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Can we say What is love for you? meaning What does love mean to you? Edit. To me, the two expressions have quite different meanings. What, in your experience, constitutes love (as opposed to how you think others feel)? What pulls your chain?
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Ooh, what's wrong, right clothes for inhibitions? / You couldn't afford the price of admission. Now the girl in this scene is wearing black body-fitting clothes. So is the guy telling her the clothes are not just for looking and she
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to run someone over is a very ordinary and correct expression in English. As such, it is quite understandable that it is often used. CJ
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Are those correct? Yes.
Is it called "subjunctive"? Yes. Do we use only with some expressions and verbs? Yes. Can I say:
She does not insist that he talk to her boss. Yes. CJ
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It is recommended that she talk to her boss.
The police officer demands that he open his suitcase.
Are those correct?
Is it called "subjunctive"? In what situation do we use it? Do we use only with some expressions and verbs
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Does that mean that you can't use it when you are supposed to be using the past participle, or that you just use "used to" whether or not its in the past or past participle? Used to is used in the past tense only. For other tenses
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A guy's guy is a man noted or admired for traditionally masculine interests and activities, that is, an ordinary man with the typical interests of an ordinary man. When the guy's guy is the president, the expression adds First, indicating
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He is a personal pronoun and we do not use adjective clause to modifyi it. It is not that we never use a relative clause with a personal pronoun, but it is not common, and it is usually associated with special styles of writing, such as poetry.
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Here, 'suck' = 'take', but with a slightly negative feeling.
The teacher's angry looks sucked the fun out of our teasing the little boy on the playground.
Your expression of feeling guilty sucks the fun out of our
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In the two below you have the must of logic and the have to of necessity (or obligation). Changing must to must have (in the second example) makes the logical conclusion apply in past time. The addition of have forces have to to change to had to
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