I see both used interchangeably but do they really have the same meaning? In my opinion: Japan resident clearly means a resident of Japan, with no information about the nationality/citizenship. It might not be the most correct formulation grammatically speaking but it’s clear enough. On the other hand Japanese resident could mean either resident of Japan or resident of Japanese nationality, and the context might not always make it clear. submitted by /u/convchang [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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"Please contact our office, your legal counsel, and complete the following steps:" Is this phrasing grammatically correct? I understand that it could be worded much more clearly, for example, "Please contact our office and your legal counsel, then complete the following steps:" But is it incorrect as it currently is? submitted by /u/Customer-Top [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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I am often uncertain how to punctuate sentences which include parenthesis with questions or exclamations and other punctuation situations. Is this the appropriate subreddit for such questions? submitted by /u/OutOfBody88 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I've noticed something interesting about the adjective "alive" and its usage compared to other adjectives like "beautiful." We often say "a beautiful woman," but not "an alive woman," instead saying "the woman is alive." Somehow it seems that some adjectives (alive, afloat, asleep, etc.) must be used as predicatives but not attributes. Why is that? submitted by /u/Azuresonance [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I’ve been trying to get to grips with the rule of whether to use commas with referents recently, and I know you use them before and after if the main clause will make sense on its own. So, for example, this sentence: ‘Manchester United took on the bottom team, Sheffield United, last night.’ You would use commas there because Sheffield United is the one and only bottom team, and the main clause makes sense on its own. And you wouldn’t use commas in this sentence, because Barack Obama is not the ONLY President of the USA there’s ever been: ‘I listened to a speech from the former US President Ba ..read more

If you want to say that you’re sitting in between two other people, should you say I’m sitting “in-between?” or I’m sitting “in between?” submitted by /u/Cormca [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'm writing an important speech, and I don't want to sound stupid. There's a particular sentence that I can't seem to get over, "Unfortunately, it was a lot harder than I ever could have anticipated." Reading it back, I realized it could also be, "Unfortunately, it was a lot harder than I could have ever anticipated." PLEASE HELP. submitted by /u/carbaordbox [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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