Hi, I've never encountered the word 'egoic' before, and it is not in my dictionary. I'd have to try to figure out the intended meaning from the larger context. Best wishes, Clive

Hi CJ, Based on your remarks, am I correct to assume that my approach with the present tense was considered faulty with regards to the specific context? Thanks in advance for your insight.

Can I use the past tense in that case? Yes. Strange, isn't it?! English has no grammatical machinery -- no separate tense -- to express time relationships within a true future point of view, so the will earlier in the sentence ( I' ll

just to reiterate, say someone tells you "hey I saw jack & jil yesterday and they said hi to (saluted) you and said very nice things about you". Question 1: I want to thank this person for telling me that. what is the common way to

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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender It appears that the English spelling is hijra . That may be the word you want. It depends on the context in which you need to use the word. CJ

in my entire life I've never heard the prep 'in' in the context you gave. Google shows 730,000 cases of "have membership in". You need to get out more! CJ

I don't know who to trust in this forum anymore... You have got to stop thinking that there is only one way to say something in English. There are often many ways to communicate the same ideas. Some speakers prefer one way. Some prefer

Either is possible. Whether one might be better than the other would depend on the broader context.

That's all right! The context indicates the police after all.