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I would not go as far as to give you three out of twenty. You may need to give details about the required length of this essay, what course it is writtten for, the general attitude of the person who marked it, etc. For me, this piece of writing is very good but a bit too short to be called a...

Hiya YC, It sure feels good that a native shows interest in how we perceive english... Let me try to understand the best I can... Specific elements of language posing problem : I'm comfortable with tenses and conjugation. I find myself sometimes troubled with vocabulary and spelling ;...

Hello Khai Minh, 1-- Getting to know formal from informal vocabulary requires considerable reading experience, but one basic guideline is to avoid slang (of course) and phrasal verbs ( pick up, go over, make out ) in favour of their formal equivalents ( acquire, review, succeed...

The reasons are mainly historical. English was spread first by the British through their empire and more recently by the US through its cultural and economic hegemony. It is now the default language when two foreigners meet in many parts of the world, even in the parts of Europe where either...

Ok, my fault. I wrote it down in my vocabulary notebook and some minutes ago I was revising and I didn't know the meaning, as I was surfing this site, I didn't look in the book I saw "wade through sth". Now I did, it's clear, see: "I've got loads of work to do. It'll take me ages to wade...

Hey guys, I'm Indian, and have been told that i speak English better than my native language. Which is no credit, but it's very true all the same. I read like crazy. Nowadays i am into Harry Potter Fan fiction, which has really helped me when it comes to colloquialisms(and bad language...

I'm trying to build up a larger vocabulary :-) I have catogerized some verbs with the motion of walking as below: A: totter, stagger falter B: swagger strut C: saunter, roam I implore your kindness to complement each of the above group with as many synonyms as possible. thanx a...

Lay-laid-laid is simply wrong vocabulary. It is a transitive verb. The intransitive verb Lie-lay-lain is correct and appropriate here.

Hi Jeff, this question is truly wonderful as it tests both your vocabulary and grammar The key to solving it is to read the question very very carefully. It gives to clues , Firstly the gramatically clue nevertheless. The adverbial phrase "nevertheless" is used to join two clauses...

"...as the sentence is set in the past..." Is the larger context also set in the past, or perhaps could it be understood that the writer of the report thinks it more important to speak to a current, ongoing situation? In which case, the verbs would be more appropriately be: "There are some...