What's the difference between these two sentences?        This movie is hardly as interesting as that one.     That movie is almost more interesting than this one.      I would like a native speaker's opinion on this.
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According to  hardly has 4 meanings. And I was wondering: is there any difference between these two sentences? In what meaning the word hardly is used here if you can use it in this way at all:    My car has almost run into the crowd.  My car has hardly run into the crowd.
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Consider the following sentences:     I had my identity stolen by Mr. Ripley.   and     I had my identity stolen by a Mr. Ripley.   and     I had my identity stolen by a certain Mr. Ripley.   In what sense do these 3 sentences differ from one another?  How do a and certain modify the middle and last sentences?
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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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Please consider the following sentences:   It's part of the life. It's a part of the life.   What is the difference in the meaning between these sentences?   Why are we allowed to omit the article from the first sentence?
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Is there a stated rule on use of infinitives in a sequence? Or is it a question of style?  For example,     It is vital for a viewer of this movie to listen for its main character's underlying position, to contrast it with those of the other characters, and ultimately to determine which view is true.
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The sentence is:     This is not some science fiction movie come to life.    Is this sentence grammatically right? If this sentence is right, please tell me what the grammatical rule about the word come is, why does it use form come rather than the others like to come.  Thanks in advance!
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Which one should be used?      To me, it makes no difference, but I'm not really sure why.   vs     For me, it makes no difference, but I'm not really sure why.
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I came across a line in a movie:     You told me your dad was some fighter. You didn't say he was the most famous fighter to ever live.   This is a line spoken by a girl to a guy, and the guy's father is dead. Shouldn't it be:     You didn't say he was the most famous fighter to have ever lived.   Or     You didn't say he was the most famous fighter who ever lived.   What about     You didn't say he was the most famous fighter who has ever lived.
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This is the sentence:     He’d miss Japan once he'd arrived in/at/to Hawaii.   A native English Speaker told me that it was in. I found that strange, because I always see "arrived at" and "arrived to," but I rarely see "arrived in."
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Question: Is the first one redundant and proper, or is it redundant and not necessarily correct?  (1) He is a friend of Doug's. (2) He is a friend of Doug.
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This is one thing that keeps bugging me, and maybe there's a direct answer. Grammatically, which one is more correct of these two?  Does it make a difference?  I tried not to do that. I tried to not do that.
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Which one is correct? Leaning towards first one but I am unsure because a more basic version would be "How good is it?"
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In 1999, I was living in Cuba.      In 1999, I lived in Cuba.   Do both sentences seem grammatically correct?   My teacher had told that the first sentence, which is with past continuous, is incorrect. I don't know whether or not the first sentence is correct. It indeed seems natural, doesn't it?
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Why are these different?        We heard the news on the radio.   We watched the news on television.      In this , the author says we must use television without the. Why? It makes me crazy. Is there a valid reason?
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Please tell which one is correct. I am much interested. Or I am very Interested.  Please explain scientifically.
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Reading some books and posts I noticed that there are some semantice differences between constructions described in the title of this post. Could someone help me to find out what are the real difference and in which situations are better to use appropriate constructions?  I would be very grateful to hear the correct answer.
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It's not like there's anything else to do.   Shouldn't the speaker say: "There's something else to do." ? so what's the meaning of the sentence and what's the difference between the two of them? Thank you,