Random grammar question: Behalf vs Behalves?
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Behalf is what you want to use.  Behalf means in the interest of.  In current British use, on behalf of has replaced in behalf, but both are still used in American English.  \n\nBehalves, no . . . . . .get some sleep!  You sound tired.
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To choose correctly among the forms of 'who', re-phrase the sentence so you choose between 'he' and 'him'. \nIf you want 'him', write 'whom'; \nif you want 'he', write 'who'. \n\nEXAMPLES:\nWho do you think is responsible? \n(Do you think he is responsible?) \n\nWhom shall we ask to the party? \n(Shall we ask him to the party?)
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It depends on which is the "subject", and which is the "predicate". "With" would presume association, whilst "By" would suggest Participation.
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They are all grammatically and syntactically correct. The second is correct, but the expression "possessed of" is more unusual and might be considered incorrect by some (although it is correct).
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A sentence can stand on its own, but a clause cannot.\n\nLet's use my sentence as an example:\n\n"A sentence can stand on its own."  That is a sentence, and works with or without the additional clause.\n\n"but a clause cannot."  That makes no sense on its own, right?
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Well...it actually is debatable, but I'd go with "was" to be on the safe side...\n\nWith either/or (neither/nor) things that contain subjects that take different verb forms, there is no definitive agreement on which form the verb should take.\n\nA majority, however, says that you should follow the subject that is closest to the verb, in this case " I ", so, since:\n\nI WAS asking for refills --> Neither you nor I was asking for refills.\n\nA minority say that the verb should always be singular in these cases, and an even smaller minority say that either verb form is acceptable.\n\nSo your best bet to avoid the ire of an anal-retentive English teacher (or professor, editor, yourself, etc.) is to go with the "closest to the verb" rule, in this case WAS.
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If you can answer the question with "he," "she," or "they," use who. \n\nIf you can answer the question with "him," "her," or "them," use whom.\n\nFor example:\n\nWho took the cookies?  He did.  \nTo whom are you speaking?  I'm speaking to her.\n\nStatements work the same way as questions:\n\nGive the gift to whomever you please. (Give the gift to him.) \nGive the gift to whoever seems to want it most. (She seems to want it most.) \nWhoever shows up first will win the prize. (He shows up first.) \n\nFor more info, check out the website listed below.  It's a great resource.
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Yes, that is correct... however it's spelled 'grammar'.. not 'grammer' :)
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Well, I'm assuming that the spelling errors ("helps" not "heps") aren't the focus of your question.\n\nI think the second sentence is correct. Though both sentences make sense and are very similar, the second one does not have that extra "to" in front of the word learn. That "to" is unnecessary, and concise sentences are generally more correct than less concise ones that convey the same meaning.
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There are a few points in the Sentence Correction questions that are questionable. For example they tend to American usage with regard to whether collective nouns are singular or plural (pick singular)--however, they do seem to be compromising and will usually have another clue in the non-underlined portion, or another error in the underlined portion, so that is unlikely to be the only point tested at one time. "Their" used as a neutral singular is definitely wrong (e.g. Everyone took their seats.) "Different" belongs with "from" and not, as in British usage, with "to" (also not with "than"). "If I would" is wrong, although it is gaining popularity in the real world.\n\nIf you mean the essays, chances are minor errors like these and certainly British spellings will not be marked wrong.
