New posts in descriptive-grammar

Adjective for someone unable to cope with the past

The doctor prescribed that the child must take/should take/take the medicine every 8 hours

Why is the order "is not" instead of the more rationally intuitive "not is"?

In a world of descriptivist dictionaries, how is linguistic relativism avoided in discussions?

Some problems with present perfect tense

What is right? (English question)

Why is the article "the" used with "population?" [closed]

reporting past simple tense [closed]

In what case should the subject of a gerund phrase be?

Changing usage of past-perfect constructions in American and British usage

Follow vs Follow after

Dropping of "was" from "A couple of ministers had to resign too, among them [was] Interior Minister Fouchet."

Defining and Non defining Relative clauses

How should I use 'right' and 'left' when describing a person?

An English Descriptive Word for Two Words

Word choice - Grammar! [closed]

ESL text: "I notice similarities between myself and . . . ": Acceptable use of reflexive pronoun?

Does saying "I was stolen by my sleep" make sense in English?

"I found that, on average, there are...." or "I found, on average, that there are..."? [duplicate]

Do usage errors exist?