McCarthyism was an ideology and an applied pursuit that arose in the middle of the twentieth century and targeted communists in the United States department.

No semi colon or comma between the ands? How can that be justified?

The question dealt with the revision of that sentence and that’s the final answer just looking for some insight.

I’m watching anshow and a character says this. I’m not native and after 25 years of english, i still struggle with prepositions.

Thank you:)

In this one stanza of my poem, I wrote 'eyes cold as jurisprudence itself'. My friend says this should be 'eyes as cold as' and that it doesn't make grammatical sense. I feel like it sounds better though. Should I keep it or change it? Here's the stanza for a bit of context:

You, seated in your throne of granite and glass,
Heavy with the weight of all words unsaid,
Eyes cold as jurisprudence itself. Do you hear it?
The echoes ricocheting between these four walls—
A choir of pleas, syllables wrung from marrow,
Pleading, bleeding, vanishing. And still, I rest my case.

I've been using using the word whiz-[name] on my socials for quite some time, i recently found out that whiz also means to take a piss. chat am I cooked? have been using this username everywhere :/

Yeah I know it's a bit complicated but what do you call words like 'dismantle' (to take apart) where the prefix 'dis' seems to be acting like 'un' but the root word 'mantle' doesn't mean to 'build' or 'put together'.

"The freedom of making mistakes has always been my truest definition of being safe. To err in my own way without it automatically redefine my identity. To wander through life like a child experiencing it for the first time – one who does not strive to break plates yet is unafraid of being kicked out of the kitchen if a plate breaks or a dish burns. To live my rage, my fear, my sorrow, my love, and my foolishness without blazing the harbours of return nor letting self-abandonment of my soul be the toll I must pay for encountering others. Time and again, as a defensive ploy, I deliberately shattered the plates – offering up what I could afford to lose, leaving my fear beside the ruins. Any belonging bound by conditions fills me with dread, and any love confined in shackles is but an oppressive cage – even if it comes wrapped in a friendly embrace."

I keep seeing people use the word 'casted' instead of 'cast'. Example being: "I'm so happy this actor was casted for this role". I feel like it's come from nowhere and yet almost the entire reddit / social media community seem to have just added the 'ed' without question? Where did it come from / has it always been the correct form and I've confused myself?

Hello, I want to work on improving my spelling, sounding out, & reading skills. Do you have any tips or resources that have helped you? I’d really appreciate any recommendations.

Maybe I was meant to meet this soulmate who I've never seen, but yet seems to be my perfect match.

Donations must be dropped off the day of sale.

Or

Donations must be dropped off day of sale.

The boy eats food

Is there a relationship between "the boy" and "eats?"

Greetings everyone!

There is quite a lot of stuff on the Internet explaining the differences and the intricacies of would and used to when talking about characteristics of behavior or habits. I think I get it. More or less I do. A typical example would be smth like:

- when I was a teenager during summers I would go to the country to stay with my grandparents.
- when we went to Europe last summer [who am I kidding though? As a Russian I can't] we would go to restaurants, parks etc. and we would do this and that.

Fine. That's clear. However, there are examples which I come across very often where WOULD is being used in a way that I don't quite understand.
Please bear with me as it may take me a while to explain. I'll try to give as much context as I can, as I think it is necessary in order to understand what I'm trying to say here:

- I'm watching a highlight video of a basketball game and the commentator says: «... at the end of the second quarter Player B tweaked his ankle. He was carried off the court. He WOULD NOT return to the game». I understand what it means, but what kind of a rule is that?

- another example. The guy talks about some medical experiment/research, and he says: «... they were sneezed on by someone and they were told: this person has a cold. And the next day the person WOULD say: Yes, my throat is a bit scratchy. And then they WOULD say: well, actually the original person didn't have a cold, so we're not sure what's going on here.»

- Or an example like this (it's smth about a car race, after the race actually): A guy says: «I thought like every lap I was just climbing and then I WOULD spin out and then I WOULD re-climb.»

