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What are the real rules for choosing between the simple past and past perfect when both actions are in the past?

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When to use "And" at the start of sentence? [duplicate]

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In what cases can we begin noun clauses with a preposition?

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Can possessives in the middle of a word exist?

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Past tense: "happen to have" or "happened to have"?

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Why is it "wherever" instead of "whereever"?

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Can there be a single word clause?

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"if you have any questions, please call myself" and other bizarre new reflexive pronoun usages

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Can you ask questions ending with "are you/do you/did you etc."?

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Why doesn’t the verb “read” have a corresponding noun form suffixed with “‑tion/‑ion/‑sion”?

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Is it Correct To Start A Sentence With a Coordinate Conjunction [duplicate]

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"There's something wrong among us" or "There's something wrong between us"? [duplicate]

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What is passive voice misuse? [duplicate]

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Can the Oxford Comma be used with a list of adjectives of the same type?

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Does any English dialect use any non-English foreign letters in their alphabet?

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Why can’t we use the present continuous for the future with “be” itself by saying “I’m being there tomorrow”’?

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Using adjectives after verbs?

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When is it acceptable to combine expressions of probability with expressions of expectation/planning?

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Verb tense consistency in a sentence [closed]

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How is this comma usage explained with Thomas Pynchon?

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