January 2022

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Is it OK for me to use this construction where I insert the piece's title?

Andrew Van Wagner 1/3/226:14 AM

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[this is my edited version of the post; I was unclear before] 1: Just want to reiterate that this forum is insanely useful for anyone involved in the minutaie of writing; I can't express enough my gratitude that this forum exists to help me resolve the little details of things! This forum is so unbelievably useful and helpful and good! 2: I have two sentences below where I could've written "piece about" but in each I case I did "piece X about" where X was the piece's title enclosed in...Read More...

David, Moderator 1/3/224:24 PM

Yes.Read More...

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punctuation

David Toklikishvili 1/2/221:08 AM

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"* sustaining the development/improvement of the skills, and raising the awareness, of the staff and beneficiaries of social enterprise with regard to women's rights, gender equality and women's economic empowerment;" This is one of asterisked entries. Meaning 'the development/improvement of the skills of the staff and beneficiaries ...' and 'raising the awareness of the staff and beneficiaries ... ', have I used commas correctly in the above clause?Read More...

David Toklikishvili 1/3/2211:28 AM

Thank you, David.Read More...

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An issue of "a" versus "the"

Andrew Van Wagner 1/3/226:21 AM

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Sorry to do another post! I love this forum so much! :) Below I said "the vantage", but what about "a vantage"? How can I possibly adjudicate between "the vantage" and "a vantage" here? Thanks so much! https://join.substack.com/publish/post/46392797 When I imagine what it would be like to look back on one’s pre-treatment life from the vantage of effective medicationRead More...

David, Moderator 1/3/2211:05 AM

Hi, Andrew—I recommend using "from the vantage point of." I have never heard anyone use "vantage" without "point," and doing so sounds wrong to me. As to the use of "the" rather than "a," you will be defining which vantage point you are thinking of with the "of" phrase following "point." You could use "a" with "vantage point" in a sentence like this: "Choose a vantage point from which to consider the issue."Read More...

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get away / around / over

poet20 1/2/229:26 PM

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Take care of your sister. Don't let her get ( away / around/over)Read More...

David, Moderator 1/3/2210:41 AM

Hi, poet20—We really need more context to decide, since each of the answer choices is grammatical and would have the right meaning in the right context. That said, the default choice is "Don't let her get away," since, if the addressee's sister is away from the addressee, it will be hard for him to take care of her.Read More...

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My thoughts on this forum and a couple quick questions.

Andrew Van Wagner 1/2/228:32 AM

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Hi everyone, 1: I really love this forum; I have to adjudicate between alternatives every day regarding the most minute little usage details, and this forum really helps me out; it's an incredible forum and so valuable! 2: I made a post here and I wonder if someone could do a reply to it: https://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/topic/i-m-trying-to-find-a-forum-where-i-can-ask-very-meticulous-little-things-about-grammar-and-stylization-and-usage. My questions were highly specific and I think...Read More...

Gustavo, Co-Moderator 1/2/2211:52 AM

Hi again, Andrew, Thank you. It's always nice to hear that our answers are of help. I gave you some additional replies here . I hope they help. As I told you above, the clarifications have already been made but, should you need to ask any other follow-up question, you should scroll down and type your comment inside the box entitled Add Reply. Alternatively, you can click on the sprocket and select Reply with Quote. I agree with you on the lack of necessity of a comma there.Read More...

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Passive voice - present versus present perfect tense

Tony C 1/2/221:37 AM

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What are the differences of the two sentences below? 1. As your company is now established, you have two options for your record-keeping. 2. As your company has now been established, you have two options for your record-keeping. Thanks!Read More...

Gustavo, Co-Moderator 1/2/2211:14 AM

I agree with you, David. I'd just like to point out that in both sentences "as" can indicate manner or reason, so it seems to me that they are ambiguous, the two possible interpretations being: - Considering the way in which your company is now established / has now been established, you have two options for your record-keeping. (Manner) - Because your company is now established / has now been established, you have two options for your record-keeping. (Reason)Read More...

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Bad-tempered

Ahmed.A.A 1/1/227:59 AM

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Hi, why do we say ''bad-tempered'' not ''badly-tempered''? Isn't it like ''well-behaved'' and ''badly-injured''?Read More...

Ahmed.A.A 1/2/229:19 AM

Thanks a lot GustavoRead More...

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Correct or not?

Omar Ahmed 1/1/221:26 AM

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Find the mistakes in the following sentence: - There are a lot of cars in the city, so the air polluted is very bad. I think the sentence is error-free. Am I right?Read More...

TheParser 1/1/226:14 AM

Maybe you mean "air pollution ."Read More...

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