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Find out errors in my sentence

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More than 30 million migrant workers were trapped being unemployed in the cities and forced to walk home. Sometimes for days end on. Pl check if there are any errors in the above sentence I wrote.Read More...
Gustavo, Co-Moderator
Hi, Grammar Man, Your post is not acceptable according to our Forum Guidelines (please see Guidelines 2 and 7). Perhaps, you want to say something like this: - Being unemployed, more than 30 million migrant workers living in the cities were forced to go back home.Read More...
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that VS as

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Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Checking, Scrolling, Clicking and Watching - Adam Alter I have a question for David. I was already helped by Gustavo, Co-Moderator here, but as he said, ' I would like to know your idea' , I would like to hear your explanation. Could you explain it for me, please? In their view, it wasn’t so much that people with similar attitudes became friends, but rather that people who passed each other during the day tended to become friends and so came to adopt similar...Read More...
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Pronoun or Preparatory it

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Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Checking, Scrolling, Clicking and Watching - Adam Alter Could you tell me what the pronoun, it, refers to? Does it refer to the situation previously mentioned or indicate the fact that people with similar attitudes became friends? Thank you in advance. The researchers believed that physical space was the key to friendship formation; that “friendships are likely to develop on the basis of brief and passive contacts made going to and from home or walking about...Read More...
GBLSU
Thank you for the extra explanation. That's is exactly the structure I saw.Read More...
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As follows

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1) I am bit confused sometimes whether to use colon or not after the the noun phrase as follows . For example: The amounts you believe are loans from ABC Pty Ltd for the 2013 and 2014 financial years are as follows. I then inserted a table Date Description Amount 1/1/2020 xxx $1 million 2/2/2021 yyy $500,000 1.1 In general, when do we use with colon and full stop after as follows. 2. Also, if I wanted to say the total amount of loans for the two years are totalling $1.5M. Is the following...Read More...
David, Moderator
Yes, Tony, we use a colon after "as follows" when it introduces something.Read More...
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Having trouble with gerunds and verbal nouns.

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Hello all, I'm a native Englishman who wants to learn more about English grammar as I really don't know much about it. I'm really embarrassed about writing on forums, websites and emails etc as my grammar is really bad . People sometimes call me out about it and correct my grammatical errors and they think I'm not a native speaker. I have started learning about nouns and I would be grateful if someone could please help me out. I'm stuck on gerund and verbal nouns and I'm having major...Read More...
David, Moderator
Hello, LeedsLad, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange. A gerund is a noun formed by [verb+ing] and can be modified by an adjective: "His swift drawing of the monster occurred between 10 and 10:30 a.m." Here "drawing" is referring to an event of drawing. Gerunds can't be pluralized: * " His swift drawings of the monster took place between 10 and 10:30 a.m. " A verbal noun is just a noun and can be pluralized: " I like his drawing(s) of the monster ." Here, "drawing(s)" is refering to products...Read More...
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Prior or Previously

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Hello, All. I'm new to this site, so I apologize if this post violates the rules. However, if this is permitted, I wondered if someone could offer their opinion on the following, from a newspaper article about a high school athlete: "The center had seen UConn prior but said the school's proximity to his hometown isn't as big of a factor to his decision making as some may think." IMO, the reporter is misusing "prior," an adjective, when he should be using "previously," an adverb, to modify...Read More...
Nutmegger
Sorry, I guess I thought I was "protecting" the reporter and the Hartford Courant. Thank you for your comments.Read More...
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with the quality of lighting being...

