July 2020

Thanks David! I did not realize it was grammatically correct to add a comma before the "and" without two independent clauses. You answered my question that the independent clause is not implied when for example the "I" is omitted, e.g. "and bought more clothes" is not an independent clause even though the "I" is implied as in "I bought more clothes."Read More...

Thanks for sharing that example, Yasukotta. I hadn't checked to see whether CGEL dealt with the Gapping of a modal. I still question whether this is really Gapping and not simply a type of coordination that presents an illusion of ellipsis, though I also still need to run my idea by a specialist in this area. In modern generative grammar, the subject of a clause is held to originate in the verb phrase—in the "Specifier" position of that phrase. It "raises" from that position to become the...Read More...

Tony C, as we explained in another thread, we use the verb "attach" for emails. Therefore, you should say: - I refer to the document attached to this email.Read More...

Hi, Azz, In Webster's Third International Dictionary (unabridged), I read under between : 1a : involving the reciprocal action of : involving as participants : jointly engaging <the job was completed between the two of them> I think your sentences: work in much the same way as the one from the dictionary: - The job was completed involving the two of them as participants. - Involving John and Harry as participants, there are two people who say ... - Involving John, Pete and Harry as...Read More...

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Hi, Tony C—In addition to "I typed my essay in Microsoft Word," you can say, "I typed my essay on the computer ," "I typed my essay on a Microsoft Word document, " or "I typed my essay using Microsoft Word ." The sentence "I typed my essay on Microsoft Word" is a bit off, suggesting, awkwardly, that you typed your essay into the content of the Microsoft Word software program itself.Read More...

You need to say: ... as a distribution from the ABC family trust. The difference between "account" and "trust" is that accounts belong to companies or individuals (you don't use an article but the possessive: ABC Pty Ltd's account, John's account ), while trusts are preceded by a name that identifies them and take an article, being sometimes capitalized ( the John Smith Trust, the ABC family trust ).Read More...

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Thank you for the answer. I wish I could use the like button but it says that I don't have the right.Read More...

Hello, Ayman—I think you might find it useful to think about this question in terms of formality and informality in your native language. Although I don't know what language your native language is, I feel confident in supposing that, whatever the language is, it probably has formal and informal expressions, and that their level of appropriateness will vary according to the formality or informality of the context of utterance. Speaking at a job interview is different from having a...Read More...

Thank you very much, Gustavo. taked66Read More...

Thanks sir! Now I have got the fact!Read More...

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Hello, Time-axis, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange. Yes, only (B) and (D) work with that meaning. If you are worried that people might think each knight has more than one bloodline, you can use "respective," "individual," "various," or "several" to reduce the likelihood of that reading: the Knights' respective/individual/various/several bloodlines the respective/individual/various/several bloodlines of the KnightsRead More...

Noted, thanks David.Read More...

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Hello, Tony—If you wish to speak of those details as forming part of the financials in the present, the sentence with the present tense ("form") is more correct. If you wish to speak of those details as forming part of the financials in the past, the sentence with the past tense ("formed") is more correct. P.S. Please do not start more than three or four threads in a day. In the last day, you have started five. You can see how much workload it would create for us if members were allowed to...Read More...

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"itemised" (AmE spelling is "itemized") means "presented as a list of items." I think "itemized breakdown" is redundant, or indicative that the breakdown should include all possible items in detail. What is definitely wrong in your sentence above is what I highlighted. You can say either "included" or "that are included."Read More...

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Thanks David 💖 My native language is Bengali.Read More...

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Tony, both "that" and "which" are correct there, because there's no comma (the relative clause is defining or restrictive). If the clause is non-definining or non-restrictive (i.e. it is preceded by a comma), then only "which" can be used. Perhaps you could find a way to avoid the repetition of "invoices," for example: You applied a 25% discount on the overhead expenditure invoices that/which were not charged to ABC Pty Ltd.Read More...