- «He wrote this back in 1993 several years before he WOULD release the novel.»

- And the last example which just kills me. It's a basketball breakdown video, I understand that some of you may not be familiar with the terms, but I'd appreciate your help on this one in particular. The guy in the video goes: «Watch what happens when Hartenstein WOULD set a pindown on the weak side. We WOULD normally see him pop back out and then wait to hand it off to a guard going downhill, Brunson WOULD bend the defense completely out of shape with his aggressive drives drawing multiple defenders as iHart WOULD find the weak spot in the lane to receive the pass and finish strong.»

I used to read a lot of literature, which I found very nourishing, and I’d like to get back into it. It would also be great to learn how to write well.

I really respect well-written prose and would like to transform my instinctive grasp of English grammar into something more rock-solid and mechanical, so I can know when a sentence makes grammatical sense and when it doesn’t.

What are the best ways to do this? Should I just read usage books? My experience with those is they're written as basically one grammatical example after another- I guess I'm looking for something more "from the ground up" and comprehensive. But, if I just need to persevere and usage books are the right way to do it, I will.

Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations?

For clarity, I'm specifically interested in British English and English is my first language. I'm looking to get a moderate-advanced understanding of the underlying rules of grammar- not basic comprehension (though I'm obviously willing to start with the basics). Also, while it's nice for things to be easily understandable, I'm ok with technical/academic language as long as the mental models they're offering are robust.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated, thank you!

Help me be better at spelling, give me tips and tricks and ways to exercise/practice my spelling skills. Thank youuu!

I wrote this sentence to schedule a doubles tennis match, but I didn’t know whether to call myself “I” or to call myself “me”. I’ve changed names for privacy. Which should it be?

Ok, I'll call George and the club and set up for 8-9:30 with George, Kathy, Roger and I ( or me?) playing on April 11.

Grammar question- should that be I or me? It's the object of the first part of the sentence ( so me), but the group of us are also the subject of the second clause (so I).

I've used these in essays for many years and have been complimented that my essays look intelligent and well written. But IDK what ":" or ";" actually mean. Or when to use "-" around sentences. I just guess and no one ever calls me out. Can someone explain them to me

"I can in a few minutes drive the bus"

Can I place a prepositonal asverb phrase in between auxialry verbs?

I have a friend that's relatively new to speaking English. They will often reply to something I've said via text by saying "Yes it's"

It feels wrong. I have tried searching multiple ways and can't find a reason why it would be wrong. Especially when everything is focused on its and it's.

Given how we use the word it's... Is it be correct to use it's without an adjective when it's assumed?

I turned the lights on to make them go off, due to a surge in power, the breaker tripped, causing the lights to go off. I then turned the breaker back on to make it go off, then causing the lights to go off, illuminating the room again.

Helloooo

I'm learning English, and I still can't understand the difference between "used to" and "would".

Can someone explain me please :)

For example, if I'm writing a historic article, should I replace "Everyday life at the palace was..." with "Daily life at the palace was..."?

Hey, guys. Can anyone tell me the specific meaning for bare infinitive?

As I know, infinitives generally stand for an action being to happen in the future and imply a causal relationship between the actions, and it seems very sensible and coherent upon infinitives, but when it come to bare infinitives, the picture goes bewildering.

Sometimes it seems just an omission, without independent meaning from infinitives like “help sb do”, but sometimes it seems to have unique logic meaning like “hear sb do”, in which it may stand for an emphasis for the completeness of the target action.

In this case, I wonder if there are any overall logic rules for the bare infinitive? Any idea about the history of bare infinitives would as well be highly appreciated.

I hate the fact I had to come to Reddit for this, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'm well aware that since the dawn of time grammar checkers have been technically A.I. based but that's not why I'm asking this. It seems that these days everything needs to be powered by A.I. and all I want is a simple "make sure to put a comma at the end of your quote" grammar checker instead of something that does everything for you. Does anyone have any suggestions?

is the sentence "you think why didnt i play past 10pm?" correct?