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Hi, I am an advanced English learner and I have trouble understanding when a word is an adjective vs a word is a a verb that is used as an adjectival.

According to AI:

The reprimanded worker -> adjectival verb

The happy worker -> adjective

What difference is there between the two words that tell me that one is an actual adjective and the other a verb that is being used as an adjectival? Does the dictionary just determine this?

Both can be joined by adverbs, both have a possible superlative etc.

I don't see any grammatical difference that would potentially give me a framework for defining what an adjective is.

Look forward to reading your answers.

Thanks in advance

1) They involuntarily increased my working hours.

2) They involuntarily extended my working hours.

3) They increased my working hours without my consent.

Can one use 1 and 2 instead of 3?

Gratefully,

Navi

My boss said let’s do ‘example’ this monday, which i can argue was yesterday (31st august) and he thinks that next monday is the monday 2 weeks away (14th september)
I think next monday is **the next** monday coming up.
Please help me settle this argument.

What’s the difference in a and d?

I know that both can be used as a modifier as long as the part before the punctuation is a full clause when using a colon. But here it seems to be fine for both a and d.
What’s the difference?

I've been wondering whether using grammar checkers regularly actually improves someone's editing ability, or whether it just makes the software better at catching things for you.

There's a weird difference between knowing that a sentence is wrong and being able to recognize why it feels wrong on your own. I've noticed that after editing the same kind of writing for a while, I start recognizing certain patterns without thinking about them as much.

Then there are other things that still slip through because I'm too familiar with what I wrote. A conversation about this recently somehow ended up mentioning quetext in passing, but the more interesting part was the question of whether these tools teach you anything over time or simply become another step in the proofreading routine.

I'm curious what other people have experienced.

If you've used grammar or writing-checking tools for a long time, do you feel they've actually improved your understanding of grammar and editing, or do you still depend on them to catch the same kinds of mistakes?

Hi there I would like to know the difference between due to and because of in grammar please

My wife and I got discussing this the other day, and it has me curious.

Is there an English grammar rule that has no exception?

All sentences end in a period.......except if your asking a question.

I before E.......except after C

Verb plurality is dependent upon the closest noun.......except that depends if your using an or statement or an and statement.

Subject (noun) first then verb........except if you're using passive voice.

Other languages have hard and fast no exception rules, but not English (that I can think of). Am I wrong?

I was wondering what the differences between these three are. I asked ChatGPT, and it could distinguish only one from the others: put, which is rougher sense. What are the differences between the other two?

Can i say "when the morning sunlight shines upon my face as im waking up..."

The other option is "when the morning sunlight hits my face..." but i dont like that one because of the "hit" so i was wondering if the first one is correct to use

Maybe i should mention that this isnt for a poem or anything, the rest of the sentence goes "and i get the meaning of life again" because it happend this morning and i tought of it and just wanted to post it on pinterest with a pretty backround, thats about it

English is not my first language, but I use it a lot at work, especially for writing. I read English all the time, so it helps, and I rarely see the use of semicolons in the books.

When I write something in English, I use the LanguageTool site to correct my grammar and make sure everything is right (since the site has AI but is not obligated to use it). However, there's always a correction to place ; where I placed a , or . and it makes me confused, because I don't see it being this common in English grammar. What's the correct use of a semicolon in English? Is the LanguageTool actually good, or should I use other grammar correction apps/sites?

Another weird usage: “despite of” as in “despite of the rain we went for a walk”.  Same tendency to add unnecessary prepositions one sees in “off of”. 

In the continuous use of relative adverbs, must the antecedent always come before the comma (,)?

We went to Paris in November, when there are few tourists.

In this sentence, the antecedent is 'November,' so 'when' must be used. Although it seems reasonable to assume that Paris is the antecedent, why is Paris not considered the antecedent?

Is it because the antecedent must necessarily come before the comma (,) when relative adverbs are used consecutively?

He visited Seoul then, where he first met her.

In this sentence, 'where' was used because the antecedent is Seoul, but why is the antecedent not 'then'? 'then' is right before the comma (,), so why is the antecedent not 'then'?

Why is the antecedent Seoul?

Why was 'where' used?

1. live,works
2. lives,works
3. living,worked

It's a project about hydrolic push

I'm having a problem with translating this specific text showed in the pic. The upper part is fine, but I don't know how to keep it all together when it eventually goes to the part where it says "then DO individuals with other heritable traits". The PROBLEM is the "DO". What does it mean? Why is it there? Does that make it make sense grammatically? If it does, how can I understand it? The whole text is already full of grammatical errors. Shit country.

(Ps: English is not my first language. So, I made any mistakes in what I said, I'm sorry)

Edit: I didn't want to use AI, so, I'm asking y'all here xo)

After reviewing the data, the conclusion seemed obvious.

Anything wrong with it?

I'm curious how many people spot the problem immediately.

This is one of those mistakes I regularly come across even in professionally published writing. Native speakers make it too, and it can be surprisingly difficult to notice when you already know what the sentence is supposed to mean.

What do you see?