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What a shame. So many incorrect answers.\n\nJim and I versus Jim and Me\nFor some writers and speakers, the case of a pronoun becomes especially troublesome when that pronoun is compounded with something or someone else. When the pronoun is being used as a subject, there is usually no problem:\n\nJim and I are playing tennis this afternoon.\nJim and she are playing tennis this afternoon.\nWe learn this lesson so well — getting cuffed on the ears and being forced to stand in the corner when we say "Jim and me are playing tennis. . . " — that when the object form of the pronoun is truly called for, we're apt to come up with the subject form instead, as in "Grandma left Jim and I her rocking chair," which is bad form, indeed. \n\nThere is a simple rule here that seems to work very well, at least in writing. Ask yourself what pronoun form you would use without adding the other person — "Grandma left me her rocking chair" (coming up with the correct form for the indirect object) — and then, when you add the other person, don't change the form of the pronoun: "Grandma left Jim and me her rocking chair." \n\nThis rule works whether the pronoun is being used as an indirect object, as above, as a direct object — "The policeman stopped Jim and me" — or as the object of a preposition — "Grandma gave her rocking chair to Jim and me." Some writers and speakers will mistakenly say "This is just between Jim and I," not realizing that the preposition "between" calls for the object form of both pronouns, including "me."\n\nThe rule also pertains to sentences in which a pronoun is compounded with yet another pronoun: "Grandma gave her rocking chair to him and me, but that's just between you and me."\n\nNotice that when "I" is compounded with another subject, the "other person" or people get first billing: "Jim and I are playing," not "I and Jim." This is one of the very few polite forms in English.
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The correct way to say it is, "I will contact you or Sammy Lenette on Thursday."  There is a grammatical rule behind that, and it is that the word "yourself"  (or himself, or herself, or myself, or yourselves, or ourselves) cannot be used on its own as the subject/object of a sentence.  It is an extra word, called a reflexive pronoun, that is used to describe the existing subject/object.\n\nIf you had a sentence that read, "You should know the answer to this question," the word "you" is your subject.  You could not use the word "yourself" as the subject on its own, but you could use it to describe your subject (mostly used to add emphasis)  Therefore, "You yourself should know the answer to this question."
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hi..\n\nmight this link v'll help u\n\nhttp://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/one.htm
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sir or ma'am. when in doubt, use sir or ma'am
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I know you're going to hate me for pointing this out, but either one is grammatically correct. There is no right or wrong here. It's simply a question of degree. To what degree has your optimism impacted you? What are you really trying to say? Your intent will determine which word you choose. Say each one out loud and go with the one that feels right for your intended message.\n\nAnd by the way -- it's "moments like these WHEN" (not where).
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leaving out the upon would create a confusion. in this sentence upon holds the place of words like "on" or "with"\n\nI am an english teacher... and this is really one of the few words that are hard to explain
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If you think about it, the way English does indirect objects with their accompanying pronouns is confusing.\n\nIf you are using the indirect object pronoun first, no "to" is necessary:\nMy mother told me a story.\nBill gave me a beautiful present.\n\nHowever, if you want to put the indirect object pronoun last, you should use "to":\nMy mother told a story to me.\nBill gave a beautiful present to me.\n\nThat's all well and good, but what if you are just using the indirect object, without a direct object?  It's kind of up in the air:\n\nHarry's father explained to him.\n*Harry's father explained him. (The * indicates ungrammaticality).\n\nSince there is no direct object in this sentence, it seems hard to determine whether a "to" will be required or not, because we can't tell from the relative positions of the indirect object and the direct object.\n\nIt gets even more complicated when there are two pronouns, since different dialects of English allow different ways:\nGive it me. (Okay in some dialects of English.)\nGive it to me. (Okay in other dialects of English.)\n\nThat's an explanation of the grammar behind the situation.  However, my true answer is that people who are not native speakers of English don't have the same kind of grammar system in their minds that native speakers do.  Being a non-native speaker of a couple of other languages, I would hope that you recognize that you don't do things exactly like native speakers of those languages do.  (Even the most fluent non-native speakers are usually aware of their limitations.)\n\nAlso being a non-native speaker of a couple of different languages, you may recognize that being corrected on something doesn't meant that you are able to change it in your speech right away.  It appears that the processes of second language acquisition are not as sensitive to conscious correction as we sometimes might hope.  So perhaps you think that people are being resistant to your corrections, when they are actually behaving quite normally according to established second language acquisition behavior.