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Grammar

Includes properly using words and other components to form complete sentences; also inlcludes the various rules associated with forming sentences.

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What are hazelnuts uses for?

Firstly learn how to get your grammar correct.

The only way's you can put this is as 'What are hazelnuts used for?" or "What are the uses of hazelnuts?"

Now you have been educated the answer is eating.

obviously.

Grammar police away!

Can you use a semicolon before while?

Punctuation is a feature of sentence structure. There is no word that must take any particular punctuation, and no word that cannot take any particular punctuation.

Is dollars a verb?

No, "dollars" is not a verb. It is a noun that refers to a unit of currency.

Do you ever start a sentence with because?

Not really its not proper english However you can use them in a sentence

Some examples:

Because she was ill,she didnt go to school.

Because he was a amazing footballer,he got chosen to go to the brent football trials.

Because she had ifluenza, she didnt go to school for a while.

Because Wayne Rooney fouled another player, he recieved a yellow card.

YOU GET THE IDEA NOW i hoped this helped

Is it correct to say Let me try your ware?

No, it is not common to say "Let me try your ware." A more natural way to say this might be "Can I try your product?" or "May I sample what you have?"

Is it correct to say please do send us the driver's name?

Yes, it is grammatically correct to say "Please do send us the driver's name." It is a polite way to ask someone to provide the driver's name.

Is this sentence correct You just got yelled at by your friends?

Yes, the sentence is correct grammatically. It conveys the idea that the person being spoken to received a scolding or reprimand from their friends.

What is the comparative and superlative forms of friendly?

Friendlier and friendliest, respectively. More and most friendly are also correct, sometimes.

Should you put a comma before'as well as'?

Yes, a comma should be placed before "as well as" when it is used to introduce non-essential information. If "as well as" is essential to the meaning of the sentence, then a comma is not necessary.

Is it proper grammar to say Me Ericka and Ethan?

It's not a big deal to say me, Ericka, and Ethan.

However, you should probably say:

Ericka, Ethan, and I.

Which is correct they have written or they had written?

It depends on the situation. With the phrase "They have written" we can think of a group of writers (they) who are still alive and say, "They have written many books." We are referring to their life, until now. Since they are alive, we can use a present tense with them, namely the present perfect (i.e., have written).

The second phrase is less common, but still possible. You might say, for example, "They felt prepared for the hearing as they had written many possible arguments." Here we are referring to a specific point in the past (they felt) and in preparation for that moment and previous to that moment they had written some arguments in preparation for what was, for them, a future event: The moment of the hearing.

What is the study of grammar and syntax called?

The study of grammar and syntax is called linguistics. Linguistics focuses on the structure of language, including grammar, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.

Did not went or did not go correct?

The correct phrase is "did not go." "Went" should not be used following auxiliary verbs like "did."

What is the first step used to locate the direct and indirect objects Of a sentence?

The first step is to identify the verb or verbs, a sentence can have more than one verb and each may have a direct and an indirect object.

The direct object receives the direct act of the verb:

  • Mom baked cookies. (The cookies were bakedby mom. Cookies is the direct object of the verb baked.)
  • Mom baked us some cookies. (Did mom bake us or did mom bake cookies? The direct object is still cookies, the word 'us' is the indirect object, 'Mom baked cookies for us.')
  • Mom baked cookies and poured us some milk. (Two verbs, two direct objects, and one indirect object.)
  • Easier to see when broken down: Mom baked cookies. Mom poured milk. Mom poured milk for us.

Many sentences can be much more complicated, but if you can identify the verb or verbs, even those can be broken down to the core elements to identify the individual parts.

Is the following sentence gramatically correct were he to leave she could take his place?

The sentence: "Were he to leave, she could take his place" is gramatically correct.

The phrase is equivalent to "If he were to leave..." and the choice to use the inversion "Were he" instead of "If he were" is a more poetic form and adds emphasis. These types of emphasis-adding phrases are common in hypothetical situations (e.g., "Had I known" instead of "If I had known").

The choice of "were he to leave" is more controversial. It is a colloquial form of English, by which I mean that it is an informal, spoken phrase that one is unlikely to encounter in a formal, written context. One is more likely to find the phrase "If he left, she could take his place" in a formal context or the even more formal "Should he leave, she could take his place."

Could is the conditional form of the modal can. It is unclear from the context if the speaker means "would be able to take" meaning that his leaving would grant her the ability to replace him. I would tend to think not, rather that she has the ability to replace him already, independent of his choice to leave, and that if he left it is possible that she would replace him.

Is it correct to say that is a great assessment of oneself?

Yes, it is correct to say that it is a great assessment of oneself if the evaluation is fair, accurate, and balanced. It is important to be self-aware and honest when assessing oneself to foster personal growth and improvement.

What is the stressed syllable in the word disappearance?

dis-a-PEAR-ance.

Pear is the primary stressed syllable. The initial syllable has a secondary, lesser stress.

/ˌdɪs əˈpɪər əns/

Is it 'if someone were to' or 'if someone was to'?

As a matter of prescriptive grammar, they are functionally the same. There is no reason why one is right or the other is wrong. As a matter of descriptive grammar, we can say that the phrase "If someone were to" is almost 5 times more common than the other one.

Is the y in by a vowel?

Technically yes (although I think the term is semivowel) since in English every word has a vowel, if you ignore interjections and foreign words (Welsh for example). Generally this type of questions get bogged down in petty arguments. So the real answer should maybe be "who cares" :)

Is linguistically a word?

Yes it is. It means of or relating to language or liguistics.

Would you say different then or different than?

Neither. The correct phrase is "different from".

The phrase "different than" is commonly used in the US, but it is not grammatically correct.

'Than' should only be used when degrees of comparison are applied, as in "less than", "fewer than" or "more than".

What is the difference between sisters and sisters'?

Sisters is the plural form of the word sister. For example you could say: "I have two sisters."

Sisters' refers to the possessions of those sisters. For example you could say, "My sisters' beds are beautiful" by which you mean that the beds of both of your sisters are beautiful.

How are comma splices and run-ons similar?

Both comma splices and run-on sentences involve the improper joining of independent clauses in a sentence. The difference is that a comma splice separates the two clauses by a comma, and the run-on sentence has one clause directly following the other, with no punctuation in between.

  • Comma splice example: Reggie had eaten the last apple, we still had lots of pears.
  • Run-on sentence example: Reggie had eaten the last apple we still had lots of pears.

To correct comma splices or run-on sentences, separate the independent clauses with a semicolon, comma and coordinating conjunction, or period:

  • Semicolon: Reggie had eaten the last apple; we still had lots of pears.
  • Comma and coordinating conjunction: Reggie had eaten the last apple, but we still had lots of pears.
  • Period: Reggie had eaten the last apple. We still had lots of pears.