Possible Duplicate: Is it acceptable to nest parentheses? Are you allowed to have parentheses within parentheses in English? Something like "(I did that because I wanted to (and the want …

1 In English "or" is usually taken to be exclusive or, if you wish to specifically use inclusive or then use "and/or".

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Apr 6, 2015 · Grammars, especially school grammars , treat this grammar point on a low school level. In reality the idiomatic use of this and that is a complicated thing and a study of this …

I have seen several sentences in English where some writers have written had twice in a row. I am a bit confused about when the grammar calls for using had had. For example: I had had …

In the succinctly named textbook: English Grammar in Familiar lectures. Embracing a new Systematick Order of Parsing. A New System of Punctuation, Exercises in false Syntax, and A …

Aug 23, 2011 · @Thuan: What you call "the structure to + v-ing" is not a structure. To is a preposition, and like all prepositions it can take a gerund object. Disposed to using, exhausted …

Jan 13, 2022 · Would one say they “typically only use public transportation” or “typically use only public transportation” inverting the order ? This is to settle an argument between my friends.

But prescriptive grammarians are pretty clear on such use. Fowler in Modern English Usage (p670) says: If differentiation were possible between utilize and use it would be that utilize has …

Aug 9, 2010 · Yes, I also had teachers that forced me to use "I" when I should have used "me". I was incorrect until 5th form (grade 11) when I had a Greek English teacher who taught me all I …