I would not hesitate to use your sentence in the right context: let's say, following a discussion in which there was difficulty in finding a solution to how we might cooperate to finalize some plan. (Sorry about the monster sentence.) The ESL

Do you also consider this inversion? A tree is there. <--> There is a tree I personally think it is. These 2 websites will clear all all doubts on inversions. http://esl.about.com/od/advancedgrammar/a/inversion.htm

Ok, my girlfriend (who uses English as a second language in Japan) is writing a thesis. She wanted me to check her grammar in the contents page of her thesis, which is the following: -- Contents Body of text Introduction

I begin from the point of assuming that those who have access to ESL forums also have access to Wikipedia. MrP

Hi, In my ESL teacher-training, I was advised to avoid hand and especially finger gestures as much as possible, since so many countries do these with so many different meanings. I've always followed that advice. Clive

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Odd how one of the most popular ESL student forums on any collection of forums is always a grammar forum, isn' it? An interestingly circular argument. MrP

< Maybe you meant the "etymology" would be obscure, but hardly anyone worries about that.> Actually, being confronted with examples such as this "I can't make out what he's saying", a lot of ESL students do

Sorry, can't find the appropriate forum for this post--could anyone please transer this post to where it belongs? Thanks! Today, I bought The American Heritage English as a Second Language (Houghton Mifflin Company) and Randon

< Do I need a master's degree in linguistics to learn a language? > No, but I guess you might need more than the ESL classes you had. Otherwise, why would you be here?