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I imagine the Israel version of this depiction of such an election. What sad in my imagination is that the choices are a) phosphorus bombsb) grape shot c) chemical gunsd) weapons of mass destructionSo it doesnt make sense much to me to see stones or grenades against MWD of...

Hi, Russia is cutting (on??) procurement of new weapons. Russia is cutting (on??) the procurement of new weapons. You can't say 'cutting on'. 'Cutting' can mean either reducing or eliminating, depending on context. 'Cutting down on' means reducing. As regards articles, hmmmm. There's not...

I think the answer is neither NATO nor Cold War. But ,thinking profoudly it may have some relations with that. Especially after the fall of Seviet regime, Armenia declared that they dont accept the treaty about Turkish and Armenian border. But neverthless the relations were not much bad until...

and an additional 1000 Egyptian and 1000 Saudi lives Amongst other horrors Egypt committed several

Hi everyone,I've got a problem with the use of articles before "US Congress" and "US Senate". Is "the" necessary before "US" in these two examples or is it optional to use it?To me the first sentence is correct and the last one. Could you tell me if the second sentence is also correct? "The US...

Milky wrote:Why "perfect continuous". Give us an example? Say, I'm Stevie's friend. I see his article in a journal. The article reveals Stevie's vast knowledge of the subject discussed, so my reaction could be: 'Wow, Stevie must have been attending those lectures on Gramsci, after all!' A...

In fact, I'm at a loss, because I would use indefinite articles in this piece (a stadium, a trainer, a helping boy), but the performance since it has been introduced (A monkey is going to perform...). Regards, Slava

Schetin wrote: Hi Goodman, The way I see it: 'Georaphical' is unnecessary, because by default (unless stated otherwise) an area is geographical. 'Has' is optional and can be omited. It's correct to say 'A is bigger/faster/cleverer/&c. than B', but 'A is twice...

Hi Goodman, The way I see it: 'Georaphical' is unnecessary, because by default (unless stated otherwise) an area is geographical. 'Has' is optional and can be omited. It's correct to say 'A is bigger/faster/cleverer/&c. than B', but 'A is twice bigger/faster/cleverer/&c. than B' is...

I agree that this form appears a lot without commas, and with a little research, I came up with the following excellent explanation:Sometimes the appositive and the word it identifies are so closely related that the comma can be omitted, as in "His wife Eleanor suddenly decided to open her own...