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This is a searchable list of common grammar problems made by students in Korea with tips on how to solve them. If you are not sure of the grammar term, just use a keyword in the search box below.

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... , while

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Put a comma before while when it shows contrast rather than something happening at the same time (during).

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Also

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Position of ALSO

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Can vs could

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The word CAN puts more emphasis on something that is possible or that was difficult to achieve before but is now possible, perhaps due to the results of the paper.

COULD is less certain and is often used for possibilities that we can't confirm or have not tried yet.

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Passive sentence structure

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These links are a useful for a review of passive sentence structure grammar.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/02/

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/activepassive.html

Present perfect

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Use the Present Perfect in research writing when….

You want to give information or facts that give the background understanding for your research (Do not use it to mention a specific time in the past ).

“In recent years, technology has reached a level where vast amounts of digital information are available at a low price. During the same time, the performance-versus-price ratio of digital storage media has steadily increased .”

Source: hanjalic et al.: “Automated high-level movie segmentation “IEEE transactions on circuits and systems for video technology,” vol. 9, no. 4, p.581 June 1999

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LINKS

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

Present Perfect Tense vs Past Tense: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm

Present perfect: good grammar page

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

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Relative adverb

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WHY WHERE WHEN can by used instead of which in some cases. This is a useful structure to learn in science and engineering.

The resulting value is a calculation where the ...

http://www.edufind.com/english/Grammar/ADVERBS11.cfm

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Which vs That

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How to choose between "WHICH"  "...,WHICH" and "THAT"

http://www.hanyangowl.org/media/grammar/clauses/relativeclauses.pdf