If I have nothing to do, should I say &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot;? I'm confused because both &quot;Yes, I do have nothing to do&quot; and &quot;No, I don't have anything to do&quot; have the same meaning.
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Take the question:      Did you not go to the store?   If I did not go to the store, should I then say yes? Or no?  If I did go to the the store, would my answer then have to be yes or no?  For me I would think that if I did you go to the store, then the answer to the question would be 'yes'.
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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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I recommend you to define those parameters beforehand.   I recommend that you define those parameters beforehand.   Are both sentences grammatically correct? If yes, do they mean the same thing? If yes, which one should I use?
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What's the difference between these two phrases?
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Is there any difference between     I am not having a lunch tomorrow.   and     I am not having lunch tomorrow.   This is a follow up question of : .
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In school, I was taught whenever coming across the pattern "either..or" or "neither..nor", we should always consider the noun/pronoun nearer to the verb when deciding which form to use.   For example:      Neither my parents nor John _______ (agree) with that.   In this case, we should use "agrees" instead of "agree" since John is closer to the verb.  Then I have a question. What if when there is only "either" or "neither"?  For example:      There are two particles: quarks and gluons. Neither ________ (detect) in the lab in isolated form yet.   In this case, should I use "has been detected" or "have been detected"?
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Is there any difference between "Is there something wrong?" and "Is there anything wrong?"? Also, you would say "He would like something to drink" but "Would you like anything to drink?", right? I'd appreciate if any one could explain the usage of "something" and "anything".
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"What does it really mean when one asks - what’s up?"  What should be my reply? What I am busy with or upto? I am assuming its informal usage.  Also I doubt if one should use it in formal meetings. Any guidance/suggestions ?  Thanks
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I recently got a message that says      Haven't heard anything from you in a while.   I always thought that the right way to say this would be to use for insdead of in. Are both versions correct? Would there be a difference in meaning?
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Both verbs "to talk" and "to speak" refer to the same action.  Is their meaning exactly the same? When is more appropriate to use one, or the other verb?
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I know "I have no time." is correct.     I have no much time.   But as to "I have no much time." to mean "not enough time", the sentence seems to have self-contradiction in a sense.  Is the sentence correct?
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Would you please tell me which of the following terms is correct? If both are correct, are they equal?     I have no [...] I don't have any [...]
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Talk to him is what I did.  (this sentence is from )  "Talk" is a verb here that is not in the imperative mood. I suppose, it's in the infinitive form. But then how can it stand alone, without "to"?  What will be if we add "to" to "talk"?  To talk to him is what I did.  If we can do so, then what will difference be between the initial sentence and the new one with "to"?  Maybe, there are some omitted words, after inserting which the sentence will immediately become understandable? I mean, maybe, there is an ellipsis?  Thanks!  To make it clearer:  Upd.1: if we type "bare infinitive" in google, we can't find any sites that could explain the absence from "to" before "talk".  Upd.2: Why can we replace "to talk" with only "talk" in "To talk to him is what I did."  Upd.3: I have my own logic but I don't know whether it's right or not:  1) I think that without an ellipsis "Talk to him is what I did." is to look like "I did talk to him is what I did do."  2) Also I know that we can't use "to" before "read" in "What we must do is read the manual." because in the left part we don't have "to" before "do".  By this logic, we can't use "to" before "talk" in "Talk to him is what I did." because in "what I did do" we don't have "to" before "do".  Am I right or not?
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With reference to       None of the above sentences is strictly correct.      Neither of the above sentence/sentences is/are strictly correct.    The person has used  are with none. This contradicts above notion of using singular with none. Which is more correct?  The first sentence is perfectly fine, but I'm getting confused from the second sentence. In this sentence, how would we decide about antecedents? Can we use both sentence interchangeably?
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What is the difference between try to do and try and do?  To me (non-native speaker), asking someone try and do this seems a bit rude. It's like saying you can try all you want but this must be done: try and fail is not an option. However, asking someone try to do this means I am asking you to try: success is bonus, failure is OK.
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Possible Duplicate:             I'm not a native English speaker, and this question may be very basic, but I want to learn English better, so don't hurt me with downvotes.  What is the difference between "I don't know nothing" and "I don't know anything"?  Do they have the same meaning or opposite ones?
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I'm learning about phrasal verbs, but I'm not sure if I'll use them correctly. Which one of the following phrasal verb uses correct:  -I don't know how to turn down the volume? -I don't know how to turn the volume down?  I always think that they're same, but lately I feel like there must be a rule how to use them correctly, or perhaps they get different meanings?