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What is the difference between derivational morphemes ‘-ing’ and ‘ed’ when being used in verb-derived adjectives?

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Is it grammatical to end a sentence with a preposition? Why or why not?

asked 5 days ago in Questions about English Grammar by rubu0928 (180 points) | 13 views

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Mid-Term- Why do L1 Chinese learners of English find it difficult to learn conditionals in English?

asked 6 days ago in Questions about English Grammar by woonymak2 (240 points) | 10 views

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Basic Grammar Concepts: Parts of Speech

asked Jan 19 in Questions about English Grammar by Aaaaalixn (120 points) | 60 views

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What are the differences between two similar sentences, ‘she is always having snacks,’ and the sentence ‘she always has snacks,’ and why?

asked Nov 22, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by Petra (160 points) | 109 views

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Why the meanings of “The housework is done” and “The housework has been done” is different while the Chinese translation of both sentences is the same,「家務做完了」?

asked Nov 22, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by hoicyau7 (120 points) | 726 views

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DEC - When can bare nouns be used in English?

asked Nov 22, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by rubu0928 (180 points) | 48 views

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DEC- What is the difference between “few” and “a few”? How did we distinguish those quantifiers?

asked Nov 22, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by lswong85 (160 points) | 49 views

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Why are there regular and irregular verbs?

asked Nov 22, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by hopoon4 (280 points) | 54 views

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What is the difference between ‘in and on’?

asked Nov 22, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by hopoon4 (280 points) | 48 views

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Why ‘although…but…’ is ungrammatical?

asked Nov 22, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by hopoon4 (280 points) | 41 views

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DEC-Q2 when ‘to’ is followed by the bare form of verbs or the gerund form?

asked Nov 21, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by Tang Sirui (220 points) | 54 views

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DEC- What's the difference between 'I buy you the cake' and 'I buy the cake for you'?

asked Nov 21, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by group6_2022 (240 points) | 34 views

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DEC - Q2 How to learn / memorise Chinese classifiers and How to use double classifiers? (-AA/ -A-A)?

asked Nov 21, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by woonymak2 (240 points) | 31 views

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DEC - We are taught that ‘an’ precedes a word begins with vowels (e.g., a, e, i, o, u), whereas ‘a’ precedes a word begins with consonants (e.g., b, t, s). Why are there some exceptions, like ‘an MTR station’ and ‘a uniform’? Also, why are there two indefinite English articles (e.g., a, an)?  

asked Nov 21, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by group6_2022 (240 points) | 213 views

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DEC -Q1 How to use ‘le’ in Chinese?

asked Nov 21, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by woonymak2 (240 points) | 31 views

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DEC-Q1. Why must commas be added in certain relative clauses, but some do not?

asked Nov 21, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by Yukifong (220 points) | 30 views

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DEC-Q2. Why do these modal auxiliary verbs, ‘could’, ‘will’ and ‘would’ present different meanings?

asked Nov 21, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by Yukifong (220 points) | 43 views

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DEC-Q2. Why and in what ways is English recursive?

asked Nov 20, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by Chan Hiu Wai (240 points) | 47 views

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DEC (Group 13) Q1. Why and in what ways is the English language ambiguous?

asked Nov 20, 2022 in Questions about English Grammar by Chan Hiu Wai (240 points) | 34 views