A COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE says that, yes, many native speakers use "except for " instead of "but for." The authors say one should avoid doing this because there's a big difference. (1) But for =

Hi, I'm just wondering if the first sentence has the same meaning as the second one. (1) We are taught a little music and art. (2) Music and ar t are not taught much. #2 clearly suggests this is a negative fact, implying

I just want to weigh in on this discussion and say that "Jew" is also a verb Hmm, it's not in Merriam Webster. But it's on thefreedictionary.com, which means it should be in The American Heritage Dictionary or something. So I

May I join the conversation? Perhaps it's just my imagination, but short words in English seem to have a negative sense. Thus, I feel very uncomfortable in using the noun instead of "Jewish person." By the way, Jewish people here in

The guideline is 'yet' and 'ever' normally occur only in negative statements and questions. These are correct: 1) a) I've just washed my hair. b) I've already washed my hair. e) I've never washed my hair. 2) a) Have you just played basketball ?

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I just posted a question and did not put an email address Many thanks, Trevor Hopkins

Could you tell me when to use just, yet, alredy, ever and never with the Present Perfect Tense. I know where to put these adverbs in a sentence (at the end of a sentence OR between the helping verb and the main verb), but I am not sure which of

Sorry, but I don't see that at all in the poem; Page is just saying that we have to work hard to take care of the earth– at least as hard as we work to keep up our own homes and raise our own families. It is a very homely poem. However, if that

Rather than the author making suggestions on what needs to be done in order to maintain and preserve the earth, the author is questioning certain negative attributes that are present within human beings in general such as: selfishness, isolation