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1 We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue OK 2 We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue Not OK What comes after the main verb appreciate is a noun phrase your giving Giving is a gerund acting as a noun What precedes a noun must be a...

Solomon_13000 wrote Are the sentence below correct in terms of grammar verbs nouns and so on that are italic Adjective They say that Simon is the strongest man in the fitness club He is the strongest man on earth That is the strongest building in the city Neither Joan nor Jamie wanted the plate...

Dear all All passages below are from Crazy English by Richard Lederer POCKET BOOKS I tried to find an Internet link but failed So please pardon me for the length of the text which I believe would be very informative HETERONYMS words with same spelling as other words but with different...

We have arranged for the surveyor to inspect these goods in November or do you mean on 7th November After that your paragraph sounds like it is part of a formal letter to a client or customer so that after that is slightly too informal You could say Following this inspection they will submit a...

Hi I have been to China twice Past Participle Used in several tenses like the present perfect Sometimes used as an adjective Studying history is a good way to waste your time Gerund A verb used as a noun Call me later I m busy I am burning a couple of grammar books Present continuous also called...

Hi 1 I had to help him because he is my friend I am confused if the use of the verb is in the dependent clause is correct There is a rule that if the verb in the independent clause is in its past or past perfect form the verb in the dependent or subordinated clause should also be in its past or...

All the rules for adding S are the same for plurals as for third person singular present tense verbs including the words that end in y That said there are a few exceptions that you will encounter from time to time for example words that end in f or fe There are so few that you can just make a...

Hello I m sorry I have more than one question today and I will post them all here because I m supposed to hand this part in on Sunday Help me explain what s in red please A The implications 1 for parents and educational policy makers is to realize that intense intellectual input and development...

Newguest wrote HIHI IS IT REALLY A BIG MISTAKE TO PUT A COMMA AFTER ALI It is a little mistake WHY CAN T WE SAY A BAD LUCK The word luck is uncountable You cannot use a with an uncountable noun You can say something such as a bit of bad luck or some bad luck however I WROTE TODAY AT THE END OF...

Feebs11 wrote Yoong Liat wrote Cogar wrote Hello There are 20 men and everyone has a black nose What should be the tense Their nose s is are black I would rephrase the sentence as follows There are 20 men and every one of them has a black nose To me since every is used the noun should be nose...