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Hi Can the word something go with a plural noun with the word like in between like this Bible verse Acts 9 18 Immediately something like scales fell from Saul s eyes and he could see again He got up and was baptized something like a watch but something like watches I think the something like in...

Hi I have got a few questions 1 Can I say The Italians invented pizza The grammar is fine 2 Can I use the word dig instead of excavate in the following sentence We are excavating an old Roman villa We are digging an old Roman villa on an archaeological dig of course No I believe the usual...

Hi Can we use a what seems to be an parenthetical expression before or between adjectives that precedes a noun back breaking and grueling yet very rewarding journeys to destinations not so definite This seems OK to me back breaking but not so physically annihilating and grueling journeys to...

Avangi wrote Hi I wouldn t say it s idiomatic because each word the new transfer student functions according to its traditional meaning and syntax On the other hand the expression transfer student probably didn t exist a hundred years ago because the phenomenon was not common Transfer was...

Hi I wouldn t say it s idiomatic because each word the new transfer student functions according to its traditional meaning and syntax On the other hand the expression transfer student probably didn t exist a hundred years ago because the phenomenon was not common Transfer was probably a verb long...

Hi Can we use a what seems to be an parenthetical expression before or between adjectives that precedes a noun back breaking and grueling yet very rewarding journeys to destinations not so definite back breaking but not so physically annihilating and grueling journeys to destinations not so...

Hi Anon I think I see what you mean In your first case example to simply say that something is doesn t give very much information unless you re a philosopher like Descartes I think therefore I am Your first case example works best when answering questions What is it It s an apple It is an apple...

Hi LiJ I was Anon Hoa Thai s reply pretty well sums it up The operative expression is informally however which makes a mess of your concers about second and third person Formally either is singular and the number of the modifiers doesn t change that Number is singular too So formally yes either...

CalifJim wrote CB I hate to disagree because your comments are always so very helpful and appropriate and you are such a valuable resource on the forum Nevertheless I don t think any poetic license whatever is involved here Thank you for your kind words Jim As English is not my mother tongue I...

Hi Where you have put semi colons I d usually use commas I have also suggested some other changes to your punctuation My general advice is not to get into the habit of using semi colons and colons They can often make tyour meaning more obscure rather than more clear You seem to have a very good...