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1) Ignatius Street was a particular problem area with the quality of lighting very poor at each end of it. 2) ‘Ignatius Street was a particular problem area with the quality of lighting being very poor at each end of it. I found '1' in the Oxford dictionary. https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/poor Meaning '2' (click of 'more example sentences') Sentence '2' is mine. My question is whether in '1' and in '2' Ignatius Street was a particular problem area because the quality of lighting was...Read More...
Gustavo, Co-Moderator
Hi, Navi, I think that the absence of a comma leads us to interpret the clause starting with "with" as one of reason: it is a problem area because of the poor lighting. With a comma, the same clause would be interpreted as descriptive of an additional problem the area has.Read More...
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about to finish - be finished

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Hello. Could you please help me? Active or passive or both? 1- The report is about to finish. 2- The report is about to be finished. Thank you.Read More...
Gustavo, Co-Moderator
Well, the verb "finish" can be used both transitively and intransitively. A similar pair of sentences can be made up with the noun "speech": - The speech is about to finish (the delivery of the speech). - The speech is about to be finished (the delivery or the drafting of the speech).Read More...
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TO HAVE

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Dear Sir "The reports indicates clear signs of optimism returning to the local consumer market, and the UAE is predicted to have the fastest growth within the GCC this year." In the above sentence, what is the meaning of "to have"? Why did it use here?Read More...
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Bet: VoO followed by an object clause?

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Hello. In the following sentence, the verb bet has an indirect object you and an direct object sixpence , but is the that -clause an object clause? I bet you sixpence (that) it will rain tomorrow . Thank you.Read More...
Gustavo, Co-Moderator
I didn't mean "degree of certainty" but "the amount of the bet." That is an interesting example. I can only say that the "-that" clause is the content of the bet rather than the object. Honestly, I don't know how else to explain it syntactically.Read More...
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The use of apostrophe

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Do I need s for the below sentence? e.g. Lorry Burnett and Simon Burnett's loan applications have been processed.Read More...
Gustavo, Co-Moderator
Hi, Cristi, You do need 's for the possessive above. We understand that Lorry and Simon applied for the loans on a joint basis. If they are individual borrowers, then you should say: - Lorry Burnett 's and Simon Burnett 's loan applications have been processed. Please see this old thread for further reference.Read More...
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reason

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Hi everybody! Which preposition would you use after 'reason'? 'of' or 'for'? Or are both possible and just have different meanings? Example: The reason for/of this speech ... Thanks for your help!Read More...
ahmed_btm
Hi, Zonzon, You should have provided us with a complete example to understand what you want to say. Anyway, what is natural to say is, ' The purpose of this speech is .......'. When 'reason' is used to mean 'why something happens', it is naturally followed by ' for '. It can be followed by ' of ' in the following fixed expressions: 'by reason of' and 'for reasons of'.Read More...
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Having

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John also insists on not having his identity revealed in newspaper reports as he fears more harassment and trolling from the public. What is the meaning of "HAVING"? Why did it use here? Source : https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/i-have-no-toilet-kerala-auto-driver-fined-cops-trying-access-public-loo-150562Read More...
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daily treatments or daily dealings or what?

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Good day, Does this sentence sound English: "Tolerance should be obvious in our daily treatments" in the sense that "tolerance" should be present when we deal with people every day? Thanks in advance, Hossam, CairoRead More...
Gustavo, Co-Moderator
Hello, Hossam Nigm, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange. You shouldn't use "treatments," because it has a medical connotation. You can say: - Tolerance is a must in our daily relationships.Read More...
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present perfect

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Hello. I have just read the following sentence but I think "has moved" is incorrect. - Amgad has moved (into - down - over - away) from this area since 2016. What is correct? Thank you.Read More...
David, Moderator
Hi, Ahmed—This is a terrible grammar exercise, in that the only answer that makes sense ("away") could be used only in a very special, uncommon context. Suppose you returned to someplace you hadn't visited since 2016. Explaining this to someone who lives there, you might ask about Amgad's whereabouts. Assuming your interlocutor doesn't know Amgad very well (only that he has moved away since the time that the questioner had left), he could say: Amgad has moved away from this area since 2016.Read More...
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TAKE vs BRING

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My greetings to you all I wish I ......... something to eat with me to the park. There is no restaurants here. a) had taken b) was taking c) have taken d) took I think that NONE of the options provided is correct. The verb TAKE doesn't work here because the speaker is still in the park. In my opinion. HAD BROUGHT or HAD should be the answer. What do you think?Read More...
Gustavo, Co-Moderator
I would suggest the ones you proposed at the beginning, had or had brought . Please also notice that we would normally say: There are no restaurants here.Read More...
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