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Hello again, Zara. Thank you for your very kind words. Just as you say that I have given you encouragement, so I must say that you in turn have encouraged me to continue giving some of my time to help you and others here on this forum. Strangely enough, I have never taught English before. I study...

Hi Jhumjhum, You wrote: I don't know whether American English is flexible or not but I think John Baker probably translated this sentence from French or spanish or some other Europian Languages because I think they say their age in this manner You cannot know this for sure, though....

To study inversion, I've forund the following website. But it's a site made or reffered by British Council. Please tell me if this topic with British usage has any inconsistency with American usage. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-inversion.htm GB

Ok guys, thread resolved: From BBC Learning English Service --- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv149.shtml We now need actions rather than words. What we now need are actions rather than words. Actions rather than words are what we now need...

OK.. I accept that i screwed the whole question. So, let me restate my question.. She is as good a swimmer as I . (Can we omit "can") So can we omit auxiliaries like these in any positive and comparative structure. Please don't answer regarding the coloquial. I am preparing for GMAT and...

It's not exactly an idiom since I just made it up on the spur of the moment, based on another idiom. The original idiom is cross the pond . pond means the Atlantic Ocean. -- I heard that the Jones family are going to Europe next summer. -- Really? Have they ever crossed the pond...

Grammar Geek wrote: You can use "so" to add the emphasis. In fact, I was rereading a thread recently where I had written "I do so own a kettle" and someone has questioned what that meant. Usually, you would use this as a rebuttal to someone saying that you can't do it (or she isn't nice): I...

Grammar Geek wrote: You know, there is no SINGLE American accent. I've heard people who sound like a squawking goose lodged in their throat who are born-and-bred American speakers, and many more people with lovely enunciation. The same with British English. Good point. Although I deeply...

Ant_222 wrote: Thank you very much, and sorry for calling you Jim. The only post I want to show now is the one with the three spelling corrections. At the time I posted, I hadn't seen Clive's earlier post. I think my earlier post was OK in terms of content, but it was not needed ! I apologize...