In grammar, sentence and clause structure, commonly known as sentence composition, is the classification of sentences based on the number and kind of clauses in their syntactic structure. Such division is an element of traditional grammar.
It would be grammatically correct, but its meaning would change. The original sentence reads:
“Can you give me some indication as to when I am likely to receive a reply?”
If we deleted “as to” it would read:
“Can you give me some indication when I am likely to receive a reply?”
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It is an example of the use of the subjunctive mood, whereby the normally present indicative form of the verb (“are”) is changed to the subjunctive form, in this case, the infinitive “be.”
Why is the subjunctive mood used?
Because it is a case of uncertainty or contrariness to fact, as...
Normally, yes.
However, there is the possibility that “the train” or “the bus” or “the plane” were the only ones of their kind that were available, so in that case, you would use “the.”
But if there were two or more of each, then you would need to use “a.”
In most cases, yes, you can.
However, “complete” has the connotation of filling out something to make it a complete whole, where “finish” can mean just “bring something to an end.”
In the following examples, the second one does not work.
“I just finished breakfast.” vs. “I just completed...
Teacher : Juan, give me a sentence.
Juan : My teacher is beautiful, isn’t she?
Teacher : Very good!! Please translate in Tagalog.
Juan : Ang aking guro ay maganda, hindi naman di ba?
Neither sentence is correct.
It should be: “Sorry, Mary, you were wrong.”
It is not the location of the comma that should be of interest.
The noun, “Mary,” is being used in the vocative case, and, therefore, should be preceded and followed by a comma.
Pangram = a sentence that contains all the letters of an alphabet
English Pangram = a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet
English Pangram #1 at 34 letters
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English Pangram #2 at 32 letters...