Hi, I'm writing a letter to ask the boss is there any oppourtunity to stay in the office, because my project is ending, can anyone help me to check and correct this letter, thanks a lot. Dear ***, I am so glad to have been part of the ***,

Is as well as considered a parenthical phrase? Should it be set off with commas? Thanks! My non-linguistic view thinks not. I may be wrong but one of the "as well as" usages has a prepositional property which is typically

Yes, it's an idiom, and where I live it's pretty common. It's a noun and it means "major thing I learned." It's more common in the business world. I went to his lecture. My two major take-aways were... After three solid

Yes, you can use "see" in a continuous sense. "We are seeing a shift in the weather." However, "see" is not used in the literal sense of using our eyeballs. Rather, it is "see" in the sense

Should the following sentences take the possessive gerund? If so, why? Thank you " In spite of vehicle sales rising 17 per cent " "These proposed changes are central to Cattles achieving a more cost-efficient

Thank you very much, Doctor D. And what is your opinion on "are seeing" itself? Is it correct to say like that at all? I have always thought that "to see" is one of the least likely verbs to be used in continuous

His sentence is awkward and not quite correct. I would have said: "The past ten years have seen a big rise in small businesses." And yes, my current dictionary has the pronunciation of "near" as "nir."

Sorry, my mistake-- I wanted to make a complete change to this: she also was unwilling to make a refund 'Neither' does not work because it is ambiguous; it does not clearly reference the earlier sentence.

Hello! Can I ask for help please? I have certain doubts about the sentence my teacher said to be correct. He said the following: "The recent ten years are seeing a big rise in small businesses" Is it really correct? I mean

Hello! I'm writing a letter of motivation to our local office for international relations. So I have to convince them to accept me and to arrange an exchange with an American university. This is a very raw version but I would appreciate it if