I've seen different questions related to the same verb, but those questions implicate an imperative form (For example when you tell somebody to log in/on) which I think may vary the condition in which the verb is used.        He uses another program to log in to the system.   He uses another program to log into the system.   He uses another program to log on to the system.   He uses another program to log onto the system.      I think number 2 is correct but I'll wait for your suggestions.
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When writing an instruction about connecting to a computer using ssh, telnet, etc., I'm not sure what spacing to use in this familiar spoken phrase:   "Log in to host.com" "Log into host.com" "Login to host.com"   Maybe this is entirely subjective or the realm of industry jargon, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to ask.  Any insight?
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I posted a question today about ""and I used the verb "find" in the progressive.:  I'm finding more and more that "having to" is also used instead of "have to".  Someone comments it's a "recency illusion" or a stereotypical characteristic of Indian English. I'm not a native speaker of English, and I never have been in touch with Indian a bit. I've been reading about stative verbs in the progressiveand I've seen and heard them not a few times in movies, dramas, novels, games, grammars, most of which are put out in the U.S.A. or the U.K., so I thought it would be OK to use the special progressive use in proper contexts, but now I think I'm missing something important, and I'm confused a lot. If you know what it is, please tell me about it with good explanations and examples. Now I'm going to show you some of the examples of the progressive with stative verbs that I've been collecting on my own for two years or so, (quite a few of them from grammars, some from dramas, novels and stuff...) and I want to know you native speakers' opinions on that. If your views on the usage diverge a lot, I'm going to have to think about which side I'm on,and one of the two is preferred over the other, then I'll follow it.        It’s mattering more and more which university you get your degree at.   She is not finding London totally easy.   I’m finding (=discovering, realizing) that his problem is more complicated than I had expected.   No, I’m sort of thinking that I’d like to try a bit higher level heel, anyway.   I’m thinking that we should pay a short visit to Clara.   One night in the middle of the night, I'm hearing dripping.   How are you liking your new job?   I was quite liking the performance until the first interval.   Tim, are you wanting any fruit?   It sounds that you're wanting to take care of yourself physically as well.   The only thing I'm lacking is a wardrobe.   He’s forgetting his French faster and faster.    I'm already forgetting what I was taught this morning.   You're forgetting that our resources are not unlimited.   I’m forgetting that I promised to visit Smith this evening.   The river is smelling particularly bad today.   My scarf is no longer smelling of lavender.   She’s looking much stronger this week.   You’re looking more like a sleep dog than most sleep dogs.   He’s looking worse and worse by the minute.   Your soup is tasting better every day.   That example is sounding less and less acceptable with each repetition.       ※. What I'm asking you is as follows:  1. the validity of the expression "I'm finding more and more that..." in the context of the original post 2. whether or not stative verbs in the progressive is widely acceptable &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and questions about your opinions on that &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (As I already said, if most of you reject the usage like the examples, then I should avoid it. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If most of you welcome it, I'll keep on with it.)
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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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Which is the correct use of these two words, and in which context should one be used rather than the other?
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I am having trouble working out whether the following two uses of practice should be the verb (-ise) or the noun (-ice). Can anybody please help clarify?   Every single member of our staff practices/practises discipline A practiced/practised workforce   I am interested in an answer based on UK English.
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I've been confused about this as long as I can remember. Should it be:     One should do ones duty.   or     One should do one's duty.   I'm guessing it should be the latter. But that doesn't sit well with the possessive pronoun 'its'. For example:     It is its own purpose.   vs.     It is it's own purpose.   Here, the former seems clearly correct.
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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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I desire he visit us more often.     This is correct, right?     I hope he visit us more often.     Why is this incorrect? Why should I use “visits” instead?
