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- Whats the correct usage of something of something and somethings . . .
BUT parts of a car can also be understood as: the engine, the hood, the roof, the chassis, and not something replaceable as in something you can buy at an auto parts' store
- idiomatic language - Am I missing something vs anything - English . . .
Am I missing something? This is more widely used, colloquial, idiomatic and grammatical as well For example: "Wait a second, am I missing something here?" "Am I missing something if I don't travel abroad?" Am I missing anything? This is equally idiomatic and grammatical However its usage is (quite) low as compared to am I missing something
- infinitives - Help to do something or help do something? - English . . .
The construction was "to help to do", But to help is used so often with an infinitive that speakers began to consider it something like a modal verb such as can, may etc and began dropping "to"
- I got something for you - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I'm sure I've got something for you is only "informal" in AmE insofar as it includes a contraction (in my experience, Americans rarely use I have something for you, which is the relatively formal BrE version) But my point was simply that (with or without got, contracted or not) AAVE doesn't use have in that way (much, if at all)
- Should I use is something or are something for plural nouns?
Should I use is or are in this sentence? Vocabulary-based games is something that he enjoys the most
- Whats the difference between something and some thing?
It has to be something she would like Another possibility is that the writer uses separate words to emphasize the "thing" part (in contrast to some one) To quote Jim Carrey quoting Shatner from an old "Twilight Zone": There's someone on the wing! Some thing! Still, it is rare and the example you quote is more likely a typo than intentional
- word choice - Do we say something for affect or effect? - English . . .
Do we say something for affect or effect? For instance, if I give the description of a round ball, it seems that the word round is redundant; however, I have chosen to combine those words "for aff
- verbs - help you do (or) to do something - difference - English . . .
help you do (or) to do something - difference [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 11 years, 5 months ago Modified 8 years, 11 months ago
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