For example,     This early 1980s incident made headlines at that time.   versus     This early 1980s incident made headlines at the time.   Which is correct and why?
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I hope this is not a double post.  Should I use "at the time" or "at that time" when I want to express something that was known during the time when the events occurred?     Bonco presents the facts known at the time about Fiolo and their interpretation by various authors.   Here I mean "at the time" as "at the moment that Bonco wrote it."
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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'm not a native english speaker, so even though I'm decently proficient at it, I don't really "know the rules" sometimes, and this is one that's been confusing me for a long time.  Which one is correct in each sentence?     If the movement [was/were] to continue uncorrected, the tower would   one day topple.      If I [was/were] rich, I would buy a yacht.   NOTE: I care not only about the case of "I", but also "she", "them", "it", etc, as in the example of the tower. Would it be any different if instead of the tower, it'd be me who'd topple if uncorrected?  I'm pretty sure it's "were" in both cases. That's what they taught me, I think. I started to doubt when I saw a lot of "was", but it sounded like the typical intentional mistake used "stylistically". ("If I was a rich girl...")  Then I saw it some more and thought it came down to an American/British English difference (I was taught British, in theory, and most of what I read is American).    But that tower sentence came straight from "The Guardian"...  When do you use was and when do you use were?
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Which one of the following is correct use? If both are correct, what difference does this change make in a conversation?   Do you know when is this being used? Do you know when this is being used?
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There are several reasons proposed for the collapse of the bridge.   Is this present simple tense or the present perfect tense? I thought it might be the latter since there is a retrospective aspect to the sentence. However, I am quite unsure.
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Should I use "was" or "were" in the following context?     A huge crowd were/was present there.
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Which one of the following is the correct one?   I should have seen it glow. I should have seen it glowing.   Or are both correct? Would you parse them please?
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A colleague asked me which of these sentences is correct, or if they are both correct which is better to use.   Are you using the current template version? Do you use the current template version?   I recommended using the first sentence but only because it sounds better to me.  Is there anything grammatically wrong with the second sentence or does it convey a different meaning to the first sentence?
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What's the difference between these two sentences? And which one's grammatically correct?
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Why is there a comma after "his" in the headline? Does this mean his AND his wife's experience? Is it correct english, or slang?  "Man discusses his, wife's experience being injured during the Boston marathon bombings."  Source:
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Newspaper/news article headlines usually have different syntax rules, for example   No copula. North Korea trip 'successful' Past events written in present. Qantas cancels flight out of frozen Heathrow Predictions written with infinitive. Britain's 'crossbow cannibal' to die in jail Very often not in complete sentence. No indefinite/definite articles. Ivory Coast Faction Squeezes UN Force Using a comma instead of "and". Romania, Bulgaria face delay in joining Schengen.   Why these rules and are there any other rules?
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Does one need to use the article in this case?
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Are these two totally synonymous? Can one be used in place of the other anywhere? Are there any differences in nuance, or anything at all?
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Is there a difference between them? If so, how and when are they used?  For example:     I fixed a little/small typo.
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Let's consider two sentences:     (1) I suggested that the word zeitgeist was of German origin.   (2) The lecturer said the Pluto's orbital period is more than 200 years.   In both cases, the facts are always valid and  irrelevant of the moment of speech and context. I've heard sequence of tenses is not required in such cases. Are past and present tenses interchangeable in both of them? Would it be correct to say:     (1) I suggested that the word zeitgeist is of German origin.   (2) The lecturer said the Pluto's orbital period was more than 200 years.
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I'm thinking about making a headline. I know you would use a comma here:     Professor Bill Bick then told me, "There will be more jobs when the   economy recovers."   What about here?     Read Professor Bill Bick's article, "Why There Will be More Jobs When   the Economy Recovers."   Are commas used before article titles that are quoted?
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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?