence? Is it a personal pronoun (and thus the infant has grounds for feeling offended) or a dummy pronoun (and thus those who perceive a politeness issue are just misunderstanding the grammar)?
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When we say,      It is not fair.   or     It is unfair.   I'm not sure enough to say whether both of the sentences have the same meaning or not though superficially, there is no difference between them but if we say,     Something is not possible.   or     Something is impossible.   then there is really an observable difference in my first language. Hence, the question - is there a difference between the preceding two sentences in English?
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We look at the kids which/that/who skillfully use tablets with the help of their small fingers and we understand that to surprise the younger generation will be more difficult each year.   Is the relative pronoun which acceptable here, or does it look totally out of place, because it befits a "non-restrictive relative clause" more?   It seems to me that the pronoun that looks best in the bolded position, with who an acceptable second choice. But it's hard to pin down why.
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All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat.   English is my second language, my first language is Spanish.  I don't understand this sentence at all. Please explain.
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Consider this conversation:      John: I am giving free chess lessons.   Mary: Nice! You’re a true teacher.   John: How so?   Mary: A true teacher imparts knowledge without a price tag.   John: But what if teaching is his only source of income? Would he not be a “true” teacher then?   Mark (in response to the question above): You clearly mentioned “free chess lesson”.   I don’t see how Mark’s comment adds anything to the discussion or makes sense in the current discussion. It is “redundant” — that’s one word for it — but is there a more fitting word?
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There are different types of problem.   or      There are different types of problems.   I easily get confused when I make such sentence(s). Look, still I am not sure whether I should use sentence or sentences.