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They don t sound the same to me Never have I seen is inversion for the sake of the pre posed negative Did I is inversion for the sake of a question albeit used as an exclamation I ve heard that formula quite often with an ever up front Did I ever enjoy that And often without the continuation as...

Hi This weekend will be the perfect time to go out to the country side to view the colorful fall foliage On Monday though it appears we re in for a change May I ask you what we re in for a change means here The phrase be in for a change is a strange one to me To be in for something is an...

Hi 1 who keeps his finger on the retail pulse by checking in on Schwab branches Does it mean who checks on Schwab branches to know their retail situations and trends Yes He works in the Head Office but he regularly checks with the branches to see what people are actually buying 2 They re looking...

What kind of PERSON singular is a dork Dork isn t used as much these days It s a slang word and is negative A dork is similar to a jerk Or nerd or a geek though geek isn t quite so negative I hope Someone who asks dumb questions isn t very cooperative isn t popular is perhaps more smart than good...

Hi I ve read on another thread that me neither and me either are not grammatically correct I assume the objection would be that the phrase should be I neither This certainly is not wrong but it s very formal Me too seems to me to be common enough and clear enough to be acceptable as an idiomatic...

1 I will not let my children treated in that way this is incorrect 2 I cannot think of a way to express this in the passive voice From www bbc co uk let object infinitive Like make see and hear let is followed by object bare infinitive It cannot be followed by verb ing Let me carry that box of...

It comes from We understand little Note the subject is we Moving the negative polarity item little to the front forces inversion of we understand The auxiliary do does must be inserted first however We do understand little Little do we understand There are a small number of sentence introductory...

Rishonly wrote Milky wrote OK Thanks for that Is it being used in the present war in Iraq I believe the Iraq war has nothing to do with grammar questions If we continue our discussion in this aspect obviously moderators will move this question to Controversial Subjects forum again Is this forum...

Okay I know I m being nit picky here but Islamophobia is not racism Muslims aren t a race and so being prejudiced against them does not make one a racist In fact most of the people the author of this article cites as having prejudices against Muslims are of the same race as the majority of...

So what do you do for a living the activist asked me He was an American Christian an ordained minister and leader of an interfaith peace organization I was attending a conference organized by his group I produce Islamic videos and programs particularly for children I replied Oh Doesn t Hamas...