I just asked a question a moment ago, the subject of which was "Is there a word for taking an (possibly undeserved) authoritative tact?"  And I immediately had the follow up question of "was that sentence grammatically correct?" Namely, does the article a/an connect to what's in the parentheses (in which case I should have used "a") or to the adjective that follows, which the article actually refers to (in which case I did the right thing).
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When a/an precedes a parenthetical aside (sometimes seen in informal/conversational writing), should the vowel rule depend on the first word in parentheses, or the next word in the "regular" flow of the sentence?     I need a (memorable) idiom (preceding an m word; use a)   or     I need an (memorable) idiom (preceding an i word; use an)
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I want to know firstly if it's grammatically correct to start a declarative sentence with "Am". For example:     Am excited about the game today.   Secondly, if it is grammatically incorrect, then I wanted to ask how much "head room" there is for the above usage. I can't think of an example now, nor find one here at english.stackexchange. However I imagine there are usages of the english language that grammatically are illegal, yet have somehow become accepted as colloquial or idiomatic perhaps.
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I would like to understand the correct grammatical order in the sentence,     In your essay, you must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate spelling and punctuation in a style appropriate for the situation.   I hold the view that “style appropriate” is written bad because the grammatical order indicates that an adjective needs to be before the noun.  Is it grammatically correct?: NOUN + ADJECTIVE X  So,     In your essay, you must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate spelling and punctuation in an appropriate style for the situation .   It is true that it works like this ​ ADJECTIVE + NOUN ​  Resource: Cambridge English Objective First Book, Fourth Edition
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Background: I was working on a project and was having a colleague of mine proof-read a piece of documentation. He said that one sentence was ambiguous because he couldn't determine what the antecedent was (actually he knew because of the context, but said that to somebody else it might be ambiguous).   Sentence:     The server picks up the emitted fax via ModuleA, which forwards it to ModuleB.   To me it's clear that the which of the sentence refers to ModuleA, but apparently other people may be confused as to whether it's the server or ModuleA that does the forwarding. In my experience I've always made the assumption that the noun that's closer is the implied antecedent, but I couldn't find any rules to follow in determining the antecedent to use.   Question: Are there rules that unambiguously determine what antecedent is referred to by a pronoun without having any contextual information?
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Example:     It's all about apples, oranges, bananas, etc.   VS.     It's all about apples, oranges, bananas, etc..   Update  What happens if the abbreviation is inside parentheses, do you place a dot after and before the closing parenthesis?     It's all about fruit (apples, bananas, etc.).
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Is it now considered acceptable to follow a proper noun ... or any noun ... with a pronoun? E.g.      The President he issued a new executive order.
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I did commented on your post.       Is this a correct sentence? As you know that we often make emphatic sentences by using "did"but when we make them we use 1st form but here 2nd form is used.  I am just confused.
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Should you put an “a” here in the blank after such?     Alpha is supposed to warrant the connection between Beta and Gamma. But ____ connection seems to be already warranted.    Which one is correct instead of ____, such or such a?
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I am a learner of English. Sometimes I see an article (a and the) before the noun (life) but sometimes I also see the noun without any article. So I am confused when should I use an article before the noun and when I should not. Please check the examples and let me know are they correct?     Examples:      His life is an awesome life.      I want to get a beautiful life.      I like the life he lived.
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According to my knowledge, the indefinite article 'a' must never be used before a proper noun. But I recently heard the English sentence: "Every civilian should be a Mahatma Gandhi to his society".  As per my knowledge, "Mahatma Gandhi" is a proper noun here and 'a' is the article.   Believing the speaker to have a good grasp of English, I now have this doubt: are there any occasions where it is proper to have an indefinite article before a proper noun?  Please advise me.
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I believe the sentence in the title is grammatically correct.   Recently I've seen too many people writing it this way:     I'm not sure what is the right way.   Is it grammatically correct as well? Maybe in a different sense? Or simply misuse by non-native speakers?
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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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Which one of these adjectives is correct? I can see that both of them are being used, I'm just not sure which one is grammatically correct. Are there any general rules to follow as to the use of one against the use of the other?
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My friend and I got into an argument about English grammar, so I was hoping maybe you could help us out. Okay so we want to know if the following part of the sentence is correct, "People who are satisfied and feel self-fulfilled like I" rather than "People who are satisfied and feel self-fulfilled like me". I have already provided many sources to my friend showing that the first way is a formal and a grammatically correct way, however he wants an answer with this specific part of the sentence.   Please help us out  Thank you
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Sometimes, on the internet, particularly in online games, I see people using the  indefinite article before someone's name: "I see a Joey" or "I hug a Polly". I know some of these people and I'm positive that they are from English-speaking countries, which means it is not a mistake, they do it intentionally.  I was always taught that articles are not used in front of people's names. Maybe it is some sort of slang? What does it mean, when the indefinite article is put in front of someone's name?  Edit: There is a group of people standing somewhere. And somebody, named Joey, appears. They all know Joey. And someone in this group says "I see a Joey". So it is used when someone sees his or her friend. But I don't understand why they use the indefinite article here.
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I get confused everytime I use which or that and refer to someone. For example, which one is the correct to say: 'that courage which takes him up' or should I say 'that courage which take him up'. Appreciate everyone's help.
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I want to ask a question whose meaning is "what is the exact way in which X works?". Where is the most appropriate place for the adverb "exactly"?   How exactly does X work? How does exactly X work? How does X exactly work? How does X work exactly?