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Hello this is my first post here I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone if it s what kind of noun it s proper noun or abstract noun or etc After that I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the stanfard parser...

I am quite puzzled by the woulds in the following sentences Why didn t the writer simply put everything in the past tense 1 He had high blood pressure He complained of blurred vision He had insomnia Soon he would develop an aneurysm and gout Recently Marius and a few others taught me the...

Grammar Geek wrote 1 No 2 No Not enough Okay here s some more information Adverbs are often used after the action that it modifies He trod heavily on her foot I doodled aimlessly For nouns and adjectives I m assuming you mean immediately after1 not in uses like He is happy or The mug is red in...

Hi I believe the current work should be in the present tense and my past work should be past tense Yes Let me offer a couple of general comments You have much too much detail for each of your jobs No one wants too read all this Reduce the number of points Focus on your main responsibilities and...

Here s my take on the first one I couldn t see the original 1 To succeed in today s high tech business world you need highly developed communications skills There is one style rule that says not to hyphenate with words that end in ly 2 You especially need writing and grammar skills because...

Hi Bokeh Obviously the past tense of some verbs will have an irreversible effect on the present but in the case of wanted I disagree that its use means the subject no longer wants whatever it was he wanted I didn t say that the use of I wanted a red dress means that I no longer want one although...

Tanit wrote From OALD Some speakers confuse this sense of lay with lie especially in the present and progressive tenses However lay has an object and lie does not She was lying on the beach She was laying on the beach Why don t you lie on the bed Why don t you lay on the bed In the past tenses...

Hi it s commonly used that way In Italian it would be translated into a subjunctive so it makes sense to me to use a past tense there It s just that this doesn t happen very often in English I think the structure follows the same pattern as I wish You use a past tense after wish too It s time you...

From OALD Some speakers confuse this sense of lay with lie especially in the present and progressive tenses However lay has an object and lie does not She was lying on the beach She was laying on the beach Why don t you lie on the bed Why don t you lay on the bed In the past tenses laid from lay...

Hi if you are taking some kind of test or writing something formal then use were in If I were a king I would or I wish I were a king etc You are often expected to follow the rules of prescriptive grammar Otherwise you can use either was or were If I was a king I would I wish I was a king Native...