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CalifJim wrote:If this is taken from some other work, could you give us the sentence before this one and two or more after?This is an odd excerpt. I'm wondering if more context would clarify the ideas better.CJ Thanks, Jim, for your advice. The base sentence is part of the article "The Old...

I found the follwoing quote from a "New York Times" article, and have been curious about this situatuion for some time now. I always thought that an 'and' was needed before the 'then', making the sentence read "Farve stayed with his team and then threw..." Is this merely an acceptable...

Dominic Garrini got his start in athletics at an early age. “I always had a burning passion for sports,” Garrini said, with a twinkle in his eyes. Although Dominic has tried just about every major sport, he chose to focus specifically on wrestling and football at the highschool level,...

Please can anyone help paraphrase this article? Sting as a SportWe are living in exciting times in journalism. There are 28 news channels giving people round the clock information on politics, the economy and also on what to buy, what to wear, whom to vote for and what the weather would be...

Hi New2grammar,I believe you got that from my post right?Anyway, I use the article 'the' in front of 'native speakers' because I was kind of refering to Grammar Geek, Nona, Clive, Hitchhiker, CalifJim. etc when I say the native speakers. However, you can use `the' with a singular count noun when...

Doll wrote: (f) Mr Lee felt grateful to Ali. They thanked Ali for his help. (g) The boys are kicking the football. / They are kicking football. (should I put the article here?) This website is good for asking the questions for the basic learners who meet the problems. I'm curious to...

Ghai_prince13 wrote:15.1. In one of periodicals of the country which language is studied, I’ve read interesting articles in”our earth” animal are not prisoner. We human have had a long association with wild animal. In the last few thousand year we have deepened on them for our very...

15.1. In one of periodicals of the country which language is studied, you have read through clause about liquidation of zoos in greater cities. You talk to the friends: 1) Tell it about read through; tell, what was heading of clause; 2) Express the opinion on this theme, specifying pros and...

Anonymous wrote:hey kan you tell me about people in your country because im doing a report for geography and i need to know thank youanything special you want to know? i can`t just prattle something. i think that we are like other people in other countries are. what could be distinctive for us?...

“The Tobacco Company talks well. Representatives of the industry itself came forward to us and asked if we would go to the table...” –PBS article on the Tobacco industry. “'Tis but a peevish boy, yet he talks well…”-Shakespeare. “On good days, he does everything well: reads well, talks well,...