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I think this is exactly the reason; that and not understanding that "I" should be used when it appears in the subject as opposed to "me"... -
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While not the same as n English or Grammar class, one of the sci departments conducted its own mathematical assessment test for students... -
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One time, some punk made a comment about how grammar wasn't important because we understood what he meant. My English professor friend... -
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My position*, which still needs clarification even to myself is, Colleges and Universities should require a student to at least learn... -
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What language is that? I studied Russian in high school and in college, and relatively recently studied Slovene and Croat for trips to... -
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AFAIK, we don't have that in English. For nouns the last vestige of case structure is in the appending of "'s" to show possession... -
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Apparently, "her" is correct if you use "than" as a preposition... -
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Two things: first if the universities require a certain level of english for entrance that will not decrease the number of students... -
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To some degree, this thread is inspired by PF user erobz's thread "Why do we spend so much time learning grammar in the public school... -
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Every living language is in a constant change. As long as there is something to be told a way to tell it will be made. The history of... -
Ddifalcojr replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.https://www.quora.com/Is-it-I-am-older-than-she-or-I-am-older-than-her#:~:text=*%20'Is%20it%20%22I%20am%20older%20than,is%20%E2%80%9CI%20...
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My first thought was to look it up. And the result was, that it's a well known rabbit hole, usually resolved by admitting both the 'her'... -
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Indonesia evacuates stranded climbers after Semeru volcano erupts... -
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It makes me wonder, "you are older than her *what*" Older than her sister? Older than her stale jokes?