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How to use "of" "at" "with" "from" etc. to explain where a person belongs to? My english is not so well, so the title I wrote may be a little confused. When I was reading some articles, I've seen some sentences as follows: 1. Dyann Wirth is the head of infectious diseases [at] the Chan School of Public Health [at] Harvard. 2. Students [at] the University of Colorado 3. Jamie Merisotis [of] the Lumina Foundation 4. Rakesh Kochhar is an economist [at] the Pew Research Center 5. Heather Boushey, [with] the Washington Center for Equitable Growth I presume these prepositions indicate the place or organization that a person belongs to. But sometimes it uses "at", sometimes it uses "of" or "with". Sometime I see "from" is used, but I can't find the example. I failed to figure out how to use these prepositions. Does it depend on the size of the institution? I hope I have made myself clear. I will be appreciated if you could give me some answers. Thank you!!
1 mars 2016
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"All you have to do is (to) press the button." Does "to" can be omitted here? "All you have to do is (to) press the button." Does "to" can be omitted here? If "to" could be omitted here, it looks like there are two predicate verbs in the sentence. Is it because that there is a "have to" in the first half of the sentence? Then, is it correct to say "All you have to do is pressing the button."? I will be appreciated if you can offer me some answers. Thank you in advance!
20 novembre 2015
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“It was God punishing the people who did bad things.” "It is sb doing" is this pattern correct? “It was God punishing the people who did bad things.” Or should I say "It was God that was punishing the people..."? I somehow remember there is such kind of grammatical phenomenon that "that" can be omitted in some sentences. But I'm not sure. Could you tell me is te first sentence correct? Or if it is correct, could you tell me the name of this grammatical phenomenon? Thank you in advance!
2 juillet 2015
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"at the ceremony" or "on the ceremony"? He was elected to make a speech [at] the commencement ceremony as [the] representative of new students. Here are my two questions: 1. "at the ceremony" or "on the ceremony"? I'm not sure, because I was told both of them are correct. 2. as [a] representative of students or as [the]representative of students? Are both of them correct? The question about articles always makes me confused... Please give some advices~Thank you so much!!
12 juin 2015
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"Would it be easier for a student graduated from Qinghua to start a business than a normal person... It's a bit long sentence ""Would it be easier for a student graduated from Qinghua to start a business than a normal person to do it?" My problems are: 1. "a student graduated from Qinghua University" or "a student graduating from Qinghua University", I am not very sure which one is correct. 2. Is it neccessary to put "to do it" at the end of the sentence? or I should write this sentence like "Would it be easier for a student graduated from Qinghua to start a business than a normal person."? without "to do it"? I hope I make myself clear... Please give me some advice~ Thank you so much!
10 juin 2015
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How do I describe the mathematical signs like "≥" or "≤"? I have seen people describe "≤" in an article like "XXX is less than or equal to...", but can I use these kind of mathematical signs directly in an paper, like "XXX is ≤" instead of that very long sentence?? I hope I've made myself clear. Please give me some tips~ Thank you in advcance!!
1 juin 2015
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"when I have a dog, I find myself never wanting to be without him" Is it a natural expression? I'm writing an article about dogs. Here is a sentence: "Before I had a dog, I couldn't image a life with a dog. But when I have a dog, I find myself never wanting to be without him even for one second." Is it a natural expression? I somehow feel it seems to be a little chinglish...but I'm not sure... Would you mind giving me some tips? Thanks in advance.
28 mai 2015
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"...that the world has ever faced after the Second World War" Did I use after correctly? "This is the most severe situation that the world has ever faced after the Second World War." Someone said that I should use "since" instead of "after", because gramatically if you use present perfect tense, then you should use "since". But is "after" in this sentence totally incorrect? Please help me~Thanks a million!!
30 avril 2015
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Can I put a "that" clause after "worry about"? There is a sentence like "He worried about that the outsiders might have opinions." Is it correct to say "worry about THAT....blabla" I know that people usually have to say "worry about sth" or "worry that...". But is it gramatically correct to put a "that" clause after "worry about"? Thanks a million!!
29 avril 2015
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“received the response like this” or "received responses like that"? There is a sentence as "只有孙杨、刘翔和林丹获得过这样的反响" (Only Sun Yang, Lin Dan and Liu Xiang received the response like this.) Is it correct to use "the response like this"? I know maybe "such as response like this" is better. But which is correct between "the response like this" and "responses like this". I know it is hard to explain some grammatical quesions, but this "article or the plural of a noun" really confused me. 无比感谢！Thanks a million!
13 avril 2015
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