http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeGrammarQuestions/zlnhr/post.htm#475579Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:13:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:475579Hoa Thai0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeGrammarQuestions/zlnhr/post.htm#475579http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-475579.xmlHi, #1. Since accent is a countable noun, we need &#39;a&#39; for both heavy accent and heavier accent . #2. I prefer &#39;hesitancy in responding&#39; . Besides the above comments, both sentences have a run-on problem. There are more than one way to reword them; and here is my suggestion: Student1 had a heavy accent. S/he showed much more hesitancy in responding to the question, and expressed with less confidence than student2. S tudent1 had a heavier accent than student2. S/he also showed much more hesitancy in responding to the given question, and expressed with less confidence in speaking English.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeGrammarQuestions/zlnhr/post.htm#475575Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:13:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:475575Hoa Thai1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeGrammarQuestions/zlnhr/post.htm#475575http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-475575.xmlHi, #1. Since accent is a countable noun, we need &#39;a&#39; for both heavy accent and heavier accent . #2. I prefer &#39;hesitancy in responding&#39; . Besides the above comments, both sentences have a run-on problem. There are more than one way to reword them; and here is my suggestion: Student1 had a heavy accent. S/he showed much more hesitancy in responding to the question, and expressed less confidence than student2. S tudent1 had a heavier accent than student2. S/he also showed muchmore hesitancy in responding to the given question, and expressed lessconfidence in speaking English.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeGrammarQuestions/zlnhr/post.htmFri, 27 Mar 2009 08:13:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:475524WANG CHUN2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeGrammarQuestions/zlnhr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-475524.xmlHello I hvae a several questions. Thank you I do not know if I should put &quot; a&quot; before heavier accent&quot; ? &quot;hesitancy doing sth&quot; or hesitancy at doing sth? which one is correct? 1. Student1 had heavy accent, showed much more hesitancy responding to the question, and expressed less confidence than student2. 2. S tudent1 had a heavier accent, showed much more hesitancy at responding to the given question, and expressed less confidence in speaking English than student2.