How many times can the word 'and' be used consecutively in a sentence for it still to make sense?
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Sadly Ally H's sentance (sic) doesn't make sense.\nHowever, imagine a sign writer had written this pub sign:\n "TheCoachandHorses" with no gaps between words.\nYou'd have to tell the sign writer, "You've not left enough space between "Coach" and "and" and "and" and Horses." 5 in a row and making perfect sense.
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I have learned to avoid the repetition of the same word in a sentence of English at school. "know" and "music" are duplicated in the sentences you wrote. You should say\n\nKevin knows much more about music than I.\nKevin knows music more than I.\n\nBut I think both are grammatically correct.
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Sorry, but the usage you dislike is a perfectly normal and accepted idiom.  In fact, in some situations it is THE correct thing to say.\n\nNow it is true that it may refer to the same thing as "one after the other", but it is:\n \n1) a bit more forceful\n\n2) can be used in places where "one after another" will not.  You would not say, "How many one-after-another episodes are they showing?"   (And though you could say "consecutive", that word lacks the EMPHASIS of "back-to-back", that there are NO interruptions.)\n\nSo, no people do NOT "actually mean "one after the other [or 'another]"; they mean "back-to-back".\n\nThere are, of course, other situations in which "one after another" will better convey what you want to say.\n\nAlso, note that "back-to-back" is an idiomatic expression, in which the words function together to produce a NEW meaning. You cannot simply 'add up' individual literal meanings of words in such a phrase/expression to get the meaning of the whole.  Language just doesn't work like that!\n\nAnd so, in this case, the expression is NOT used to point to or emphasis the 'posterior' of the items being mentioned, but simply to say that they are immediately juxtaposed or 'touching' (that there is no separation between them).\n\nNote all the cases in which the word moves away from its original literal meaning ['posterior'] --\nhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/back
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Meanwhile is generally used alone.\nIf you need to put 'In the' in front of something, use 'meantime' - not meanwhile.\n\n"provided it doesn't eliminate itself meanwhile."\nor\n"provided it doesn't eliminate itself in the meantime."\nBoth would be logical.\n\n"provided it doesn't eliminate itself in the meanwhile."\ndoesn't make sense. You just muddled the two up, as you suggested! If you find it hard to remember, just think that if you reduce the words to 'while' and 'time' it's obvious. You can't say 'in the while', but you CAN say 'in the time'..!\n; )
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The first and third are correct. The first is in future tense. Still acceptable depending on context of the sentence.
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Quote:  "I like her teaching and BUTT, why I do not know?"\n\nThe 'and' in that sentence is the real problem. Misspellings aside, if he were only trying to convey that he is not certain why he likes her teaching, the 'and' makes the sentence totally grammatically incorrect. It does look as if the child was trying to convey that he likes her teaching and her backside. Proper grammar can go a long way to correcting for spelling mistakes. The sentence, if truly intended the way the child says, should read: "I like her teaching, but I do not know why."
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someone and I.\n\nI'll use a name for an example.  Rob and I went to the store.  If you take "rob" out of the sentence, it still makes sense so its right.  It would be "I went to the store"
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There is not any instance in which (d) could be the correct answer because (d) is grammatically incorrect. The "many things" must be referred to in a plural noun to make the response balance. You wouldn't say "What are it?" because you are referring to more than one thing. The (c) answer, "What are they? clearly asks of all the things he has in is box, What things are in the box?
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the sentence doesn't make sense...It has to be: My dog, Spot, lives for five years and then........-----or My dog, Spot, lived for 5 years..---the problem with the sentence is with it's tense...you can't live for 5 years in the current tense.
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I see one run on sentence that needs to be split. I also see two others that should be combined into one\n\nThat said, a good writer never pads the piece. The whole idea is to make it as clear & concise as possible. As a writer, the only legitimate way to extend this is to add information.\n\nI just did a search & on the first page I opened & found the answer to your problems - with an "s".. Your info or the web page info is incorrect, one or the other  There was enough other info to expand the reason for the tie.\n\nAfter a quick search, I found additional info & an error you may wish to correct.       This is a much better version than the 3 sentences I wrote earlier, correct? That is what I mean by clear & concise.\n \nYou've done all right so far. just a little more..
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a Thursday's yesterday is Wed.\n\nso, saying the first part differently:\n\n  "If the day after tomorrow's yesterday is Wed....."\n\nTommorow's yesterday is today.\n\nSo, revising the first part again:\n\n  "If the day after today is Wed......"\n\nSo "today" must be Tues.\n\n6 weeks and a day after Tuesday is a Wed.\n\nAnswer: WEDNESDAY\n\nAt least I explained it!
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If it's a compount sentance...\n\nExample:\n\nI'll run for help, you get the fire hose!\n\nThe subjects are 'I' and 'you' with an implied 'and' conjunction (but not really).  The compound predicates are 'run' and 'get'...   So... there you go.\n\nThis isn't two sentences, it's a compound sentece.  (I guess the case could be made that it should be two sentences.)  Keep in mind that I was trying to make a compound sentence with two non-conjunctionated (like my made up word?) subjects.  Really you would say soemthing like "Go get help and I'll grab the hose" which WOULD have a conjunction.
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You are right. That tense is called Present Perfect Continuous and it is used to emphasise the fact that an action evolves during a certain period of time. That matches the use of "more and more" in your sentence.\n\n"I've got" sounds better in "I've got a headache since I started using the computer". This is the Present Perfect, which shows that an action started in the past, and either continues in the present, or has an effect in the present. So, using the computer has given you a headache.
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The word "then" in this sentence is making sure we realize that the sentence is telling us about a series of events which happened one after the other.  This happened, then this happened, then this happened.  In this particular sentence--since he is looking back and forth--it wouldn't make much sense if the word "then" was missing.
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Hi, \n\nWell you are close. The sentence starting with The police, is a plural expression, in that police means more than one. \n\nTo properly make use of the word is it would have to be worded as A policeman is walking in the street, in that policeman is a singular expression. \n\nYour second analogy; again is an argument for singular and plural. Correct wording should be: \nThe army is marching. The word army, portends a singular expression, and the word is correctly used as:\n\nThe army is marching.  \n\nTo correctly use are in the sentence, we need to go plural:\n\nThe army's are marching, in that army's represents more than one army.   \n\nIn summation:\n\nIs = To be used in singular expression. (One)\n\nAre =To be used in plural expression. (More than one.)\n\nGood question, and Happy Thanksgiving, \n\nDarryl S.
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How many times would the same question be asked, if the same question could be asked?
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You spelled times wrong. \nDo not start a sentence with "and".\nThis sentence has a few errors "Mr.Choi was awarded OF the whole nation chorus contest, 14 timew(switch w to s) first prizes, 8 times highest award and won honors by the president." when you say 14 times first prizes get rid of the time. Get rid of the capitalized OF. replace it with the word in. When you say 8 times highest award get rid of the times and make the award plural. Now you sentence should look like this:\n"Mr. Choi was awarded in the nation (get rid of whole) chorus contest. 14 first prizes, 8 highest honors and won honors by the president." That might not be everything so keep looking for errors.