Which is the correct option for below sentence?     Who doesn't know that he is ____ universally acclaimed writter?      1) a      2) an   Thanks in advance.
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In the following example, is it appropriate to use a or an as the indefinite article, and why?     He ate __ green apple.   I know that in the case of just "apple", it would be "an apple," but I've heard conflicting answers for "green apple," where the noun is separated from the article by an adjective.  Also, which is more appropriate in this case:     He ate  __ enormous Pop-Tart.
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He is one of the men who do the work.   Could someone explain why it is "do" and not "does" up there? I'm sure this question has been asked before and I've memorized what to do with such sentences. But still I'm confused as to the reason why "do" is correct.  Is the subject up there "men" and not "he"? Why isn't it possible to make "he" the subject?
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(a) When one reads the Hindi literature of the twentieth century, he finds a striking contrast between the writings of Munshi Premchand and later day writers of popular Hindi fiction.      (b)  When one reads the Hindi literature of the twentieth century, one finds a striking contrast between the writings of Munshi Premchand and later day writers of popular Hindi fiction.   According to me, (b) should be the correct one as "one" cannot be used interchangeably with other pronouns when referring to the same thing. But the correct answer is (a). Can someone explain?
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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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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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Here's the full sentence: "These men, all of who were well-known, well-respected statesmen, were viewed by their peers and common people alike as great thinkers in their day.  I just can't really see where it would fall into: subject? predicate? object? What would it be?
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If you have a more illustrative title, feel free to change it. I searched but I couldn't find one.   This may be an easy and trivial question; if so, I am sorry.  What are the differences between these two sentences?     These two guys seem to be inseparable.      These two guys seem inseparable.   I can intuitively say that the latter one is grammatically wrong. Could you please explain?  EDIT: What I think is John Lawler's and FumbleFingers' answers are worth to read. The reason why I  noted that someone who wants to learn the answer of this question, accidentally misses FumbleFingers' answer.
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if someone asks me or if there is a question in exams like "who is the author of Xxx book?" Should I answer in the past or present tense,like "Yyy is/was the author of Xxx book". I know the author is not alive.
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A person gave me an answer on English.SE and I commented:     Thank you for taking your time writing this wonderful answer!   Now, looking at the sentence in retrospect, even though I am not a native English speaker (duh, otherwise I wouldn't be asking a question on ELL.SE), I find the sentence a bit odd.  To get my point across, let me rephrase the sentence:     Thank you for taking your time to write this wonderful answer!   With my relatively little knowledge and understanding of English, I feel that using 'writing' (as I did in the original sentence) emphasizes the very process of writing the answer, whereas using 'to write' emphasizes the mere fact that an answer has been given, and a wonderful one at that.  This is exactly why I feel the original sentence is a little bit awkward and the second, revised one would have been more apt.  Am I correct or are the quoted sentences virtually synonymous?
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I've come across the following passage from Mina Murray's diary (from Dracula ). Mina is worried that her finance hasn't written to her for quite a long time.     No news from Jonathan. I am getting quite uneasy about him, though why I should I do not kno; but I do wish that he would write, if it were only a single line.    What will be the difference between would write and wrote in this case? I, personally, think that original sentence is entirely about the present. She wants him to to drop a few lines, and she still hopes that he'll do this. And with "wrote" it would mean sort of she wants him to have written to her. Somewhat she wants not to worry right now, but it's impossible because she got nothing from him, not a line. I've just shared my thoughts, but I'm not so sure  about them. Possibly, someone can make it clear for me.   Many thanks!
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I'm from Russia and I've got a problem with writing a letter. Can I use the phrase "glad to hear such news" if I'm not speaking with a person? Isn't it better and more correct to use "glad to know"?
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I had a grammar quiz at the university today.    One of the questions was:     "Great Expectations" ____ by Charles Dickens.      a) is written   b) has been written   c) was written    Undoubtedly, the c option isn't correct since the time (the publication date) isn't stated or implied.  I crossed the a option out because it is neither a general truth nor a law. It is not a well-known fact to use present simple here.  Finally, I have chosen b. I still have doubts if a is the only right option.   It is unclear to me. Could you clarify it? Any help would be appreciated.
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Which is correct?     Everyone were convinced that he would go to the game.   Everyone was convinced that he would go to the game.   I think it's "was", because "everyone" is singular, but I just wanted to check.
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Here's a standard English sentence:     The folder which is missing from the principal's office contained the answers to today's exam.   (Separate question, discussed elsewhere I'm sure, whether it should really be "which" or "that".)  But simpler is usually better, so I would actually just write:     The folder missing from the principal's office ...   But my question is: I have seen legal statements which would write:     The folder, which folder is missing from the principal's office, contained ...   Assuming that the writer is actually correct in thinking that s/he's adding some value by repeating "folder" after the "which", what value is s/he adding?
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First sentence:     I contribute to projects I love.   Second sentence:     I contribute to projects that I love.   I used to use the first one, but I am not sure if it is right or wrong when omitting "that".
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I would like to write "In "[article name]," [author] states such and such." However, in this particular instance, [article name] ends in a question mark. How should I punctuate this?   "In "Can Pigs Fly," Bacon states..." "In "Can Pigs Fly?" Bacon states..." "In "Can Pigs Fly?," Bacon states..."   Or something else?  Thank you!
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I'm getting confused about these two sentences:        The government should provide education to its citizens.   She has received a great education since high school.      I think education is an uncountable noun.  Why does the second sentence use the article a before education?   It might be a stupid question, but I really want to understand this topic clearly. I looked on many websites but there was no related answer to this.