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Mamta D
Nov 3, 2015 18:42
Can you share the exact source? I guess you could have misinterpreted/misheard the remark.
 

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Mamta D
Oct 30, 2015 06:43
"In certain of his novels, these grammatical adjustments, combined with regional usage, produce something one could call dialect. "
Mamta D
Oct 30, 2015 06:43
"In the words he gives his characters, he often dispenses with verb-tense niceties and above all with subordinate conjunctions and the conditional and subjunctive verb forms that go with them"
Mamta D
Oct 30, 2015 06:43
Now reading: nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/sep/24/elmore-leonard-story
Mamta D
Oct 30, 2015 06:42
@Usernew haha, yes!
Mamta D
Oct 30, 2015 05:15
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Mamta D
Oct 20, 2015 09:21
+1 to @DamkerngT for the insight.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:17
is preferable to me.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:17
"How much water is available with you"
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:17
Exactly @DamkerngT., it sounds broken which is why I told him he needs to update it as I suggested in the answers
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:16
We had given some useful comments out there. Now all those comments are gone :(
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:16
@MaulikV, Deleting an answer in order to edit it is not recommended, I think. You can simply click edit to update your answer
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:14
As opposed to casual conversation, where we can do away with grammar rules sometimes.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:13
@gmotree Firstly, I am a female, so no "Sir". Secondly, your comment why is it not proper...in written communication, usually it's good to be grammatical.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:12
So I suggested he come to chat instead of having a long-winded comment thread
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:12
This was his question...and this was his last comment "Sir, I am just qurious about why it is not proper just like using as casual"
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:11
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Q: what is the difference between "how much gold this ring has?" and "how much gold do this ring has?"?

gmotreeWhat is the difference between the two sentences: How much gold this ring has? How much gold does this ring has? Another example: How much water do you have? how much water you have? Update I have second questions. How much something (do/does) something (have/ha...

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Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 11:11
Hi @gmotree it's good that you arrived here
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 10:39
Was the answer deleted, @DamkerngT. ?
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:55
@JudeNiroshan Next time when writing something
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:53
@JudeNiroshan yes, you need "and" in that case.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:53
It worked! The hyperlink worked. The space was the problem I guess. Thanks @DamkerngT.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:50
The hyperlinking with markdown I mean
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:50
@DamkerngT. This is how it rendered

Check [this thread] (english.stackexchange.com/questions/79011/…) and the further threads linked within that.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:49
where* (typo)
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:49
Like in bank cheques, whbere you are asked to write it in words.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:49
One Hundred and fifty eight ideally. But you don't need to spell out numbers that are > 10. Unless absolutely necessary.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:45
Didn't show hyperlink.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:45
That's exactly what I did. But it rendered as is..ie with [] and link name
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:42
However, I think in such a sentence, the word practice is more suitable. Practices is used like in saying "10 best practices for web services" etc.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:39
Guys, need some help for markdown. For hyperlinking inside comments. Am stuck.
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 09:38
It's correct Jude. "Will you be coming for practices today?"
Mamta D
Oct 19, 2015 05:06
Drive-in bar? Like a drive-in theater?
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:30
Thank you all for your wonderful inputs. Much appreciated!
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:30
Now, I have to log off briefly. Will login again in a short while.
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:30
"There will also be something special, something each family must have to make its Thanksgiving dinner unique." ---> this usage is unrelated to our current discussion
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:29
For example, the Thanksgiving sentence. The context of must have there is entirely different from what we're discussing.
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:29
But @MaulikV's points are/were not right.
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:28
It's clear to me now.
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:28
I understood you @snailboat
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:27
No, not must travel. We can definitely replace it with need to travel
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:26
Sure but does it emphasize or intensify? Or just we can paraphrase it to "sick residents need to travel up to 30 miles"?
Mamta D
Oct 16, 2015 12:24
present something here?
 

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Mamta D
Oct 21, 2015 05:41
What's the one movie that everyone around has seen and you haven't? Like a cult or popular movie?
Mamta D
Oct 21, 2015 05:40
That's from Back to the Future, right? Haven't seen it yet but heard tons about it.
Mamta D
Oct 20, 2015 11:51
Added F.E's link to the "Ram goes to school" post. Thank you guys.
Mamta D
Oct 20, 2015 10:16
I don't think so but then what do we tell him?
Mamta D
Oct 20, 2015 10:13
I don't think the current answer is correct but if no one answers, the OP may accept it.
Mamta D
Oct 20, 2015 10:13
Anyone can answer this?
Mamta D
Oct 20, 2015 10:12
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Q: Passive for "Ram goes to school"

Darshan ChaudharyThis is one timeless problem that every school boy in India has scratched his head over. What would be the passive for 'Ram goes to school' ? PS: Every students first guess is "The school was gotten to by Ram"

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