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How do you handle "that that"? The double "that" problem
2010年9月25日 · Of course it is acceptable grammar. The rules of English grammar are the very reason why such "strange things" happen in the first place. Now, whether or not you actually end up using a double "that" or rewording it, is a different question. But it is a question of style. Read: personal preference.
grammar - How to use "to + V-ing"? - English Language & Usage …
2011年8月23日 · 7. It's a bit tricky but you have to learn to tell whether the "To" is being used as (A.) part of an Infinitive or (B.) a Preposition. Once you develop this skill, you can follow this: Infinitive "To" = to + base verb. Preposition "To" = to + Noun, Pronoun, V+ing. Examples of Infinitive "To" are:
Should I put myself last? "me and my friends" vs. "my friends and …
Another place we can see evidence that the objective form is the unmarked form in English is in the way we label photos. If I have a picture of myself, I label it "me"; I don't label it "I". Contrast this with German, where the subject form is the unmarked form; if I label a photo of myself, I label it "ich" ("I") and not "mich" ("me").
"Who are" vs "who is" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年12月22日 · Now, it might be acceptable to use a plural in some edge cases. In A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (1985 Quirk et al.), page 756: Similarly, interrogative who and what as subjects normally take a singular verb even when the speaker has reason to believe that more than one person or entity is involved.
grammar - When do we use “had had” and “have had”? - English …
15. There's no special magic with " had had ", they don't really go together as a pair anymore than " had wanted " go together. So don't worry so much about how to use " had had " as a unit of grammar, they will come together naturally when you want to express the verb ' to have ' in the past perfect. Let's consider a different verb for a ...
"like I" or "like me"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
It may be correct according to prescriptive English grammar, but it is not idiomatic to the language until you add the extra bits. One would say either: She is smarter than me. or. She is smarter than I am. The same pattern emerges when looking at like. Used by itself, in idiomatic English, you would use the object pronoun when the word is used ...
present perfect - When is it necessary to use "have had"? - English ...
2010年11月10日 · 111. "Have had" is using the verb have in the present perfect tense. Consider the present tense sentence: I have a lot of homework. This means that I have a lot of homework now. On the other hand, we use the present perfect tense to describe an event from the past that has some connection to the present. Compare the following two sentences: I ...
grammar - Jon and I or Jon and me? - English Language & Usage …
2014年9月18日 · In the one referring to you, if 'me' sounds correct, use 'Jon and me', if 'I' works, use 'Jon and I'. A couple of examples to illustrate: He gave the money to Jon and (I/me). Try it using only you: He gave the money to me. As you can see, 'me' is the winner because using 'I' here would be horrid. Jon and (I/me) are going to see a play.
grammar - Should we use "not to" or "to not"? - English Language ...
6. The words "to not learn" in this context constitute something called a "split infinitive" - that is, the words of the infinitive "to learn" have been separated (sorry, @Barrie, I disagree with you on this). Traditionally, people were taught to avoid split infinitives; but sometimes, it's more natural to split an infinitive than not to.