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Consider:  I need to do this. I need do this.  My English grammar knowledge tells me that &quot;need&quot; doesn't have the same status as the modal verbs &quot;may&quot;, &quot;can&quot;, &quot;should&quot; and what not. Hence the second usage where two verbs appear consecutively is incorrect. But yesterday, my native English speaking friends (Americans) told me that &quot;I need compute this.&quot; is a perfectly grammatical sentence, and one is simply omitting the &quot;to&quot;. How can this be? Is it a colloquial usage but grammatically incorrect, or is it grammatically correct? If it is grammatically correct, is it because &quot;need&quot; is a semi-modal verb? EDIT: in particular, is it okay to use &quot;need compute&quot; in a scientific paper? EDIT2: the exact phrase that raised the question was &quot;The advantage of this representation is that we need only compute sums and products&quot;
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As a nonnative speaker of English I was always taught in school that there are verbs that cannot be used in the continuous form, i.e.  the stative verbs. However, I've seen some stative verbs used in the continuous form in American English, especially the verbs wish, feel, hope, guess, love and like. Is using these stative verbs in the continuous form wrong? If it's not, what's the difference between using them in the simple and continuous forms?
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I sometimes find myself writing something like this:     XXX is a project I admire and am very interested in.   The "I &#60;verb> and am &#60;something>" feels strange here. It somehow sounds more natural in the third person: "He admires and is very interested in...."  Am I just imagining things – is it OK to use this construction, or should I use something completely different?
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Consider the following use case:   Please check the username and password are correct. Please check that the username and password are correct.   In this case, I would say that that is required because it feels more natural to me and so the flow is better. However, is the lack of that wrong in this case?  The question boils down to: when is that optional? See . A quick summary:   That is optional if the pronoun is the object. That is required if the pronoun is the subject.   I think that we fall into the second case: that is required because the relative pronoun is the subject. But I'm not sure if I'm interpreting these rules correctly. Can someone please advise?
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I read this  and this one is different because the second clause is in present tense.  I'm born and brought up in India. - too commonly practiced in India.  I was born in India is correct over I'm born in India. I am pretty clear on that, but then if I want to include brought up which is still effective (present), how do I say that?  I was born and brought up in India. - does not relate the sentence to the present time then. As both are in past I was born in India + I was brought up in India. - no. I AM brought up in India, I'm still here.
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I am a bit confused about these two forms For example :  John reads books all of the time/all the time All the students/All of the students have participated in march against smoking in the campus  are they both correct? or it depends on the context?
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Is it correct to write: "An agreement is imperative to tackling the problem"?  Or should it be: "An agreement is imperative to tackle the problem"?  Thanks
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My question is on the grammatical correctness of the following sentence with regard to the form of the verb 'join':     The plan is that the group join the party.   Other sentences that I think represent the same issue (regarding the verbs sing, consider, maintain) are:     I ask that the choir sing at the banquet.      The advice is that the committee consider the alternative.      The advisor recommends that the firm maintain its involvement.   In each of these above sentences I attempt to make a command (do this: join, sing, consider, maintain) but to a third person subject (as though not speaking directly to the group/choir/committee/firm).  Microsoft Word's grammar features suggest correction to me from 'join' to 'joins'.  Is it grammatically incorrect as I have written it?  Basically I am trying to write a proposal in which I implore a recommendation.  I essentially want to say, imperatively, "do this", but more gently/politely or in a more passive tone.  I picked to say "that the group join" because to me it's as though I am saying "that the group will join" or "that the group would join", but I don't want to write that out to avoid being too pushy (saying that it 'will' do as I say) nor too nonpersuasive (telling them that they 'would' do as I say, if they feel like it.. or not.. whatever..).  Nor do I want to say "the plan is that the group joins" because my purpose is to recommend (propose) for the group to carry out the action, in the future.  What's a correct word choice or conjugation here? What's the best tense for the sentence?
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When I have to use information and performance I'm always confused.  However, I'm asking whether when I'm referring to more than one piece of information of performance I should use "information/performance is" or "information/performance are."