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Loviii
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Greetings. My home language is Russian. I like learning English and I'm very interested in all English grammar.

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'Cat' has a final 't'. — The letter "t" is the only one in the word "cat". Then why is it possible to use "a" here?
Dec 7, 2023
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"James flicked a peanut at her." — What can "flicked" mean here?
Nov 26, 2023
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"Man cannot live by bread alone." — Is there any logical explanation why this idiom doesn't have an article before "man"?
Jul 29, 2024
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Can we use the phrase "the city of + name" to any city in the world or just to the cities which have something special?
Feb 1, 2024
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"This might occur when a male and female horse see each other." — Why is it correct to use the singular "horse" with the plural "see" here?
Feb 10, 2024
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In almost all dictionaries the transcription of "solely" has two "L" — [ˈs ə u l l i]. Does it mean to say "solely" with one "L" is unnatural?
Oct 4, 2023
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Why add the word "solid" to the verb "freeze"? E.g., "The clothes froze solid on the washing line." Does the meaning change if we remove "solid"?
May 5, 2024
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"If you see mistakes in my text, say <it> <them> <this> <these> <that> <those> to me please."
Dec 12, 2022
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"I’m not sure that I’ll go, but I may do." — Why does "may do" sound unnatural here in American English?
Oct 1, 2024
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If we can say "roomy jackets", can we say "a roomy shirt"?
May 14, 2024

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"the girl with the red dress on" — What licenses the preposition "on"? What does it function as?
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abrupt increase of unread inbox messages though in fact there are no new ones
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"Scarlet with rage, she swept past her employer and stormed up the stairs." — "Scarlet with rage" modifies "she", so adjectives can modify pronouns?
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"Nothing much happened." — Is "much" an adverb here?
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"Ten o’clock is too late for the little ones." — Is "ones" an anaphor here? — If it is, then where is the antecedent?