Have you come across any frilly dresses or blouses?  Does this mean [frilly dresses or frilly blouses], or does it mean [frilly dresses or blouses]? I want to know whether an adjective so placed only applies to the noun that comes immediately after it, or to the noun that comes after &quot;or&quot;, too. Or is there ambiguity here?
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Can you grab the blue shirts and socks?   Is the above sentence stating that both the shirts and the socks are blue? Or only the shirts?  At this stage, I am leaning towards the earlier (only the shirts) — though writing "Can you grab the blue shirts and blue socks?" seems redundant.
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I wonder if there is a rule on that score. Judging from the examples below, it just looks as if you don't put a when one goes alone, and you have to use it when one goes with an adjective. Am I wrong?     We've run out of clean towels. - It's ok, I have a spare one.      I was looking for a clean towel but couldn't find one.      What towel would you like? - Just an ordinary one, I don't really   care.      Can I have a towel? - Go to the bathroom and take one.      Did you buy me a towel? - Yes, a big yellow one.
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You can also contact me to customize your template, or create a new unique one.   Do I need to put a comma between the new and unique adjectives in this sentence?  In my native language (if I am not mistaken) we don't put a comma if the adjectives are of a different type. Not sure about English though, and if it's the case here anyway. Any help would be appreciated!
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Occasionally I see constructs like this in English sentences:        Not only is this true in this case, but ...      What puzzles me is the "is this" part of it. The sentence is not a question, yet it seems to have a question-like order. Isn't this correct/preferred:        Not only this is true in this case, but ...      Are there other cases where non-question sentences contain question-like parts (so to speak)?
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I use this word in my daily language even without knowing what it actually means.     Technically speaking, there is no big difference between […] and […].   So what does this word imply, not in the literal sense but when we combine it with a sentence? Is there a specific context to which we are supposed to limit the usage of this word? Because I hear it almost everyday.   Can we substitute the above sentence with "literally speaking, there is no big difference between […] and […]"?  Is the word technically supposed to bring out the meaning as in "literally" does? Are they synonymous? Can we use them interchangeably? If not, then what does the word "technically" actually refer to w.r.t daily English usage?
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He is arguably the best actor of his generation   In the above sentence the adverb is placed just after "be" Can we use adverb after "be"? If we can use then please explain properly because I have studied that adverb can be used before adjective and adverb .
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I'm from Central Pennsylvania, and apparently, we have a strange language construct in this area. I was recently talking about how "my car needs washed" to a friend from NJ, and she told me that my sentence was grammatically incorrect.   I realize she's right, and I realize my options are "my car needs to be washed" or "my car needs washing". But I'm not clear on the precise rule being invoked.
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That looks an interesting book. ()   ‘Look’ can take an NP for its complement by OALD. Now what I’m wondering about is if a person/people could be a subject in the structure, for instance, “They look good guys.” If we can’t, does it have to be “They look like good guys”?
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I would like to ask how people who are familiar with English interpret these sentences regarding the nouns that can be both count and noncount nouns.  (1) I have to make more cake/cakes to offer a wide variety of bakery products for my own business.  (2) France is famously known for having more cheese/cheeses than there are days in the year.  My foreign teachers went for plural noun in (1), but they chose the bare form for (2). I have them chose only one form for each item. For me (I'm Thai), I just want some explanations because both items represent "a variety of sth", so why these two are treated differently.
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What is the difference between “tits” and “boobs”?  P.S. I'm not sure if this question is appropriate but as English is not my native language I really would love to know the difference.
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I remember being taught that the correct order of adjectives in English was something along the lines of "Opinion-Size-Age-Color-Material-Purpose."  However, it's been a long time and I'm pretty sure I've forgotten a few categories (I think there were eight or nine). Can anyone fill them in?
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The bride's elegant dress reflected her good taste. The bride's elegant dress is a reflection on her good taste. The bride's elegant dress is a reflection of her good taste.  Would you tell me if they mean the same thing? If they would mean the same thing, what about the following question--link--? or I mean how could we distinguish such a distinction between these functions? Similarly, what about these:  A student's grades reflected her teacher A student's grades are a reflection on her teacher A student's grade are a reflection of her teacher  When, where or in which situation don't they mean the same? How can we distinguish such a distinction?
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I've seen many people who say:     This is a HTML page.   Yet I've also seen many people who say:     This is an HTML page.   Are both usages equally correct?  Or, which is the grammatically correct one?       Possible Duplicates:
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Are both expressions correct? If yes, do they have different meanings? It seems to me that I came across both of them in books, but I'm not sure.
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I have already seen these here questions:   but they don't appear to me to answer the question I am about to ask.    If I say:      This lovely lady is my daughter. So, be nice, will you?   'lovely' is obviously an adjective pre-modifying the subject noun.   But if say:       This here lady is my wife. So, keep your paws off, will yah?   1- Is 'here' an adjective here?      2- Which parts of the world (of the USA?) and/or what kind of people use the construction: "This here + noun..."?    I never use this kind of construction, but I sometimes here it in movies...     E.g. in "Night at the Museum" (2006):     Octavius, hold on. This ain't your fight.    This here giant's on our  land.   ...   Now, this here's King Ahkmenrah.   His tablet is what brings  you to life every night.
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What I write should mean the following: "There is this blog, but I don't remember its name."   So I thought I have to write it this way to achieve the meaning in a short way: "This blog."   But is this correct? Does is mean what I want to say? Because I've learned at school that "this" points to something specific. But I that's not what I want to achieve.   Sorry if the question is unclear. But I have no idea how to explain it differently.
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First of all, this is not a duplicate... E.g., have a look at these posts:      Anytime people on those posts talked about the use of 'so...as...', they said either that it can be used 'only in negative context' or that it can be used 'only with negative comparatives'.   Well, it is not clear to me at all what is meant by 'negative context/comparatives'... I am quite sure there was something significant omitted in the explanations. E.g., look at the following sentences:     Like the coordinating conjunctions, it is perfectly fine to begin sentences with because, so long as you keep in mind that the goal is to avoid fragments.   (Source: ).  This sentence does not seem to contain any 'negative context/comparatives'.     So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.   (Source: ).  This sentence does not seem to contain any 'negative context/comparatives' either.    And this post was not meant to be derogative in any way... I am sorry if anyone got offended.  I have also left the exact URLs of most of the websites I have linked to (without having used the hyperlink function) so as to let the users see some information about the links given before having them clicked on the link.   (additionally, is 'before having them clicked on the link' grammatical? I am not a native English speaker and I'm trying to get a hang of some more advanced kind of structures).  Some justifications of the uses of 'so...as...' in the two given sentences would be appreciated (as well as some other grammar corrections present in this post, if possible). Thanks!