In Expressions^x, Negatives^x

I am not surprised that many native speakers object to negative negative question tags for I know they are considered substandard by American speakers and only some British grammarians such as Michael Swan and Rodney Huddleston have found a few instances of them being used Not all native speakers...

Hello Teachers Stars shrink from being many times larger than the Sun to many times smaller than the Sun in a few tens of thousands years Please look at the sentence above This is a sentence I picked up from a British academic site What I find odd here is the expression many times smaller Is it...

The auxiliary do is used in questions negatives emphatic expressions and tags You liked her Did you like her You didn t like her Didn t you like her You did like her You liked her didn t you You did like her didn t you As for emphatics they frequently occur in the but clause after a negative...

Hello all this is my first post on this forum so yes I m a newbie I don t mind newbie initiation rites as long as they re respectful I have decided to apply to McGill medical school a few days ago although I am pretty sure I won t be accepted but I caved in to peer pressure and I m trying my luck...

Example 1 1 He may not have heard you Call him again 2 He might not have heard you Call him again May and might are used here as modals for conjecture May 1 is a bit stronger in the certainty of the conjecture Example 2 1 You may not borrow my car 2 You might not borrow my car May and might are...

Itasan wrote apple polisherLDCE says it is BrE If so what is the British equivalent The BrE equivalent colloquial expression is bootlicker a person who behaves obsequiously It has nothing to do with kicking anything Similar to BrE colloquial crawler a person who behaves obsequiusly in the hope...

Behnazzz wrote The only thing which isn t up for grabs is no change and I think it s fair to say it s all to play for except for no change Hi What is the meaning of the sentence above thanks The sentence contains several idiomatic expressions some negatives and a restrictive condition Hmmm we...

yo Gavin So you think if i have some bad experience with someone from Hong Kong that i should have some negative impression toward all people from Hong Kong including you also That wont be fair don t ya think Anyway don t worry i m totally not like him Besides i told ya in my last letter that...

I don t know about the most popular verb business have is used more often since it can function as an auxiliary verb the use of be as an auxiliary is encountered more rarely that s interesting i always thought the most popular 2 letter expression was I m as in I m off tut pub I m quite interested...

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